1.  Shelby Cronk & Eden Youngberg Eden Youngberg Shelby Cronk

3. Major Years  2002 idealized  2003 launch  2004 address book uploads = major growth  2008 goes global  2013 = 225 million members, grows more than two members per second

4. Reid Hoffman & Allen Blue

5. 2006  Launch of public profiles  Professional profile  Achieves profitability  Recommendations and People You May Know

6. 2008/2009/2010  London  Spanish and French language versions  Jeff Weiner becomes CEO and brings a clear vision  HYPERGROWTH: 90 million members and 1,000 employees in 10 offices worldwide

7. Today  Over 300 million members and growing  Features include:  Endorsements  Share and update/post  Accompany posts with multimedia  Connections  Groups

8. Demographics

9. LinkedIn for Nonprofits  Build a company page  Promote your cause  Find board members  Locate staff/volunteers  https://nonprofits.linkedin.com/ https://nonprofits.linkedin.com/

10. Tips for using LinkedIn for Nonprofits  Follow 20-30 people every week  Join as many groups as possible  Post relevant blogs, links or helpful information to your status and send them to the groups you’ve joined  Act like a person; offer value

11. Tips when looking for donors  Look at other nonprofit LinkedIn profiles with a similar cause and look at their contacts  Participate in nonprofit group discussion where you would find donors (join their groups)  Use search function and keyword tools to better target donors  Build relationships via LinkedIn by telling your organizations stories

12. Tips for Using Groups  Create your own group(s)  Connect people to people  Drive traffic  Send weekly updates  Create conversation/answer questions  Update leads  Create sub-groups

13. Tips on Publishing  Spread your message  Outline goals and mission  Newsletter stories  In-depth social media stories  Share others’ content

14. Tips on Networking  Main goal is to connect people  Utilize your existing network  Suggest connections

15. Why LinkedIn?  82% of LinkedIn Members want to volunteer their time and skills  Allows for endorsements of nonprofits  Partners with Catchafire, Npower, Taproot, VolunteerMatch, Do-It and Volunteer Island  Volunteer.linkedin.com