Non-Profits
Spread awareness and find the right resources and information to help your cause.
Your non-profit often lacks access to best practices and specialized knowledge in a number of non-core areas that are still important to day-to-day operations.
LinkedIn Helps
- Use Advanced Search to find experts with the talent, experience, and aligned interests who could advise you and request an Introduction from your network.
- Post a question on a specific topic and you’ll solicit feedback from subject matter experts and other non-profits who have been through similar experiences.
With finite resources it can be difficult to mount programs that require large investment and scale.
LinkedIn Helps
- Utilize Advanced Search to find the right contacts at other non-profits that you can partner with, or corporations who can provide sponsorship, etc
- Post a question on LinkedIn to receive advice on which organization you can partner with given your goals.
Post a Question on LinkedIn Answers
At its inception, raising the awareness level and credibility of your non-profit can be difficult.
LinkedIn Helps
- Start a LinkedIn Group, and encourage your organization to join so each member becomes an ambassador for your organization with a badge on his or her profile.
- Prominent stakeholders (volunteers, advisors, board members) help build your organization’s credibility when they list their involvement on their profile or display a group badge.