"Etiquette for LinkedIn and the Professional Networking World"

Remember how Claire talked about LinkedIn as the online networking resource with the strongest credibility (vs. Facebook or MySpace, for example).

Well, I found this nifty article the etiquette involved in using LinkedIn, and you can read it too.

Key highlights:
1) Create a user-friendly profile
2) Invite true friends - or at least, true acquaintances - to connect
3) When you make a request, be clear about your intentions
4) Reciprocity is a wonderful thing, and gratitude is key
5) Pass along requests promptly, or say why you won't
6) Avoid the boilerplate (see definition 4) text, if you can
7) Don't abuse your network
8) Don't invent history to acquire colleagues
9) Play by the rules
10) Value relationships over transactions

Enjoy!

I used goat toes as a musical instrument

Scott Paulson handed me goat toes, and I used them to play music.

I never thought that'd ever happen but as we've all noted this year, hangin' out with Scott is always filled with adventure.

My favorite instrument of all was this non-electrical musical knocker. Get this: instead of producing a "knock, knock" sound, you'll here this baby chime.

While playing with all the instruments in Scott's eclectic selection, I used my new networking tips so say "hi, how are you" and participate in good old fashioned "F - U - N".

I learned a few more good tips from Scott about networking too, such as making use of an object as a conversation starter. I saw Scott mingle with over 20 strangers, asking them to participate in the show. Within half of hour, Scott made an impression with a large audience as a creative, fun, and talented musician.

Not bad.

Not bad at all.

While Scott and his trio played music, a silent film about a grasshopper and a beetle played just outside The Loft.

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Starring Scott Paulson

Experimental Films (with a Musical Twist)
live music at the loft video gallery

Throughout April (April 1–April 30), ArtPower! Film welcomes Scott Paulson to The Loft Video Gallery (LVG).

Each month, ArtPower! invites a guest curator to choose their own theme and the films or videos that support their interests. Almost anything goes!

Scott's intriguing theme for April is “Experimental Films (with a Musical Twist).” Scott is an award winning local musician, UCSD alumnus, and outreach coordinator of the UCSD Arts Library.

In case you missed Scott's live performance on April 2, he and his Tiny Tiny Pit Orchestra for Silent Films will play a live set again–right in front of the LVG on April 28 at 12 PM–to bring his LVG curatorial debut to a close (until the next time!).

Films
Symphonie Diagonale (l924), 7.5 minutes
Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), 67 minutes
La Souriante Madame Beudet (1922), 35 minutes
Menilmontant (1926), 37 minutes
Revenge of the Kinematograph Cameraman (1912), 13 minutes
Kiss (1963), 50 minutes

His own performance ensemble, The Teeny-Tiny Pit Orchestra, provides live music for silent film screenings, ballet productions, radio dramas, operas, theatrical productions and experimental avant-vaudeville shows. P

aulson plays oboe in the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and also is the University Carillonneur at UCSD, performing live on Geisel Library's rooftop chimes (yes, he takes song requests!) Scott also serves as the Outreach Coordinator for the UCSD Arts Library for which he founded and directs various festivals: The Short Attention Span Chamber Music Series, the annual Toy Piano Festival, The Not-So-Silent Film Festival, and a Paper Theatre Festival.

Performers
Scott Paulson
Ryoko Amadee Goguen
Christian Hertzog
Matt Swagler

About Scott Paulson and his silent film band:
"An out-of-the-ordinary cinematic experience"–LA Times
"Weird and wonderful"–San Diego CityBeat
"Unique and popular...Scott Paulson's merry band of eccentric nightingales is an inspired notion."–SD Union Tribune
"This madcap ensemble is reinventing an art form."–LA Times
"Classically trained and charmingly twisted"–SD CityBeat
"Madcap and somewhat in the Spike Jones/Dadaist tradition."–SD Union Tribune
"Paulson's brand of G-rated fun, a sort of modern day morphing of Captain Kangaroo and Spike Jones, is always lively and at times wonderfully chaotic"–LA Times

Happy Staff Appreciation Week

Happy Staff Appreciation Week!

As part of this week's celebration, I attended the TIKI ROOM luncheon held at the Price Center ballrooms with my department colleagues.

This year, the entertainment came from local UCSD hula clubs and from UCSD staff. Check out the video below for how one staff member volunteered for the hula dancing competition.

Apply for SEOEP funding by today!

It's today! It's the last day that you can submit your proposal for up to $500 in funding towards your professional development training activity.

New this year: the application is ONLINE.

Great resources to identify the right training opportunity:

• Seek advice from your supervisor in examining your skills — strengths and needs.
• Consider UCSD Staff Education & Development
• or UCSD Extension.

