Social Media Success

 The view from IW '09 hotel - Sheraton Wall

Today I am giving a talk on social networking's role in the job search to 86 recent Aboriginal graduates from across Canada. It is my second presentation on social networking (the last one was on Twitter for my online cultures anthropology class) and I must admit I am a tad nervous ...

Jeremy Belyea (keynote YIP) and I last year

Last year's networking reception - the Baker twins, Alana and I.

I chose a really bad night to have bad fashion ... 

(I was trying too hard to be "professional")

I am working this week at Inclusion Works (IW), an Aboriginal recruitment fair put on by Aboriginal Human Resources in downtown Toronto. Last year I got to attend the first annual IW in Vancouver, which was pretty awesome. I got to meet tons of people, including Carla Robinson, Alano Edzerza, Alana LaMalice and countless other successful Aboriginal peeps. It was a great opportunity to schmooze, network and make new friends.

I love the "Ivy League" comment. Genius.

So this year I was invited to participate and will be giving this little talk today, as well as hanging out, taking pictures and getting everyone to meet and greet. This conference is creating a group called Young Indigenous Professionals (YIPs), which has the power to become a super networking tool for the Canadian young Indigenous. Here are a few slides of my PowerPoint presentation for you to peruse.

Wish me luck!