LinkedIn In House Training Workshops

This workshop is for people who have decided to join LinkedIn but know little or nothing about it. We take you through the maze of the many pages to ensure you can start to use it to the best of it’s advantage.

• Understanding why we network both offline and online
• Relating LinkedIn (a social network) with face-to-face networking
• Understanding the benefits of LinkedIn
• Explaining the various levels of your network
• Navigating around LinkedIn to include all search boxes and key headings
• How to build your basic profile
• Who should you link with and how to do it
• Who should you link with and how to do it?
• Creating your personal action plan.

This session is for those who are registered, use it a little but are not sure what to do next. We show you how to use all the functions to both increase turnover and profitability but also reduce costs.

Topics (All or most of these will be covered depending on time allocated)

• Relating LinkedIn (a social network) with face-to-face networking
• How to build a powerful profile
• Be in control of your privacy using the Settings
• Managing invitations; who should you accept invitations from?
• The courtesies and etiquette’s of LinkedIn
• How to benefit from your level 1 and 2 connections
• Managing recommendations
• Searching groups and companies
• Raise your profile using the status box
• Using LinkedIn effectively to broker important introductions
• Increase visibility on your website and emails
• Detailed understanding of the advanced search button
• Understanding the power of groups
• Creating your personal strategy and action plan

This session is for those who use the basic functions but feel they need to get into the “nooks and crannies” of LinkedIn. It is also intended for people in the business development, communications and human resources departments of firms and companies.

Topics (All or most of these will be covered depending on time allocated)

• Saving substantial recruitment costs
• Raise your profile using the status box
• Recommendations strategy
• Using LinkedIn effectively to broker important introductions
• Understanding your home page
• Search for references
• Exporting your contacts
• Increasing visibility on your website and emails
• Detailed understanding of the advanced search button
• Getting the best from you company profile
• Researching other company profiles
• Understanding the powers of groups
• Setting up your own group
• Revealing many applications
• Events; polls; company buzz, Signal
• Premium Account – should you have one?
• Creating your personal (and company strategy where relevant) action plan

We can also compliment your in-house networking skills workshop with an element of online networking skills. Our LinkedIn training seminars aim to provide you with all the tips to make the best out of your online network, including -

• Sell yourself – make impact with a powerful profile
• Market your business – using LinkedIn to promote your services
• Make it credible – your guide to online referrals and recommendations
• Grow your network – introduction and invitation etiquette
• Join the online global community – joining groups and discussions relevant to you

Whilst face-to-face effective networking is the main message that Kintish delivers, we have seen real results in using LinkedIn alongside day-to-day networking. It is an effective tool which helps you reconnect with old contacts and develop your relationship with new contacts.

“The LinkedIn Seminar was very professional, jam packed full of useful information and all done with great humour. The hour just flew by! I’ve learnt loads about Linked In and found stuff on there I didn’t even know existed. Looking forward to utilising its potential more.”
Lindsey Russell, James Russell Photography

“Great to get to know how to use and understand how this can benefit you personally as well as your organisation.”
Katherine Beer, Smith and Williamson