One of the fundamental goals of BOLD has been to provide networking opportunities for learning and development professionals. Our events, workshops, roundtables, and mentorship program provide the foundation for those networking opportunities. We’ve thought carefully about how to best integrate some online tools to facilitate networking between members – both group and 1-on-1 interactions that supplement our live events and informal networking within the group. To that extent, we have established a BOLD LinkedIn Group as a secure online networking tool for BOLD members, in-house HR/OD professionals, and other managers in the life sciences industry.
Getting LinkedIn to BOLD: Examples of Networking on the BOLD LinkedIn Group
- You're researching personality assessment tools and want to network with other BOLD members who have experience with Myers-Briggs. Under the Members page of the BOLD LinkedIn Group, you can do a keyword search for "MBTI" across all members profiles and then target your research efforts based on the results.
- You recently attended a conference and have some interesting industry trends or insights to share with other BOLD members. Under the Discussions page of the BOLD LinkedIn Group, you can post comments or questions, and then get notified when others respond to your posting.
- You recently read an interesting article related to HR or OD and wish to share it with other BOLD members. You can post a link to any online article or website under the News page of the BOLD LinkedIn Group for viewing and comments for all BOLD members.
- You're hiring an HR or OD professional and want to target your recruiting efforts. You can post free online job listings under the Jobs tab of the BOLD LinkedIn Group that are only viewable by BOLD members.
Accessing the BOLD LinkedIn Group
- The BOLD LinkedIn Group is open to BOLD members, in-house HR/OD professionals, and managers in the life sciences industry.
- New BOLD members will receive an invitation to join the LinkedIn Group. Others who meet the membership criteria can join by following this link.
- Once you’re a member of the BOLD LinkedIn Group, you can access it from the “Groups” drop-down menu located on the left side of your personal LinkedIn Profile page. Alternatively, you access it directly at this link.
Overview of Features (tabs on the BOLD LinkedIn Group website)
- Members: Search for members by name or keyword. View their online profiles. Send them personal email messages (members may opt-out of receiving personal emails).
- Discussions: Post questions or comments to the group for other BOLD members to view and respond to online.
- News: Post links to relevant news articles for members to view and discuss online.
- Jobs: Post free job posting that are only accessible to BOLD members.
- Settings: Manage your group settings. You can choose whether you wish to receive daily or weekly email digests of all activity on the group (e.g., discussions, news, job postings, etc.) or no emails at all. Choose whether you wish to allow other members to be able to contact you directly via personal email. Choose whether you’d like to show the BOLD group logo on your LinkedIn profile page. Change the email address where you’d like to receive BOLD LinkedIn Group messages.
Rules & FAQ
- Members are prohibited from using the BOLD LinkedIn Group for solicitation purposes.
- The BOLD LinkedIn Group, including subscription requests, discussions, and other online content, is monitored by the BOLD Operations Committee.
- At this time, you cannot directly post attachments to the BOLD LinkedIn Group, however you can post links to any article or document on the web.
- The BOLD website is a separate entity from the BOLD LinkedIn Group. You are responsible for managing your LinkedIn account, including your email preferences, online profile, and group settings. Your general LinkedIn account settings (including email and passwords) will not be affected by joining the BOLD LinkedIn Group. You can also leave the BOLD LinkedIn Group (or any LinkedIn group) at any time.
