1. Social Media
Tip Sheet
CLMA is now active on LinkedIn and Facebook. While laboratorians connect with each other via e-mail, phone and at face-to-face events,
maintaining connections through these tools helps you find more great professional contacts year-round. Use our social media networks to let your
contacts know what you’re interested in and what you’re working on.
Join the CLMA presence in cyberspace and expand your network. Contact ecatalano@clma.org with questions.
CLMA LinkedIn Group CLMA Facebook Page
THE BASICS THE BASICS
• If you aren’t yet on LinkedIn, create • If you don’t have a profile on
a profile at http://linkedin.com. Be Facebook, create one at
sure to include your professional http://facebook.com.
information and a photo. • Part of the profile creation process
• Once you have a profile on includes searching your current e-
LinkedIn, request to join the CLMA mail contacts for Facebook profiles,
group from the link above. so you can easily find people you
• Once approved, you can already know.
participate in the group. You can • Learn more information about
browse group members and privacy on Facebook here.
connect with people you’ve known • Once you have a profile on
for years in a whole new arena. Facebook, search “Clinical
Laboratory Management
NEXT STEPS Associaion” to find the page.
• From the home page, go to
Contacts > Add Connections, and NEXT STEPS
LinkedIn can search your existing e- • Be sure you click “Like” (with the
mail contacts for people you may thumbs-up symbol) on the CLMA
know. page. This will ensure you receive all
• Do you have something on your updates in your personal news feed.
mind that you think laboratorians
may be able to help you with? • Suggest CLMA to your industry
Click “Start a Discussion” on the contacts. Click “Suggest to Friends”
group page and get feedback on the left side of the page.
from the members of this group. • Post favorite photos from past
• Have a great article to share? Click ThinkLabs, chapter meetings,
“News” from the group page and education sessions or other events.
submit interesting and relevant On the “Wall” tab, type a caption for
articles for the group to read. the photo in the “What’s on your
mind?” box, then attach the photo.