On May 12, 2011, Krista Canfield, LinkedIn's senior public relations manager, held a conference call with members of the encore community about how to use the popular job networking website.

Listen to this recording of the call to learn how to maximize your LinkedIn profile to build your network – and a bridge to your encore career. Canfield talks about the benefits of building professional ties on LinkedIn, shows you how to improve your profile and helps you get the most out of the website. She focuses on jobs in the nonprofit sector.

Before you listen to the call, you’ll need to create a LinkedIn profile. You must sign onto your profile to follow Canfield’s tutorial. She walks you through what to click, enter and search to get familiar with the site.

Click here to hear the recording. (Please use Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox as your web browser.)