LinkedIn 101

LinkedIn is often thought of as a job hunting or business networking platform, but it is an increasingly popular place for academics and community groups to find networks and to share knowledge and promising practices.

Use LinkedIn to organize your professional networks, find new contacts, and publish your work.

A good place to start? Join RWJF’s LinkedIn Leadership Network group of 13,000 like-minded professionals who are working everyday to build a Culture of Health.

Use these tools to get started or to sharpen your LinkedIn game:

Create a Profile

It is important to have an updated LinkedIn profile so that connections and colleagues can easily see your work experience, current projects, and focus areas.

Build Your Network

How to think about, expand, and leverage your professional networks.

Engage Around Content

Through sharing regular status updates, keeping tabs on your connections, building community through groups, and following companies, LinkedIn users can find meaningful ways to grow professionally while sharing their professional progress and supporting others’ professional achievements.

Take it to the Next Level

Recommendations and endorsements for your connections help strengthen their profile and is also an opportunity for you to get better acquainted with your connections' holistic skills set. Learn why and how to offer recommendations and endorsements on LinkedIn.