1. Social Networking Know me, Like me, Follow me!

2. Social Networks: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn!

3. Launched in May 2003. According to the data on 9 Aug. 2010 – 75M users in more than 200 countries worldwide. 30M – USA 11M - Europe A new member joins LinkedIn approximately every second! Executives from all Fortune 500 companies are LinkedIn members.

4. Profile Applications: polls, box.net, Reading List by Amazon… Groups Answers

10. Instant Search By people By occupation By company By groups

12. Case 1 Peter M. – Market Data Analyst at MetLife Steps: - I integrated LinkedIn and Twitter. - I suggested Peter to connect because we have common interests (I came across his profile while looking through the group Algorithmic Trading) – he accepted the invitation. - At his LinkedIn homepage he read one of my tweets.

15. MetLife Investments MetLife is the largest life insurer in the United States, with more than $3.3 trillion of life insurance in force. A leader in savings and retirement products and services for individuals, small business, and large institutions, MetLife serves 90 of the largest Fortune 100 companies.

16. Case 2 John C. – VP, Global Partnerships & Alliances, Quantitative Event Driven Trading at Thomson Reuters Steps: 1. 2. 3.

19. Thomson Reuters Thomson Reuters is an information company created by the Thomson Corporation's purchase of Reuters on 17 April 2008. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange Thomson Reuters is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, USA. The Woodbridge Company, a holding company for the Thomson family of Canada, owns 53% of the group, which operates in 93 countries, and has over 50,000 employees.

20. Carl V., co-founder and CEO of HC Associates Charles K.: Managing Director at Lighthouse Point Marketing Past - EVP -Managing Director Morgan Stanley Steps: 1. 2. 3. …

26. Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is a global financial services provider headquartered in New York City, New York, United States. It serves a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 33 countries around the world with 600 offices, with an approximate employee workforce of 45,000. The company reports US$779 billion as assets under its management.

27. Other contacts: 1.Federico B. - Managing Director - Head of International Equity Sales at Citic Securities (largest investment bank in China) 2.Michael A. – Private Banking 3.Rob I. – Director of research at FPR 4.David S. – President and Chief Investment Strategist at Cohne Investment Group 5.Chenghui C. - Quantitative Researcher Founder at Cantor Fitzgerald AITrading.org 6.Kelly G. C. - CEO/President, Curtis Wealth Management Group, LLC 7. Machiel R. - Managing Partner at Equide Capital Arbitrage Fund 8. James W. – Proprietary Trader at Goldman Sachs …..

33. Know Me, Like Me, Follow Me. Powerful Networking!