Last week I revisited LinkedIn and updated my information. It got me thinking. I know my favorite head hunters like LinkedIn, but is this an effective way to network people for charity purposes? This week a board member working on a grant required some demographic data on each board member. I guess the donor wants to know a little more about us before they give us a chunk of cash. I realized that the data I just finished updating on LinkedIn was most of the data she needed for the grant. I decided to save a PDF version of my LinkedIn profile. It did not work right. So I did it the hard way. I took a few minutes to cut and paste together the profile, print off a PDF, and email her the copy. About half of our board members are already on LinkedIn. Hmm…
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