National Careers Week 2025 LinkedIn Workshop For Regional Professionals Bendigo Victoria

By Sue Ellson

Topic: National Careers Week 2025 – LinkedIn Workshop For Regional Professionals
Date: Thursday 15 May 2025
Time: 04:30pm – 06:30pm AEST time (UTC+10)
Venue: Discovery Science and Technology Centre, 7 Railway Place, Bendigo, Victoria 3550 (next to Bendigo Railway Station)
Parking: Available around the venue – it is next to Bendigo Railway Station
Handout: Will be sent to everyone who registers to attend
Tickets: $0
Register: https://events.humanitix.com/linkedin-workshop-for-regional-professionals
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjIz2wx1Ow8
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Details

LinkedIn Workshop – For Regional Professionals.

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional networking platform with over 1 billion members in over 200 countries. But how does a professional in a regional area of Australia utilise its power? Can you gain better access to both local, regional and international markets by tweaking your activity?

Do you know how to use it for your purpose? Can you backup your profile, update the most important settings and track relevant statistics? What is essential to add to your LinkedIn Profile and once done, how do you attract opportunities, network and gain referrals? If you have a broader message you want to share with the world, how can you get it out there?

Join this interactive and practical event to hear from Independent LinkedIn Specialist Sue Ellson (based in Melbourne but a regular visitor to Bendigo).

A comprehensive digital handout will be provided to all registrants as well as a digital copy of Sue’s book, ‘LinkedIn for me and my career or business.’

Please bring your mobile phone with the LinkedIn App installed and be signed in. If you would like to bring your fully charged laptop as well, you can complete some LinkedIn updates in the session.

Speaker

Sue Ellson GK BBus MPC PCDAA ASA WV MEdPlus
Sue Ellson joined LinkedIn in 2003, has been consulting on it since 2008 and has written two books on LinkedIn in 2016 and 2023. In 2024, Sue was recognised by AI as one of the top 10 LinkedIn Specialists in the world (from a group survey of 100 people worldwide) – and the only Australian in the list. To keep herself up to date with all things LinkedIn, Careers, Business and Marketing, Sue has been attending between one and four events every week since the year 2000. More details at https://sueellson.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/sueellson

This is a joint event co-hosted by representatives of:

This event is also part of National Careers Week.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Agenda

4:30pm – 5:00pm General Networking
5:00pm – 6:00pm Presentation on LinkedIn for Regional Professionals
6:00pm – 6:30pm More Connecting

Photos

LinkedIn for Regional Professionals Bendigo with Alisha Kent, Hayley Tibbett, Sue Ellson, Andrew Rimington, Tiffany Gil and Bodie Howell

LinkedIn for Regional Professionals Bendigo with Andrew Rimington — LinkedIn for Regional Professionals Bendigo and Andrew Rimington (provider of refreshments)

Slides

20250515-Bendigo-LinkedIn-Workshop-For-Regional-Professionals-By-Sue-Ellson Download

Video Recording

Inclusions

comprehensive slides that you can use as a road map before asking for extra assistance
video recording of the session
digital copy of the book ‘LinkedIn for me and my career or business’
access to further career or digital mentoring with Sue Ellson
avoid making rookie mistakes and wasting your time and money!

This will be an inclusive workshop for all ages and abilities and there will be time for questions as well.

Evaluations Summary

1. Did you enjoy the workshop overall?

19 people said Yes, 2 people did not answer and one person added a comment ‘Always enjoy Sue’s workshops.’

2. What has been of most benefit to you today?

Learning that I can add memberships
A very insightful session
Speed of video creation on LinkedIn
All of it, how to elaborate on skills and job roles
Weekly tracker recommendations
Advice about Verification
Google (Advanced) Search
Learning features I didn’t previously know about
I didn’t know there was so many features of LinkedIn
All of the presentation has been interesting
All relevant
Reasons why you should do certain function
All of it
Practical tips and guidance
Advanced Google Search
Backup
Skills
Refreshed my view of how I should be using LinkedIn to generate business
Updating my profile
Reply to Posts
5 Job Titles
Once a week posting
Updating recommendations and endorsements
Information on updating my profile
Job Search
A target for updating my profile and stats and archiving my contacts

