Barry Miller
Manager Alumni Career Programs and Services at Pace University
Using Linked In to Connect to fellow alumni
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I would like to connect with New York University alumni, even if I do not know them. Is it possible to do this within Linked IN?
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I’d also warn about the “five strikes and your out” policy that LinkedIn has to discourage spammers.
I’d offer you the suggestion to set up your own alumni ezine in the form of a free blog (Mine is http://www.jasperjottings.com). Just keep recording everything you “hear” about NYUers there.
(I did more than that, but I’m not sure you want to invest that amount of time.)
I think it’s safer to draw people to you, and form a granfalloon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granfalloon) around NYU. It’ll take a little more work and a little more time, but eventually you will have people coming to you to tout their accomplishments.
To date, I’d say about half of my networking contacts come from that one granfalloon.
Of course, your mileage may vary! Hope this helps.
fjohn
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