In this book, you've already seen how Mahara can be used to manage your professional profile. LinkedIn (http://www.LinkedIn.com/) is a professional social networking website that allows you to do very much the same, you can fill out your résumé as well as your skills, introduction, picture, and so on. The advantage of LinkedIn over Mahara is that you have access to a world of other professionals. Colleagues, peers, head hunters, and so on are all able to communicate with you via LinkedIn through messages, groups, and connections.

The LinkedIn profile block provides a closer integration between your personal portfolio profile and your socially networked professional profile out there.

It allows you to embed your LinkedIn profile into a Mahara page.