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
• Add Projects
• Add Publications
• Add Volunteering Experience
• Add Organizations (NIGP, local chapter, NPI,
etc.)
Purchasing Department Page
• Advertise Notices
• Pre-bid events/walk thrus
• Updates & changes to your “How to Do Business with…”
• Department news & awards
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
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 – 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
“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.
Connecting with Vendors
• Depending on your organizations rules• Up to the individual • Connection, not Friend
Collaborating with Vendors
• Group/project hashtags #
• LinkedIn Groups
• Online Bid Systems
• Other services- Approved Contact
How to contact Kim
linkedin.com/in/kimcullenprather
Booth # 901