Nodes of Design Nodes of Design#40: Personal Branding by Jonathan Javier
Jonathan Javier is currently the CEO/Founder of Wonsulting, whose mission is to “turn underdogs into winners” and leads Professional Development for Cisco’s Early Career Network. He's also worked in Strategy and Operations team at Snap, Google, and Cisco. He works on many initiatives, advising, and words of wisdom on LinkedIn and through speaking engagements. He has led 160+ workshops in 8 different countries, including the Mena ICT Forum in Jordan, Resume/Personal Branding at Cisco, LinkedIn Strategy & Operations Offsite, Great Place To Work, Talks at Google, and more. He's amassed 75,500+ followers on LinkedIn and 5+ million impressions monthly on his content.
In this episode of Nodes of Design, Jonathan had shared his wonderful journey in building a great personal brand and explained to us why is it so important for designers to build a personal brand with a great set of examples and do and don't that one must follow while building their personal brand, He shared valuable insights on networking on LinkedIn and how to get great opportunities and build a vast network using LinkedIn as a platform.
Takeaways - What is Personal Branding? How to build a personal brand? Using LinkedIn as a platform to gain connections and opportunities.
Tales from Designers around the world - https://medium.com/design-warp
Wonsulting Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/wonsulting
Jonathan Javier recommends books.
David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Malcolm Gladwell
You Are Not So Smart - David McRaney
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