NIGP 2015 PPT LinkedIn- KC-08-04-2015

Get LinkedIn with other Procurement Professionals

Kim Cullen Director of Marketing BidNet | SourceSuite

A bit about meKim Cullen PratherDirector of MarketingBidnet | [email protected] @KimCPrather in/KimCullenPrather +KimCullen1

What will you learn?

• Why LinkedIn is relevant to purchasing professionals

• Your LinkedIn profile matters

• LinkedIn Groups

• Connecting with vendors

• How to use LinkedIn for research

Why LinkedIn is relevant to purchasing professionals

• Share information about yourself

• Get found and attract connections

• Establish credibility in the public procurement industry

• Be in the know & keep a pulse on what is going on in public

procurement & beyond

Why LinkedIn is relevant to YOU

Generation NEXT- the New Procurement Professional

• Learn• Teach• Write• Collaborate• Gain Authority

Why LinkedIn is relevant to YOU

Generation Experience- Ready for Change?

• Change what you know• Share• Write• Collaborate

Why LinkedIn is relevant to YOU

Generation About to Retire- Stay Connected & Next Career

• Connect• Share• Write• Research

Your LinkedIn profile matters

• Suggest notifying:

• Career change

• Addition of a section (ie you fill out

your Volunteer)

• Anything else you would like the

masses to see

Your LinkedIn profile matters

• Not your title, what you do

• Make certain everything is filled out

• Get a personalized URL

Your LinkedIn profile matters

• Contact Information

• Websites can be your vendor registration

• You direct the path to communication

Your LinkedIn profile matters

Your LinkedIn profile matters

• NOT a resume

• Update regularly

Your LinkedIn profile matters

• Add files

• Awards, Vendor

information “How to

do business”

Your LinkedIn profile matters

• Add files

• Rearrange files

• Edit

Your LinkedIn profile matters

• Add Projects

• Add Publications

• Add Volunteering Experience

• Add Organizations (NIGP, local chapter, NPI,

etc.)

Your LinkedIn profile matters

Your LinkedIn profile matters

• Give recommendations

• Receive recommendations

Purchasing Department Page

• Company Page

• Showcase Page

Purchasing Department Page – it’s own “company”

Purchasing Department Page – Showcase Page

Purchasing Department Page

• Advertise Notices

• Pre-bid events/walk thrus

• Updates & changes to your “How to Do Business with…”

• Department news & awards

Purchasing Department Page – Quick Twitter insert

Following Vendor Pages

• Learn about takeovers, change of management & more by

following the company on LinkedIn

• Updates will show up in your news feed

• Paid social media options as well or Google Alerts

Following Vendor Pages

LinkedIn Groups

• Idea sharing

• Transparent with options

• A community collaboration

LinkedIn Groups

• CFCNIGP - Central Florida Chapter• MACPP- Mid America Council of Public Procurement• Minnesota Chapter of NIGP• Grand Canyon Chapter of NIGP• NIGP- NY • SouthEast Florida Chapter of NIGP• KAPPP- Kansas Association of Public Purchasing Professionals• North Lousiiana Chapter of NIGP• SETAPP- Southeast Texas Association of Public Purchasing • All others have 1 or 2 members only

LinkedIn Groups

LinkedIn Groups

LinkedIn Groups – Vendor Outreach

• Can join up to 50 groups• Can exit/leave group• Groups can be open or closed• 2014 | 2 MILLION LinkedIn Groups

Using LinkedIn for research

• Finding new vendors online

• Complaints v referrals

• References

• Job postings

• Pictures & images

Using LinkedIn for research

“Connection” not “Friend”

• a relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked or associated with something else.

• people with whom one has social or professional contact or to whom one is related, especially those with influence and able to offer one help.

When Vendors reach out

When Vendors reach out

Connecting with Vendors

• Depending on your organizations rules• Up to the individual • Connection, not Friend

Collaborating with Vendors

Collaborating with Vendors

• Group/project hashtags #

• LinkedIn Groups

• Online Bid Systems

• Other services- Approved Contact

How to contact Kim

[email protected]

linkedin.com/in/kimcullenprather

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