GDF SUEZ employees registered with LinkedIn and members of the 'Renewables, energy efficiency and smart technologies' group were invited by the Human Resources Department to a special Innovation party at the business social network's head office in Paris on September 15. The evening also provided the opportunity to showcase the Group's open innovation program.

PREVIEW. The first members of the GDF SUEZ Renewables, energy efficiency and smart technologies group on LinkedIn were invited to take part in this conference via a live-tweet organized by GDF Suez Careers digital ecosystem community managers.

  • Participants attended the 'Responsible Innovation' presentation made by researcher, writer and ESSEC Professor Xavier Pavie, which was also transmitted live on Twitter.
  • Participants attended the 'Responsible Innovation' presentation made by researcher, writer and ESSEC Professor Xavier Pavie, which was also transmitted live on Twitter.
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Many engineering students were invited to take part in this live-tweet, and to join the LinkedIn Group. The event attracted around a hundred new members to the group, and the posts made on social networks during the event showed a promising level of commitment to this new community.

LinkedIn, the GDF SUEZ HR partner!

"We hope that this LInkedIn group will allow us to connect with young engineers and encourage them to join us," says Virginie Ravier, the relationship marketing project manager tasked with coordinating and developing the LinkedIn community. She continues: "The questions asked all focused on the major energy challenges of the future. The aim of this open discussion was to give a voice to employees working in renewables, energy efficiency and smart technologies so that they can contribute to raising the profile of GDF SUEZ on these issues. By inviting engineering students to take part in the debate, we hope to engage in dialog with them on these issues, and make them aware that GDF SUEZ is an innovative Group that welcomes talented young people and is having a real impact on tomorrow's society".

Loïc, an early adopter of the GDF SUEZ  Renewables, energy efficiency and smart technologiesgroup on LinkedIN

27-year-old Loïc Jaegert was rewarded for being the first to register for the LinkedIn group, and for being its most active member to date. Currently a manager at Storengy International, a GDF SUEZ Infrastructures division company, Loïc is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris, and joined GDF SUEZ in its HR Challenges and Forecasting Department in 2009. There, he worked on the Entreprise 2.0 project and management innovations designed to support change in the Group. Loïc also co-founded the GDF SUEZ Young Professionals network (YPn). With a real passion for innovation, he is also the driving force behind the ADECIE (www.adecie.org) organization dedicated to developing and promoting a basic culture of innovation in business.

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