Index of Groups on LinkedIn
Posted by Ted Hopton on January 30, 2008
I started two groups on LinkedIn. One is for ICMI Members, and only current ICMI Members are eligible to join. The other is for the ICMI QueueTips Community, and that’s open to anyone to join. Both are intended to facilitate networking among call center professionals by leveraging the power of LinkedIn’s 10 million+ members.
However, I was curious about other groups on LinkedIn. For example, is there an alumni group for my college? I could not find any list of all the groups on the LinkedIn website, which seemed strange. There is a list, but it’s only a few pages — surely there are far more groups than those listed. And there’s a note at the moment saying that new groups are not included (the note has been there for at least a month).
Well, today I found an index of sorts to LinkedIn groups. Actually, it’s not an official index at all, and I have no idea how complete the list is, but I can tell you it’s incredibly long (and not in any order whatsoever). And LinkedIn did not create it — it’s in the profile of a member, Steven Burda, who must have joined every one of these groups.
How he found them all, I do not know. Then again, he seems obsessed with networking, since he’s got more than 500 connections on LinkedIn. IMHO, it’s impossible to truly be *connected* to that many people, but what do I know? Maybe he’s just at such a high level of networking that I can’t fathom it.
Here’s the link to his profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/burda I recommend looking at it if you would like to find LinkedIn groups to join. I actually went through his entire list and found alumni groups for both my undergrad and graduate schools, plus half a dozen others that look interesting. Since LinkedIn does not seem to be providing this kind of a list, thanks to Steven for doing so!
Happy networking!
burda said
Thank you for a great post!
-Steven Burda
burda.mba{at}gmail.com
also, my Linkedin Q&A: Why Network?
http://www.linkedin.com/answers/career-education/professional-networking/CAR_PNT/93069-5604666
locris said
PS. this is where Steve found most of the Groups he belongs:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedInGroupsDirectory/join
Find or add yours today!!
Cheers ……….