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| Colour Key: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Direct connection to John Veitch, 1 July 2007. | Second Degree Connection. | |
| Third Degree Connection. | Not Visible to John Veitch | Yellow Numbers are "invisible" |
Study the table below and draw your own conclusions. The Median number of connections is FOUR
| 2300 | 765 | 181 | 135 | 129 | 127 | 124 | 111 | 105 | 102 | 92 | 86 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 55 | 49 | 47 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 44 | 43 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 |
| 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
You can see that about 35% of the members are invisible to almost everyone because the are poorly linked. One of the best features of LinkedIn is the ability to ask questions of your network, but if you only connect to ten people, only ten people will ever see your question. Your chances of getting the best response is small.
Generally speaking networks of more than 30 people start to be useful. People with 30 or more connections are the top 10% of all members.
For New Zealand as a whole, there are about 10,000 members, 220 of them have more than 100 connections. The top connector has more than 8,000. Some 3,500 are invisible because the have inadequate connections to other members. About 30% of the members are CEO's or business owners or senior board members. A small number of companies encourage many staff members to get involved. Government departments and local body councils are noticable by their lack of representation.
There is a help file for people joining LinkedIn here.
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