<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 12"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C9F965.4A16C870"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="cid:editdata.mso">  <link rel=themeData href="~~themedata~~"> <link rel=colorSchemeMapping href="~~colorschememapping~~">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <div id=ygrp-mlmsg> <div id=ygrp-msg> <div id=ygrp-text> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:15.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000066'>Using LinkedIn to keep up with World Streets</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>- Paul Minett, Trip Convergence Ltd, New Zealand<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> </span><![if !vml]><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kbTo-M_pSuw/SkmoyC6EZQI/AAAAAAAABCc/e0R9GtbxCI4/s1600-h/ws-pic-minett.jpg"><img border=0 width=108 height=107 src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kbTo-M_pSuw/SkmoyC6EZQI/AAAAAAAABCc/e0R9GtbxCI4/s200/ws-pic-minett.jpg" align=right hspace=12 v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"></a><![endif]><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>This is a practical post with a suggestion. I found that I was not keeping up with World Streets because I do not use the RSS feeds. And I wanted a weekly summary rather than daily emails or the monthly summary. Some people are hard to please!<br> <br> <span class=fullpost>Using LinkedIn to keep up with World Streets</span><br> <br> <span class=fullpost>What I found is that if you join the World Streets Working Group on LinkedIn - a free social/professional networking site -- you can get a daily or weekly (your choice) summary of the World Streets posts sent directly to your email. I use the weekly version to keep up myself.</span><br> <br> <span class=fullpost>Here is how you do it:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=fullpost><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>1. Sign in to LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com (or click on the link in item 2)<span style='color:black;mso-themecolor:text1'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> 2. Go to Groups and click on the World Streets Working Group (alternatively just click this link: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=668837">http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=668837</a><span style='color:black;mso-themecolor:text1'><br> </span><br> 3. Click the ‘Join Group’ button.<span style='color:black;mso-themecolor:text1'><br> </span><br> 4. You will see that you get options for how often you would like to receive summaries of activity in the group. The way it is set up, all World Streets posts go to this group, and then are summarised for you at whatever frequency you would like. Like something you see there, a single click takes it to you <span style='color:black;mso-themecolor:text1'>o</span>n the World Streets site.</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> <span class=fullpost>An additional benefit of joining the LinkedIn group is that you can see who else is there, and communicate directly with others in the group who share this interest.</span><br> <br> <br> <br> --<br> Posted to <a href="http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2009/06/heads-up-keeping-up-with-world-streets.html">World Streets</a> at 6/30/2009 07:42:00 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'>__._,_.___<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:1.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=1088789/grpspId=1707205954/msgId=3768/stime=1246346277/nc1=1/nc2=2/nc3=3"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'>__,_._,___<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>