What does it cost to be a member of DABGO?
It is FREE to be a member of DABGO. Read here how to join

Do I have to join the DABGO LinkedIn group to receive the DABGO Newsletter?
No, everybody interested in subscribing to the DABGO Newsletter is welcome to do so. Just enter your e-mail address in the left section of this page under “FREE DABGO NEWSLETTER”.

Can I get spammed by other members of the DABGO group?
No. LinkedIn for Groups is designed specifically for the individual and not as a groupwide communications tool. Therefore, there is no way for an individual user to send broadcast messages to all members of the group.

Will I be able to contact fellow DABGO group members?
Yes. Each member of a group decides how fellow group members can contact him/her. Since group members share an affinity and are usually open to interacting with fellow group members, most LinkedIn users allow fellow group members to contact one another without referral. This is a setting that each group member can change from his/her homepage.

How do I make it so no one can contact me?
Go to your group management page and “turn off” direct contact with your group members. Fellow group members can no longer contact you directly and would have to go through the chain of referrals on LinkedIn.

Who can see me in the system?
Once you join your group on LinkedIn, your profile becomes visible to all fellow members. However, they will not be able to see your network of connections unless you are personally connected to them (via an accepted personal invitation).

If I belong to the DABGO group will I be able to see my fellow members’ connections?
No. Joining the DABGO group does not allow you to see a fellow member’s network. It only allows you to see other group members. This is because membership in a group does not necessarily mean that you have a strong relationship with the other members in your group. Once you have developed a strong relationship with a fellow member, you can request to be connected to him or her and subsequently be able to see their network of connections.

How do I make it so no one can see what groups I’m in?
Go to your group management page and “turn off” displaying your group logo to non-group members. With this off, only members from your group will be able to see the logo in your profile.

I still see the DABGO logo even though I chose to not display my group logo to non-group members?
Since you are viewing your own profile, the group logo will always appear. To make sure that you have properly changed the visibility setting, view your profile by clicking on the “Profile” tab. Scroll down to the bottom where the groups you belong to are shown. If you have turned off the visibility setting for a group, it will state that the group is “not visible on your profile.”

There are people I know who are part of my organization, but they do not show up when I search for them on LinkedIn, what’s wrong?
LinkedIn is an opt-in only system. All people showing up in search results are actual users who chose to sign up. Nobody is represented to be in the LinkedIn network without their knowledge and explicit consent. If they do not show up, then they have not signed up to LinkedIn or they have not accepted your group’s invitation.
Feel free to encourage your fellow members to join LinkedIn by sending them the invitation link from your group director. Joining LinkedIn helps both of you to leverage your professional networks, which can easily become a critical solution to your professional challenges.

Do I still need to connect to someone if they’re already in the DABGO group? I thought that by being in the group, they don’t have to connect to me?
Connecting to someone establishes them as a trusted person within your personal network, beyond the trust that was created through your mutual membership of DABGO. As part of your personal network, you are able to view and search through their network and vice versa.

What if I don’t want to add any contacts? I don’t want to bug my friends.
You certainly do not have to invite any contacts if you don’t want to. The good news is that if you join the DABGO group and decide that you want to go through your LinkedIn experience one step at a time and not connect to anyone yet, then no one outside the DABGO group will be able to see you. Only your fellow group members will be able to see you. However, you must keep in mind that if you do not connect to anyone, you will only be able to search through the profiles of the members in your organization.
Inviting your contacts to join you on LinkedIn is very unobtrusive and LinkedIn does not take advantage of your friends’ contact information without their explicit knowledge and consent.

How do I quit the DABGO group?
Please contact your group manager. Group administration is done by the respective group managers and not LinkedIn.