Connect with like-minded people on LinkedIn.
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Connecting with people online is now common among many of us.
Whether it is LinkedIn or Facebook, people with common interests like to connect and follow their content nd activities online.
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When I first joined LinkedIn in 2008, I didn't take an interest in using the connecting feature. It took a few years to start connecting with people.
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First, I received connection invites, which I accepted with some hesitation.
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Gradually, I started sending connection invites to like-minded people, i.e., with a common academic field of study, research, and profession.
I strongly recommend connecting with like-minded people on LinkedIn and elsewhere on cyberspace.
Invite offline friends to join LinkedIn.
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It is also a good option to invite people to join LinkedIn from other spaces of the networking platforms.
Some people find it awkward to join particular networking platforms. They have their reasons for not joining specific platforms.
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People may have a preference for some platforms.
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We can spread awareness about LinkedIn to our acquaintances and inform them of the networking power of LinkedIn.
I could bring some people from Facebook and the cryptocurrency-based content publishing platforms, such as Odysee, ReadCash, and Publish0x to LinkedIn.
I meet some of my LinkedIn connections offline.
I am fortunate to interact with some of my LinkedIn friends offline in person, face-to-face.
(1) Prof. H. John Caulfield
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I invited Prof. H. John Caulfield to deliver special lectures at a SPIE students' event in our college in India in 2011. And, he kindly agreed and came to India just to help us. He was seventy-plus at that time.
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Prof. Caulfield advised, “Try to do something that you don't know”.
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I understood that it was an implication towards innovation.
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Later, John and I interacted via email.
Prof. H. John Caulfield
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I initiated research studies in a new domain - microwaves (it was completely a new subject to me). I carried out some intuitive experiments. He gave his remarks on the results via email.
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After a couple of months, John was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The doctors told him that he would live for only a few more months.
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John wrote by email that he would prove the doctors wrong and would live beyond that limit.
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Prof. H. John Caulfield expired in January 2012.
Prof. H. John Caulfield is still alive in the memory of the optics and holography community. I always remember his inspiring words for innovation.
I am having his blessings in my research.
<> Originally published on my LinkedIn blog and ReadCash blog.
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