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1: Follow 5 companies, people, and/or hashtags on LinkedIn

Start following 5 companies, people, and/or hashtags with like interests including nursing. LinkedIn is all about connecting with- organizations, people, and/or groups (Recommendations to follow include: Nursing Network and Nursing Beyond the Bedside). If you click on the profile of one of the companies you follow, you will see a list of "related groups". There is a good chance you will find some interesting to companies, people, and hashtags to follow in those lists.

Another good place to start, is to search for and follow Nursing and Health associations, experts within the field, and your own personal colleagues.

List the 5 that have been followed with information found from that resource.

2: Search for specific "activities"

Now that you are following 5 or more health-related companies, people, or hashtags, let's try searching for # (hashtags).

3: Give it a try: Search for #HITsm on LinkedIn. What are some of the most current topics being discussed?

Find another interesting/relevant # chat or thread on LinkedIn.

Now, it's your turn to jump in on the conversation

Respond to one of the posts within the #HITsm or another # discussion.

Questions

1. List some of the users you are now following on LinkedIn. Tell us a bit about the user and/or their posts.

2. Did you come across any relevant information? (Please provide an example of each)

Conferences

Webinars

Research

News

Networking

3. What were the topics being discussed on the #HITsm or your hashtag thread? Are any of them relevant to what we are covering this semester?

4. Did you come across any interesting discussions during your hashtag search? Which discussion did you respond to?

5. What are your overall impressions of LinkedIn? Will you continue to use it for your own research, professional networking, education?