The UT Alumni Forum was created in August 2008 to support the University of Texas Groups on Linkedin and promote networking among Longhorn Faithful Worldwide. In the first year, the Forum has grown to include members in 32 States around the United States and 16 countries around the World. The Forum has also driven membership in the UT groups on Linkedin over 400% this year!
With a new school year here and "National Championship" talk in the air, the Alumni Forum is looking forward to a great So…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on August 26, 2009 at 9:03am —
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The UT Forum here on Ning has seen some exciting additions over the past couple weeks. A “Big D” ~ Dallas group has been created for those Exes up in North Texas and individual invites should go out soon. We have two members who have provided some great info on their blog posts, so keep an eye out for these posts as they will be “featured” on the main page periodically. We now have a member using the “Twitter Tracker” application which is a very good way to leverage your twitter activity here on…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on May 13, 2009 at 6:57am —
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One of the reasons folks fall in love with Austin while at UT is
spring time in central Texas! What a great month for the UT Alumni Forum. Proud to welcome Korea to the international contingent of 13 nations represented here on the UT Forum. While Brooklyn joins the already strong representation from The Big Apple, showing that Longhorns “Do Love New York”. The already strong groups in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio continue to grow along with the entire West Coast. Of course Austin, the…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on April 26, 2009 at 10:30am —
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The Alumni Forum continues to grow and expand, with membership now in Canada and domestically adding members in Oregon, Louisiana, Tennessee and Ohio. The Alumni Forum now covers 27 states and 12 countries. A new group was created for
Longhorn Alumni Band members and a new discussion was started “Things to do in Dallas”. The UT LinkedIn group continues to grow as well with over 2,150 members.
As March goes out like a lion with a very powerful hail storm throughout Central Texas, the blue…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on March 30, 2009 at 5:54pm —
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The UT Austin Linkedin Group surpassed 2,000 members today, while the forum here on Ning continues to grow as well, now with over 500 Texas Exes from around the world! We are exploring the possibility and interest level in a face-to-face networking event/happy hour in Austin. If you or your organization would be interested in sponsorship or if you have any questions please contact Jonathan Fest.
Hook’em!
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Added by Jonathan Fest on March 3, 2009 at 6:16pm —
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Hong Kong, Mexico City and Switzerland join the international contingent as we start off 2009! With Alumni represented in 23 states around the country and 11 Countries around the world the UT Alumni Forum is really taking shape. As we look forward, February 8 will mark the 6th month fo…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on January 21, 2009 at 4:30pm —
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As the year winds down it's time to reflect on 2008. With close to 400 members, The UT Alumni Forum here on Ning has seen tremendous growth while supporting the UT groups on Linkedin. Membership in this forum now spans the globe and blankets the United States. In the past 5 months, members of the forum have been able to connect regarding career opportunities, buy/sell Longhorn Football tickets and re-connect with old friends.
Looking forward at 2009, one cannot help but wonder if the BCS will b…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on December 23, 2008 at 6:30pm —
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The UT Linkedin group continues to grow, reaching the 1,400 mark on 11/17/8, while this forum builds speed surpassing the 300 mark earlier this month.
Spain joins the list of countries represented here on the forum including; Brazil, Chile, France, India, Italy, Pakistan and the U. K.
