1. Using social networks in advancing your career Kate Brodock, Founder & Principal, Other Side Group Emerson University 6 October 2009

2. Agenda Research Networking Job Search Personal Branding How they’re all connected Tools Aggregation Final thoughts, Questions, Exercises, and Contact info

3. Research Why should I use social networking to research companies? What are some of the key tools?

4. research Why research in social networks Aside from Google, there are a lot of ways you can find out about companies online. Brands are both increasing their online presenceand being talked about more online. Some tools LinkedIn Contacts Hosted groups Twitter Google

5. Networking Why is networking important in the first place? How can I do this online? What are some good tools to use?

7. Networking is a two-way street!Tools Where can I go for networking? LinkedIn: contacts & groups Industry social networks Your personal contacts (find them online!) Facebook groups Twitter

8. Job search How can I use social networking to find jobs? What are some of the key tools?

10. Companies can find you as easily as you can find them. Make sure you’re buttoned up before you start your search.Some tools LinkedIn Contacts Groups Twitter Google

11. Personal branding Why is important? How can I do it? What are some of the key tools?

13. Branding

14. Creating a package

15. Differentiation

16. Consistency

17. Thought Leadership“…. becoming a free agent in an economy of free agents, looking to have the best season you can imagine in your field, looking to do your best work and chalk up a remarkable track record, and looking to establish your own micro equivalent of the Nike swoosh.” – Fast Company How do you make a personal brand?

18. Personal Branding How can I do it? There are a lot of ways you can start developing a personal brand: Making a consistent brand image across your social media channels Engage in conversations on blogs, on social networks, on Twitter etc Push out content on your own outposts Share information with others Guest blog or create your own blog

19. Some examples of personal branding Resources There are several people out there either talking about personal branding, or are good examples of personal branding: Dan Schawbel Chris Brogan Jeremiah Owyang

20. How are they all connected?

21. Social networking Interconnectedness of Social Networking processes

22. Social networking What about tools?

23. Tools

25. Networking

26. Research

28. Networking

29. Research

31. Networking

33. Job search

35. Aggregation Why does this matter to our discussion? What are some of the tools used for aggregation?

36. Aggregation Tools Aggregation streamlines online processes. It can be a tool that allows you to control many different tools from one place, or links various tools together. Friendfeed Posterous Linking networks (e.g. Facebook Twitter) Seesmic or Tweetworks Twitterfeed Any others?

37. Rss readers Why is this in here? Being on top of your industry is when you’ll excel the most. There is a lot of information out there, both good and bad. The information is all over the place. RSS feeds make it incredibly easy to bring this information into a place where you can easily and quickly consume information. They also act as a source of information to use on all other outposts. Some RSS readers also have additional social networking components (Google Reader)

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