Are you LinkedIn to the Industry Questions of the Day?

As you probably know, one of the largest professional online networks out there is LinkedIn (you can reach my profile by clicking the LinkedIn button under my photo to the left). As a social networking tool, it is often criticized because it doesn't allow as much interaction as other sites, but you can't beat it for its professionalism, and the interaction it does offer, most prominently in its Q&A section, is actually pretty great if you use it right.

LinkedIn members can post questions and assign them to a particular topic. Other LinkedIn members answer. Easy enough.

This is relevant to event professionals everywhere because they have a full section devoted to events and broken down into "Conference Planning," "Conference Venues," and "Event Marketing and Promotions." Even if you never ask a question, you can learn a lot from the questions asked by others.

For example, take a look at this question on using social networking and viral marketing for events. Or this one on the future of live conferences and workshops.

Don't want to have to go to LinkedIn everyday to check for new questions? Me neither--that's why I subscribe to the feed using my RSS reader.