3. What else would have been helpful to you?

How to get more impressions (make scroll stopping content!)
Unsure – we covered so much!
Tips on what not to do on LinkedIn (not abide by the LinkedIn User Agreement)
More on posting and how to word posts to attract but not be arrogant (LinkedIn Posts Webinar Recording)
Access to the building (front door was locked after start time)
I don’t know
Not applicable
If my phone had enough charge 🙂
How to actual search for jobs on LinkedIn (visit the Jobs Tab)
Maybe some business specific parts rather than about me as an individuals (LinkedIn Business Results Recording)
Bit slower!
Not much: a lot was shared, thank you
PowerPoint emailed to me (will do!)
Don’t really know until I update
Algorithms for what appears in my feed (this changes on a regular basis, but often reflects content that is similar to what you have stopped scrolling on in the past or have reacted to or commented on as well as content from your ‘new’ Connections)

4. What will you do next?

Add memberships
Be game enough to do more on LinkedIn
Go to Sue’s website
Update profile and increase engagement
Update profile with key skills
Review my profile and update
Update profile, write a post and create a company page
I will update my profile and think about when I will ask for and give a recommendation
Personalise my URL, Licenses with Memberships, follow Be. Bendigo, the Discovery Centre, my local council, access MyFuture.edu.au, access LinkedIn Learning for free through the Bendigo Library
Update my LinkedIn Profile
Look forward to book and slides to make sure I am up to date
New photo, refresh profile, engage more
Make some updates, check our business listing, talk to our recruiting department
Look at slides when received, backup and update LinkedIn
Backup my profile and then update it, head shot photo
Improve my LinkedIn profile and creative
Update profile and post more and comment more
Update – am looking for a job
Go have a play on my profile
Renew my strategy and use LinkedIn more productively

5. Do you have any other feedback to share?

Could be good to learn how to manage role changes with same employer
I feel a little more confident and motivated to do more on LinkedIn
Look forward to the slides
No, it was great, just enough information
Absolutely fantastic with lots of information and free food and drinks
Not applicable
From a brand management perspective, high numbers aren’t always great
Little fast
It was great, thanks!
Thank you so much for making this training available for FREE!
Great knowledge!
No: helpful that the slides are being shared
Fabulous resource Sue Ellson ✔️✔️ Thanks
Not applicable
Lovely pace, good practical examples and tips

Frequently Asked Questions

I can’t attend live, but if I register, will I still receive the slides and the recording?
Yes, everyone who registers will receive the slides and recording via email

Can I ask quick questions before or after the workshop?
Yes, just email sueellson@sueellson.com

Can I ask questions during the workshop or during the networking time?
Yes

How can I find out more about the presenter, Sue Ellson?
Visit the About page on Sue Ellson’s website at https://sueellson.com/about – this includes a lot more information about Sue’s education, qualifications, memberships, skills and experience

Can you tell me more about Sue Ellson’s books?
Yes, they are written in a conversational and practical style with stories that you can relate to based on Sue’s extensive lived experience. Each book has a comprehensive Index so that you can go back to something specific of interest at any time. Learn more at https://sueellson.com/books

Can you tell me more about Sue Ellson’s digital mentoring?
Yes, Sue works with individuals and enterprises to help them achieve their digital goals. Whether you are just starting your digital journey or you have been online for years, Sue shares actionable wisdom that is aligned with your goals and focuses on building digital assets with lifetime returns

Follow Up Personal Assistance

– Book a personal appointment with Sue Ellson

Service examples https://sueellson.com/services-and-pricing – please Contact Sue

How to say Thank You Sue

If you find any of the information in this free webinar helpful, please consider writing an informative review via one of the following links:
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Facebook Review https://www.facebook.com/sueellson2/reviews
Online Review https://sueellson.com/reviews (no login required)
LinkedIn Recommendation https://www.linkedin.com/in/sueellson (we need to be connected)

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Upcoming and Past Presentations, Recordings and Publications

Presentations listed here for various topics.

Free LinkedIn Insight Online Webinars and Recordings here and other general webinars and recordings here.

Publications listed here.

Previous National Careers Week Events

Personal Branding Australian Style – 2025
https://sueellson.com/blog/national-careers-week-2025-personal-branding-australian-style

10 Ways to Improve your LinkedIn Career Results – 2024
https://sueellson.com/blog/10-ways-to-improve-your-linkedin-career-results

LinkedIn for Real Estate and Commercial Property Professionals – 2023
https://sueellson.com/blog/linkedin-for-real-estate-and-commercial-property-professionals

LinkedIn for Early Career Professionals – 2022
https://sueellson.com/blog/linkedin-for-early-career-professionals

Additional Supporters

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