Article: How Do I Get Started / Use LinkedIn?
On the ASQ JobSeekers website, there is a article titled “How Do I Get Started / Use LinkedIn?” to help get members started on using LinkedIn, now that there is an ASQ Baltimore Group within LinkedIn.
Please read and review the links in the article. Feel free to leave comments or email the author with comments/question.
Lost & Found – Dinner Meeting
If somebody left an item of clothing or accessory at the last dinner meeting, please email 
Thank you.
Eric Finegan
Webmaster, ASQ 0502
ASQ Baltimore (Section 0502) is now on LinkedIn®
The Baltimore Section of the American Society for Quality (ASQ 0502) is happy to announce the creation of the LinkedIn® Group: ASQ Baltimore Section 0502.
What is LinkedIn and how can it benefit you?
LinkedIn is a free online network of more than 55 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing over 170 industries and 200 countries.
Through your network you can:
- Connect with former colleagues, alumni, or other ASQ 0502 members and discover new networking opportunities
- Get introduced to other professionals through the people you know
- Manage the professional information about you that’s publicly available
- Find and be introduced to potential clients, service providers, and subject experts who come recommended
- Create and collaborate on projects, gather data, share files and solve problems
- Be found for business opportunities and find potential partners
- Gain new insight from discussions with like-minded professionals in private group settings
- Discover inside connections that can help you land jobs and close deals
- Post and distribute job listings to find the best talent for your company
How can you join LinkedIn and add ASQ 0502 to your profile?
If you are a member of ASQ 0502, you are eligible to join the Section’s LinkedIn group. Click here to join LinkedIn, or if you are already a LinkedIn member and want to add the ASQ 0502 Group to your account.
When you join, you can create a profile that summarizes your professional expertise and accomplishments. You can then form enduring connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you. Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to a vast number of qualified professionals and experts. LinkedIn is free to join and has a stringent privacy policy. They will not rent or sell your personally identifiable information to third parties for marketing purposes or share your contact information with another user.
What are the benefits of adding the ASQ Baltimore Section 0502 Group to my profile?
- Many professionals advance their careers and business goals by counting on industry and professional groups, alumni organizations, industry conferences and corporate alumni groups to help them make new vital business contacts.
- Helps you manage your career through referrals/advice/networking from ASQ Baltimore members
- Allows you to interact with the ASQ Baltimore community of professionals who share a common experience, passion, interest, affiliation or goal.
- Provides access to a list of all fellow ASQ Baltimore Section 0502 group members currently on LinkedIn.
- Group members are able to communicate freely with one another through LinkedIn messaging.
- Offer members a private space to strengthen old business contacts, and to be introduced to new ones.
- A forum is available for topics to discuss topics and proffer solutions.
As a member of the Baltimore Section, am I required to join LinkedIn, add the ASQ Baltimore Section 0502 group to my profile, etc.?
No, this is an optional service for ASQ 0502 members as an added value to your current membership.
How do I get more information before I start ?
If you wish to read up on LinkedIn and how it may be useful to you before you sign up, please go to the JobSeekers website and review the Introductory article on LinkedIn.
Eric Finegan,
Internet Liaison/Webmaster.
Message from the Chair
To all ASQ Baltimore (Section 0502) Members:
If you have not taken the annual Satisfaction and Loyalty Study survey, please take a few minutes to complete the survey. Go to http://www.marketprobe.com/svy/ASQ/ASQsurvey.asp before February 28, 2010. All participants will be entered into a drawing to win one (1) of eight (8) $25 ASQ Bucks.
Based on the results of last year’s survey, I am proud to announce that the Baltimore Section received the GOLD level. Without you, we could not have achieved this honor. Thank you.
Region 5 Results:
- GOLD: Baltimore (502) and Reading (510)
- SILVER: Washington DC & Maryland Metro (509)
- BRONZE: Philadelphia (505), Delaware (506) and Southern Jersey (508)
In addition to the survey, please feel free to email me (
- have any suggestions or questions regarding the Section
- know of anyone (or you are interested in) speaking to the section
- have a particular topic of interest for a section meeting (helpful is you know someone who may be a speaker, but not required)
- are interested in helping with the Board (open positions include Treasurer; Secretary, and others)
- have a particular course you would like to take in the Fall (see the website for Education details for the Spring)
- Interested in teaching a course in the Spring (Audit; Six Sigma Green Belt or Software Engineer)
- Just want to say “Hi”.
Be safe and have a quality day.
Thanks,
Joan Richter
ASQ Baltimore Chair (Section 502)
Spring 2010 Education Update
Courses for the Spring Semester have been announced. The classes will be held at the Community College of Baltimore County (Continuing Education and Economic Development).
Course Listing from ccbcmd.edu
The textbook will be the corresponding Primer from the Quality Council of Indiana (http://www.qualitycouncil.com) and will need to be purchased prior to the first class.
If you would like to take any of these courses, please go to the following website to enroll: http://www.ccbcmd.edu/ceed/classes/bus_smallbiz.html
Interested in teaching or have questions regarding these courses or have a particular course you would like to see in the Fall, please email 
ASQ Baltimore (Section 502) Education Committee
February Board Meeting Cancelled
Please note that due to weather, the board meeting scheduled for today was cancelled.
The next Board Meeting will be scheduled for the evening of March 16th. Check out the website to review the information and get directions (or email 
Thank you,
Eric Finegan
Secretary, ASQ 0502 Baltimore
Holiday: Washington’s Birthday
Washington’s Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is also commonly known as Presidents Day (sometimes spelled as Presidents’ Day or President’s Day). As Washington’s Birthday or Presidents Day, it is also the official name of a concurrent state holiday celebrated on the same day in a number of states.
Today, the February holiday has become well-known for being a day in which many stores, especially car dealers, hold sales. Until the late 1980s, corporate businesses generally closed on this day, similar to present corporate practices on Memorial Day or Christmas Day. With the late 1980s advertising push to rename the holiday, more and more businesses are staying open on the holiday each year, and, as on Veterans Day and Columbus Day, most delivery services outside of the U.S. Postal Service now offer regular service on the day as well. Over time, as with many federal holidays, few Americans actually celebrate Washington’s Birthday, and it is mainly known as a day off from work or school, although many non-governmental workers do not take the day off.
While Washington’s Birthday was originally established to honor George Washington, the term Presidents Day was informally coined in a deliberate attempt to use the holiday to honor multiple presidents, and is virtually always used that way today.
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