As an exercise toward developing meaningful metrics for those in transition, I revisited the subject of LinkedIn groups and subgroups.
I am confident that you are well aware of the LinkedIn application’s limit on the maximum number of groups that one may belong to concurrently. What has not been well discussed is the matter of subgroups to those groups. My experience to date shows no maximum for subgroups.
My current assortment of groups (50) and subgroups (18) for a total of 68.
These are spread into the present self-identified categories of:
- Professional membership association.
- Affinity organization.
- Professional interest.
- Prior client.
- Networking group.
- Academic alumni organization.
- Prior business association.
- Prior employer.
My membership in these groups/subgroups is not balanced by count, nor would I suggest it to be so balanced. What this does show is developing a strategy for LinkedIn group activity is possible and may be customized for each user of that application without undo effort, using this mindset as a point of departure.
I have an informal process in place by which I continually review my memberships, based on elements, such as becoming aware of new groups that I am interested in joining, if only for a little while, vice groups that lag in activity and are eventually culled from my involvement. My involvement has included participating in discussions, answering questions, and in general – being a commenter along the way.
Through it all, I try to continue to build professional relationships though those activities. As I as not in the public eye as much as you are, my professional growth rate is slower. Nevertheless, I am approaching as I write the threshold of 500 such connections. Of course, it is not about the number but the quality of the online relationship – which for the most part remains high. I am far from being an official LinkedIn LION – LinkedIn open net worker, but I do try to be open for such connection and ongoing communications.
In any event, this represents some, and not all, of what I have recently doing to create “draw”. The key objective is to seek professional employment – and to move beyond transition.
cajrtodd
