• How does your PLN help to engage business, career opportunities, and relationships ?

Having a PLN for business and career opportunities helps us to explore different opportunities related to our field of study or we have a chance of exploring opportunities in different sectors. This helps us build strong relationships with different people across the world.

  • How can you take your PLN from local community to global community ?

Having PLN does not limit to one small group but it helps to expand from a local to a global community which helps build more and more connections worldwide, because social media allows us to connect to people all around the world without any limitations.

  • How can you network with a world view but focus on local impact ?

We can network with a world view and focus on local impact. For example, if we take Canada, there are so many different people living whose coming from various different cultures and ethnic backgrounds. So, if our PLN only consists of all Canadians it would be a tough job to market a product to all the people who live in Canada. That’s the main reason why we need to expand our PLN globally so we could get different perspectives from around the world and build up a good plan to market to all different cultures.

  • Can your PLN be used to help professional development post-course and be relied on to open professional opportunities?

Yes my PLN could be used to help professional development post course since in my PLN we have different individuals who come from different backgrounds, countries and who do different majors. They too have connections with professionals in different areas of study which will create professional opportunities, get advice and many more. For example, I am a chemistry major student and I personally do not have any professional connections related to my study but a student whose doing arts in my PLN have connections with chemistry professionals which will not only help me to get professional opportunities but will also help me to get more advice about the other opportunities I could consider.