Administering a Closed Group on LinkedIn

What is a Closed Group on LinkedIn?

A closed LinkedIn Group means that anyone can request to be a member; however, each person must be ‘Accepted’ by the Group Admin or Manager to be accepted into the group. The discussions within the group are not viewable by anyone that is not a member of the group.

Login to your LinkedIn Profile > Groups > Select your Group from the dropdown.
This will display the ‘Discussions’ Tab. This is where you post and comment.

To Share a Group on LinkedIn

To share the Group, click on Share group > Invite Others > click on the little address book and select your connections that you want to invite the group > Click Finished > fill in the subject and type in a short note > Click ‘Send Invitations’.

To Accept Requests For Membership

As this is a closed group, you will need to login and ‘accept’ each request.

Login to Linkedin > Groups > Select your Group from the dropdown > Manage > Requests to Join > and click on ‘Approve’ if that person is allowed to join the group, or ‘decline’ if you don’t want that person joining the group.

To Make a Member a Manager of the Group

If you want to share admin rights with other members of the Group, once they have been ‘Accepted’ into the Group click on ‘Manage’ > “Participants’ > Members > and under their name click on ‘Change Role’ and select ‘Manager’. (Managers can ‘accept’ members, so make sure they know who should be accepted in to the group).