As with any new resource or idea, it's taken me sometime to fully realize the potential of LinkedIn - an internet-based networking system. I received an invitation to LinkedIn several months ago, accepted it, but basically put it on the shelf because I was consumed with the riot of life demands flying in my face.
What IS LinkedIn...and Why is it so Cool?
LinkedIn has elegantly succeeded in creating an internet platform where a VAST number of professionals from all over the world, working in a diverse range of industries, can communicate with ease. It's powerful, far reaching and essentially gives me the ability to communicate and collaborate with people I would have likely never had the opportunity to meet otherwise.
I've found the most valuable aspect of LinkedIn to be the specialized interest groups. For example, I've been able to reconnect with former college friends and professors, explore global innovation groups working on a wide variety of projects in a number of industries I've also been exploring. These connections amplify my reach, ability to assimilate new ideas and information, and ultimately help me realize my professional goals and objectives in a much more fluid and intuitive way.
In other words, LinkedIn ROCKS!
