Career Zoo 2011 LinkedIn and Mendeley

Social Media and Online Research Tools

Ted Vickey

How powerful is social networking?

…it got this man elected President

I am by EDUCATION an Exercise Scientist,

I am by EXPERIENCE an Entrepreneur,

I am by PASSION a Connector.

It is not what you know,

it is who you know and

who they know

and Ireland = +470,000 members

Which is taller?30,000 meters

8,850meters

764meters

39

3+

44Million

56Million

as Worldwide Professional Network

Future Business Opportunity 1.5

Stay Connected 1.6

Partnership Opportunity 1.8

Research 1.9

Personal Networking 2.2

New Ventures 2.3

Expertise Requests 2.4

Sales Prospecting 2.6

Career Opportunity 3.7

Perceived benefits of LinkedIn (Irish)

(Vickey, 2009)

Strongly Agree

Strongly Disagree

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What is Mendeley?

Free academic software to manage, share, read, annotate and cite your research papers...

...and a research network to manage your papers online, discover research trends and statistics, and to connect to like-minded researchers.

http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/ted-vickey/

Adding your papers

Using the Web Importer

On the web page with the reference(s) you want to capture: click on the bookmarklet…

Manage your library

Star your favorite papers

Documents can be marked read/unread

Filter by authors, tags, publications or keywords

Open attached PDF files in integrated viewer

Search as you type

Full text search in Mendeley’s PDF viewer

Citing in Word & Open Office

Click on “Insert Citation” in Word

Share references with Mendeley Groups

Ted VickeyNational University of Ireland - Galway

ted.vickey@deri.org

@tedvickey

www.linkedin.com/in/tedvickey

http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/ted-vickey

www.socialfitphd.com

1. Increase your

brand

Use on your business card

2. Enhance your

Google rank

3. Build your

network

4. Stay

CONNECTED

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