I show you how to use the Discussions feature of LinkedIn Groups, but also the "Follow" aspect for Group members. Use it for keeping up to date with what interests your peers. This presentation is part of the Sunday Skills section of my blog http://CompensationInsider.com I write 3 times per week on various C&B, Performance Management, Global Mobility and Governance topics, and you can subscribe to receive it by email or by RSS reader so you don't miss my articles. Given that I am based in Abu Dhabi I try to give it a Middle East approach from time to time, but trust that the topics and ideas will remain relevant no matter what your regional responsibilities are.

1. LINKEDIN GROUPS AND
KEEPING UPDATED ON
COMPENSATION
TRENDS
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2. The situation
 You have already set up a stream of targeted
incoming RSS feeds to your Reader as well as
specific Alerts on topics you want to keep
informed of.
 Another obvious area to search is LinkedIn
Answers, but with over 150 million
members, surely there are other ways for you
to use LinkedIn to know what is going on in
your profession ?
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3. The solution
 You are a member of targeted LinkedIn groups
that cater to your specific areas of interest, in
our case
Compensation, Benefits, Recognition, global
Mobility, Governance.
 Use Discussions and the Follow feature as two
additional sources of ideas and information
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4. Use Discussions in the Group
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5. Enter the Group and select a
discussion from the first page
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6. Use Search to find relevant
discussions
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7. Click on a Discussion > More >
Reply privately
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8. …or simply scroll to the bottom and
enter your comment
Unclick the button
if you don’t want to
receive future
comments on this
discussion
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9. Use the “More”section of the
Group
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10. See all recent updates in the Group
(new members, discussions, comments and likes…)
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11. More > Your activity – part I
Check updates on
discussions you
started, joined or
follow
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12. More > Your activity – part II
Click on People you’re following
and you will see all of them not just
the ones that you follow and are in
the same LinkedIn Group as you.
By default you follow all your 1st
degree connections, plus any
group member that you wish even
if you are not directly connected.
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13. In your Groups, who to follow ?
 Influencers, the ones that participate actively
to the Group
 The people asking questions on topics of
specific interest to you
 Journalists, writers etc
 Providers
 Peers in your industry or your country
 Your competitors if you are a provider….
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14. What happens when you follow
them ?
 You see their activities displayed on the
stream of Updates on your LinkedIn home
page
 You can choose to receive an email for all their
activity (not recommended if they are very
active or if you follow a lot of people).
 You can see their recent activity from your list
of all people you follow. Establish
relationship, ask for advice, comment on their
achievements…. And get invaluable free
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