UC Academic Advisors Conference (UCAAC)

Thanks to Cindy and Christina for sharing that UCSD will be hosting the UC Academic Advisors Conference (UCAAC) from April 29 - May 1.

Woo hoo!

And congrats to them for volunteering to serve on planning commitees for the conference. A round of applause to them--Cindy serving on the Prizes and Giveaways Committee and Christina on the Logsistics Committee.

Thanks for sharing and let us know how the networking tips worked out.

Credit for classes

Did you get credit for your UExplore classes?

Altogether, you should have gotten credit for these Career Connection and Staff Ed classes:
Campus Resources/Tools for Success
Career Planning
Assessing Your Transferable Skills

Also, for these Career Field Overview and Career Panel presentations:
Human Resources
Administrative Support
Student Affairs
Financial Administration
Academic Personnel

Please check your enrollment credits and let me know if you did not get credit for these sessions

Tip from Taylor

Thank you to Taylor Haglund for pointing out an additional networking resource via the UCSD JobsList. This list is sent out every Friday to individuals subscribed to the UCSD Campus Employment Opportunities Bulletin.

Please go to http://mailman.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/joblist in order subscribe.

Emjoy!

Survey Monkey's Itchin' For Ya...

Networking Tips

with Claire Solario (April 15, 2009)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=WDh5m5B4AKDIDZBFVib1YA_3d_3d

Program Administration Career Field Overview and Career Information Panel

with Carol Schrammel, Joyce Short, Lisa Olson (April 15, 2009)

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=RR7AQ0ynCm9SliLw9hJcTg_3d_3d

Thank you for filling our your surveys!!!!

If you have questions, just give me a bzzzz at ext 2-7990.

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TIP REVISITED: Online Job Description Libary

At tomorrow's meeting, Carol will revisit an earlier tip posted on this blog: navigating the Online Job Description Library.

By accessing this Library, you can screen job descriptions based on:
* title code
* working title
* incumbent name
* supervisor name
* department name
* Vice Chancellor unit

For an example of how to perform a specific search, review January 30th's Blog post.
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Tomorrow: preview your personal commercial

Seize the opportunity!

At tomorrow's Networking Tips, you'll be sharing your personal commercials with each other.

Woo Hoo!

Are you ready?
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Have you heard about this?

More tools for your toolkit.

My Career at UCSD is a portfolio of resources related to transfer and promotion opportunities, compensation, career development and training.

It's an onine assessment that:
1) assesses your interests and qualifications
2) explore your professional development resources
3) gives you ideas to take action

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Networking and Mentoring

Since November, you've heard from panelists over and again that their mentors have had a valuable impact on their careers and in the strategic decisions they've made to find satisfying and significant work.

At tomorrow's session, you'll learn key networking skills from Claire Solario to utilize your professional and personal connections and how to appropriately leverage them in the workplace. You'll also hear Carol Schrammel reinforce UC San Diego Staff Mentorship Program.

Combine the two resources and you've got a winning combination.

Think about it. The time you've spent in UExplore is time you've used to get insight into what drives you, motivates you, and inspires you. Knowing this, you'll be able to more effectively communicate your professional development goals to your potential mentor(s) and more empowered to improve upon and develop a body of knowledge and hone skills and abilities to move forward in your long-term, best-matching UC San Diego career path.
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A Series Concept for Program Representatives

At tomorrow's Program Representative Career Field Overview presentation, Carol Schrammel will be reviewing the series concept for this classification.

We'll provide copies for everyone to have in class but if you want to get a jump start on the goods, check out the Program Representative Series Concept via this link.

In the 2 pages, you can get a sense of:

• minimum qualifications for each level of classification (i.e. PRI, PRII, PRIII)
• the general responsibilities and scope of complexity for each level of classification

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It works in the movies

In the movie, Working Girl, Tess (played by Melanie Griffith) makes her pitch to the head honcho of the company. She has to convince him of her talent or else she'll be kicked to the curb.

And, of course, I'm telling you this because Tess does this in the elevator. This is her do-or-die pitch, and you can take a look at it via this link.

It's not the kind of elevator speech that you might ever have to give, but what you can key into is this: in 30 seconds or less, you walk away knowing her confidence, assuredness, knowledge, preparedness, and passion. And, she's told her what's in it for you.

Your personal commercial

So, I teased you last week. I know. But, it's worth waiting for.

Seriously.

An elevator speech is your personal commercial. That's right. It's your commercial, and you are director/producer/writer of this commercial called "How do I remember you? What's in it for me?"

In 30 seconds or less, your elevator speech will tell me the highlights of your career, your accomplishments, your professional successes, and why do I want to know you? And, with the Networking Tips class just around the corner, you will all have a chance to pitch them pretty soon.

