linkedin & higher ed (oxford)

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LinkedIn & Higher Ed

Our mission

Connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful

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The world’s largest professional networkInternational now comprises over 50% of total membership

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LinkedIn Members (Millions)

120M+1 82MAvg Monthly Users in Q2’1182% y/y growth

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Page Views in Q2’1180% y/y growth

7B+2

Searches in Q1’1170% y/y growth

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Worldwide Workforce3,300M+

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Huge global market opportunity in members

1 LinkedIn members as of March 31, 2011 | 2 Source: International Planning & Research

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Worldwide Professionals640M+

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LinkedIn Members120M+

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Three revenue streams…plus

Providing passive recruiting at scale and adding social relevancy to active job searches

Hiring Solutions

Delivering marketers targeted access to one of the most influential, affluent and educated audiences on the web

Marketing Solutions

Enabling professionals to be more productive with premium tools tailored by customer segment

Premium Subscriptions

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Connecting the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful

120M+ Free Members

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LinkedIn is the most important social network for students & universities

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Perception

LinkedIn is a job portal

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Reality

Not jobs, but careers.

And relationships.

And content.

And insights…

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LinkedIn isn’t wasn’t optimized for students

Profile was optimized for mid-career professionals– Emphasized positions over skills and activities

Few entry level positions available Universities were 2nd class citizens

– Company pages don’t suit Higher Education– The notion of “alumni” has a different meaning for companies

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Students create their professional brands early

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Academic sections: Publications, Patents, Awards

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Skills

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Richer content

Portfolio– Behance

Code– gitHub

Presentations– Google Pres– Slideshare

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Student Jobs Portal

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Free job postings for employers

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Classmates

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Classmates Email

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Today

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grads.linkedin.com

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LinkedIn for Universities

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“If you can give us insights about our students and alumni, I’ll make it my personal mission to sign up every student from

the day they arrive on campus.”

Features for Universities today

Alumni Groups– Very effective tool for communication– Not so much for insights

Company Pages– Not well designed for Universities

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Stanford Alumni Group

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LinkedIn will be the place for alumni insights

People only want to maintain one professional profile– Graduates won’t keep their University alumni site profile up-to-

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Universities will want information on what their graduates are doing– To attract new students– To improve program performance? How do I compare to

Cambridge?

LinkedIn APIs allow more of this to happen “on-site” – Profile API– Groups API

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Virtuous Circle

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Member growth and engagement

Relevant and valuable insights

Critical massof dataTechnology

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Teaching & Learning?

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