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Insight LinkedIn: The Power of Six Degrees of Seperation

Written by Jeroen Mourik     July 29, 2010     Hits: 123     Favorites 0
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Insight LinkedIn: The Power of Six Degrees of Seperation

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Author(s) Jeroen Mourik

LinkedIn is build around the Six Degrees of Separation principle, which is the concept that everybody on our planet is linked to one another in a network with no more than six (network-)steps between them.

LinkedIn’s primary function as a networking tool is to map your connections to other people.  In other words, if you wish to get in touch with somebody whom you don’t know yet personally, LinkedIn is your tool that finds people in your existing network (1st degree) who could help you to get connected to this person.

 

Most Common Mistake Made in Networking

When networking, most of us make the mistake to focus only on the people that we know: our first degree network. Yet the power of our network often comes with the second degree of our network: a contact of a contact.

 

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Bridging The Generational Devide Among Volunteers

Written by Editor     July 07, 2010     Hits: 24     Favorites 0
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Bridging The Generational Devide Among Volunteers

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Author(s) Penny Reeh, CFEE

Kids these days, they just don’t want to work! How can I lead when the old guard won’t let me? Do either of these sound familiar to you? It’s because they represent the classic generation gap that many festivals are encountering as they seek to create a volunteer experience that engages both the seasoned volunteer and new, and often younger, volunteer.

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Download RSS Manual

by Jeroen Mourik

 

If your festival has its own website then you probably should have an RSS feed.

 

 

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FestivalOrganiser.com presents the first publication in the Online Marketing Series by Jeroen Mourik.

In this manual you find all you need to know about using RSS feeds as somebody who works for a festival or public event. Part one focuses on the consumer side of using RSS feeds and part two focuses on the publisher side and explains how to publish your own feeds.

Whilst mainly written for novice users, this manual does not just scratch the surface. Therefore the more advanced users will also find some valuable resources and ideas in this manual.

A Must Read

Although RSS feeds have been around for more than 10 years, they have only become popular in recent years.

If you frequently surf the internet and you are not yet using an RSS Feed Reader to monitor online contents then you are probably wasting valuable time. RSS feeds enable a far more efficient use of the internet and in many ways enhance the Web 2.0 experience.

Now anno 2009, RSS feeds are such an important part of the online marketing mix that they should no longer be ignored by marketers in the Festival and Public Event Industry.

 

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icon Manual: RSS Feeds for Festivals (1.53 MB)

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