There'll be some time during the 1.5 hour workshop to work on the elevator speech, but it couldn't hurt to have a head start, right?

So how can you get going? I found this information on google, written by Kip Piper and published at http://ezinearticles.com/?Craft-an-Effective-Elevator-Speech&id=1784355.

For your convenience, I have pasted the information below.

Step 1: Map it out
• Who am I and what do I have to offer?
• What am I looking for and why?
• What can I contribute?
• What would I like?

Step 2: Ask yourself the following questions to help round out your preparations and give depth to your message.
• What is my purpose? What am I trying to accomplish?
• What would be a successful outcome?
• How do I want people to feel?
• What do I want people to remember?

Keep in mind the basic elements of an effective elevator speech:
• Concise: An effective elevator speech is succinct, containing as few words as possible, but no fewer.
• Clear: Rather than being filled with acronyms, jargon, and ten-dollar words, an effective elevator speech can be understood by your grandparents, parents, and the kid next door. Make sure the audience understands what you are talking about and what's in it for them.
• Informative: As much as is possible, an effective elevator speech is specific and tangible. Talk about demonstrable accomplishments and goals.
• Engaging: Your elevator speech is a conversation starter, not a monologue. You want to spark the interest of your audience, not bore them.
• Finish with a Request: At the end of your pitch, you must ask for something. Do you want their business card, to schedule a full presentation, to ask for a referral?Put your plan into action:
• Write out a script.
• Practice in front of the mirror, and with friends, family, or CES. Record it, and listen to it. Do you sound confident? Sincere? Is it engaging?
• Ask for feedback.

Once you get a chance to try out the speech, think about how it worked for you:
• How did you feel?
• How did your audience react?
• Was there something you wish you had said?
• Was there something you wish you had not said?
• Update your speech and get ready for the next time!

Sample Elevator Speech
"I am Kip Piper of MTC Interactive. I work with independent professionals and small business owners to get more customers, get them to spend more and get them to spend more frequently by implementing a systematic marketing strategy that utilizes both printed materials and the Internet."(End with a request, such as for a business card, appointment, or a referral, depending on your audience. For example, "May I have your business card to send you some information?")

Elevator Speech Template
I am _________________ of__________________________. I work with _________________________ to __________________________________ by_________________________.Try it out as often as you can. If the other person immediately responds, you have a winner. If their eyes seem to glaze over, they give you a confused look or if they bob their head with a fake smile on their face, you may consider tweaking it a bit.

Your Elevator Speech

Have you ever ridden up an elevator and someone asks you, "So tell me about yourself"?

Do you already know what you're going to say?
Do you already have your elevator speech?

Or, are you asking..."what's an elevator speech?"

I'll tell you more about it next week...but keep in mind that it's the first thing you'll need to learn in order to be successful with networking.

Nuff said.

What's in it for me?

There are two stations--FM and AM--that we're always tuned into, and knowing what those stations are help make us not just better listers, but EFFECTIVE listeners.

By being effective listeners, we can understand what our customers are really trying to say and adjust our own communication style to get the message across. By being effective listeners, we can move mountains and make the rain fall down.

Well, 2 out of 4 ain't bad.
Grace Balch kicked off the March 18th session with this image, and letting us know the two most important stations on the dial:

• What's In It For Me?
• Make Me Feel Important And More!

But wouldn't you know that the way to communicate on both of these dials varies because the way in which we tune in depends upon on our own individual listening styles.


There a a total of 5 different listening styles:

• Appreciateive
• Empathic
• Comprehensive
• Discerning
• Evaluative

In the pictures above and below, you can see Mark, Rick, and Cheryle taking the Listening Profile instrument in order to determine their own listening styles?

To be an effective listener, Grace encouraged us to match listening approaches to communication needs. You need to focus on your message's intent, determine the motivation for the listener to tune in, and apply behaviors that accommodate to their listening style.

After discovering our own personal listening styles, we formed small groups to discuss these items:

• How would you explain your listening style to the other groups?
• What behaviors in the workplace exemplify your listening style?
• What can others do to get you to tune in?
• What are the challenges in having your listening style?
• What can you do to overcome problems related to your listening style?

Above, you see Kimberly and Maissha share the highlights of their discussion with UExplore colleagues.
Michelle and Cindy take their turn too.

As well, Crystal, Alexis, Tehseen, Josie, and Katrina share similar listening styles.

Listening to the discusions are members of the "evaluative" listening style group: Rick, Taylor, Kesha, Brian, Scott, and Cheryle.

For good measure, we all participated in a test. Grace played 5 audio tape messages, and we guessed the listening style demonstrated in each audio piece.

And, of course, our score was 100%