Speakers: Mark Williams, Social Media Consultant

Robin Hills, Ei4Change, social media user and publisher

INTERACTIVE SESSION

LinkedIn is changing. Once the boring 'Grandad of social media sites' it has now come alive and a new breed of users are seeing huge benefits from their time on the site.

• Activity on LinkedIn is 60% up on the same period last year
• Engagement has shifted from groups to the feed
• Networks are growing at unprecedented rates

Most importantly - relationships are being built and business is being done

So what about you? Are you part of this new wave of success or are you unsure of how to get on board?

In this engaging talk, Mark will explain some of these changes in more detail and give some key tips on;

• Effective profiles
• Dynamic networks
• How to post for greater exposure and engagement

Mark’s Linked In profile is https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrlinkedin/

Mark Williams (commonly known as ‘Mr LinkedIn) is widely regarded as one of the world’s top LinkedIn experts.

Following a career spanning 20 years in the recruitment industry Mark set up ETN LinkedIn training in 2008. Since then he has trained thousands of LinkedIn users from a diverse range of industries and roles. He is also an accomplished keynote speaker, blogger and award winning podcaster with his popular weekly show ‘LinkedInformed’.

Mark’s passion for his niche subject shines through as he enthusiastically demonstrates why LinkedIn is such a key business tool.

Robin Hills is an emotional intelligence coach, trainer and facilitator and uses social media to generate business opportunities. In this session, he gives insights into using some of the other major social media platforms to build and social media presence.

We should like to thank Manchester Metropolitan University for once again hosting this event.