Domestically San Ramon and San Pedro, California join the west coast contingent including; San Diego, San Jose, Los Angeles, Berkeley, San Francisco and Seattle. Crossing the country we’ve added Colorado, Arkansa…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on November 22, 2008 at 3:00pm —
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The UT Alumni Group on Linkedin continues to grow, with 1280 members we are just 120 members shy of doubling in size since the inception of this forum in August. Our forum is also picking up speed as we approach the 300 member mark, activity continues to increase with two new discussions recently posted “Longhorn Real Estate Professionals Wanted” and “Texas Exes Specialty Wine”. The Longhorn Football team defended it’s #1 ranking for the second week in a row with a tough win over OSU. Next week…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on October 30, 2008 at 3:16pm —
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The UT Alumni forum is two months old today and it has seen remarkable growth and development in this short time frame. The UT Austin Alumni group on Linkedin has added over 450 members in the past two months which far exceeded any expectations. In addition to driving membership on Linkedin, this forum has added value for a number of participants. Several forum members were able to connect regarding Longhorn football tickets, either purchasing or selling extra season tickets. A couple Texas Exes…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on October 8, 2008 at 12:00pm —
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The UT Austin Alumni Group on Linkedin surpassed 1,000 members today, which was the original goal of this forum set on August 8, 2008. After only 40 days this forum has over 200 members and contributed to 300 new members of the UT group on Linkedin.
This forum now reaches from coast to coast and around the world.
Domestic membership covers the west coast including San Diego, San Jose, Los Angeles, Berkeley, San Francisco and Seattle. Crossing the country we have members in Montana, Minnesota,…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on September 17, 2008 at 11:30pm —
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With the Olympics over and ten former or current UT student-athletes accounting for 14 medals, including 10 gold medals, the Burnt Orange contingent represented! Consider that if these current Horns and Texas Exes were competing as a separate Country they would have placed 8th among all nations in gold medals and 18th in total medals won!! My personal favorite was Sanya Richard’s (UT ’06) anchor leg in the 1600-meter relay bringing home the gold for the USA!
The Fall semester has begun and foot…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on August 27, 2008 at 3:30pm —
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Many changes have occurred over the last week on both Linkedin and Ning. Now that everything has settled down, here is an update on the networks. The UT Austin Alumni Linkedin Group is up to 847. Linkedin will allow more than 1,000 members upon request, so keep spreading the word. With almost 150 members added to the UT Alumni Group since August 8, 2008, we should reach 1,000 members well before the original goal, November 8, 2008. The forum here on Ning has also grown and seen quite a bit of de…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on August 25, 2008 at 7:38pm —
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This forum has been online for less than a week and the response has been excellent. There have been 63 additions to the Linkedin Alumni Group and 157 new members of this forum. The original goal was to reach 1,000 members of the Linkedin UT Alumni Group by 11/20/8, one year after it was created. This goal looks like it will be reached much sooner than expected.
At this point we would like to hear from you. What would you like to gain from this forum? Any feedback with regard to improvements to…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on August 13, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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Yesterday saw a big jump in the members here, as a result the Linkedin group is growing as well. Our forum gained over 100 people yesterday as the word got out, today the site is 127 strong. The Linkined group grew as well, now with 738 members, just 262 members from our goal set for November 20, 2008.
I have received some excellent feedback regarding improvements to this forum. Feedback is more than welcome, the purpose of this platform is to allow free flowing communication throughout the Tex…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on August 12, 2008 at 8:48am —
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Closer to the goal of 1,000 members of the Linkedin Alumni Group; today (8/11/8) membership is up to 723, only 277 to go!
Progress here at http://linkedinexes.ning.com/ is starting to take off as well!
Glad to see Antonio, Doug, Tom, Meredith, Kevin and Desmond!
Feel free to invite other Longhorn faithful to our network, membership on Linkedin or the UT group on Linkedin is optional but welcomed;)
FYI - The invite button is in the upper right corner of you page.
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Added by Jonathan Fest on August 11, 2008 at 1:50pm —
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The UT Austin Alumni Group was created on Linkedin.com November 20, 2007.
Today(8/8/8) the group now has 700 members!
This network has been set up to foster communication and interaction for the Longhorn faithful. The goal is to provide Exes with a forum to discuss a wide array of topics; Business Opportunities, Networking Events(social/professional), Athletics, Fundraisers, UT news,
Aggies.....
With the one year anniversary of the UT Austin Alumni Group around the corner the goal of 1…
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Added by Jonathan Fest on August 8, 2008 at 8:00pm —
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