Free events and online programs

Connect!

Boost your profile

A program about presence on LinkedIn: a profile that reads well, a network that keeps growing, and content you actually publish. Experts of international level work with university students and junior specialists, in Uzbek, English and Russian.

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Cost Free for participants
Languages Uzbek, English, Russian
Where Universities and companies
Format Offline events and online programs
Why LinkedIn

The room where the professional world already is

We want Uzbekistan to be part of the global professional community, in an environment where you can see who is who, what people do and what they did before.

1 billion members worldwide, and a million of them are from Uzbekistan
200 million senior leaders, including 10 million at C level
55 million companies out of the 70 million registered worldwide

A LinkedIn profile is the one page about you that a recruiter, a client or a future co-founder will open first. It is free, it works from a phone, and it is maintained by thousands of engineers, so the only variable left is what you put in it.

Connect! exists because that variable is the hardest one. Knowing the platform is not the same as being visible on it. The program takes people from an empty profile to a habit of showing up, one event and one small step at a time.

Three ways in

What Connect! is made of

One live series, one competition and one bot that works quietly in the background. You can join any of them without waiting for the others.

Live events

Connect! Tour

A series of events across universities and organizations. Masterclasses, workshops and open question sessions, run by people who use LinkedIn for hiring, freelancing and building teams every day.

Recognition

Connect! Awards

An award ceremony for the strongest LinkedIn profiles, pages and groups in the country. A way to show what a good profile looks like, using real examples instead of theory.

Always on

Connect! Challenge

A Telegram bot that walks anyone through improving their profile step by step, free of charge. Small tasks, done at your own pace, with a visible result at the end.

Quick check

How strong is your profile right now?

Eight things that decide whether people find you and stay on your page. Tick what is already true for you. Nothing is saved anywhere, this is only for you.

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Empty page

Right now your profile is a name and nothing else. Start with the photo and the headline, that is fifteen minutes of work.

Everything on this list is covered at Connect! events and inside the Challenge bot, step by step.
At every event

What happens in the room

Nothing abstract. Participants leave with knowledge they can apply on LinkedIn the same evening, and with people they did not know an hour earlier.

  • Masterclasses on profile, network and content
  • Workshops where you edit your own profile on the spot
  • Open question sessions with recruiters and practitioners
  • Networking with students and specialists from other companies
  • Interactive activities with prizes for the most active participants
Special focus

Girls in IT

A dedicated part of the program supports girls taking their first steps toward a career in technology through LinkedIn: how to write about yourself without shrinking, how to reach out to people you do not know yet, and how the first year in the industry usually looks.

The point is simple. Visibility is a skill, and it can be taught.

Who comes

Built for people at the start

01

University students

Those choosing a direction and looking for the first honest picture of the industry.

02

Junior specialists

People already working in IT who want the industry to know they exist.

03

Career changers

Anyone of any age moving into technology from another profession.

On the road

Where Connect! has already been

The Tour started with one university and keeps moving. These campuses hosted Connect! events, and the list grows with every new host.

American University of Technology AJOU University in Tashkent PDP University Millat Umidi University School 21 Tashkent Najot Ta'lim Your university next
Sponsorship

Put your company in front of the next generation

Connect! reaches students and junior specialists at the moment they are choosing where to work. Three packages, plus four local roles for organizations that prefer to help in kind.

Bronze Partner

UZS 25,000,000
  • Logo on the event website, posters and promotional materials
  • One post a quarter about the partner on our social media, around 30,000 followers
  • Letter of appreciation

Silver Partner

UZS 50,000,000
  • Everything in the Bronze package
  • Product promotion at the venues: booth, presentation, materials and direct contact with participants

Gold Partner

UZS 100,000,000
  • Everything in the Silver package
  • One post a month about the partner on our social media
  • Co-organizer status and mention in press releases with five guaranteed publications
  • A slot in the program for a workshop or a lecture
  • A dedicated promotional campaign by the partner
  • Partner logo in videos and broadcasts
  • Additional terms open for discussion

Venue Partner

Provides a hall equipped for the event with a lobby for registration and coffee breaks. Receives Venue Partner status, a logo on the event website, mentions in event posts and a logo in the photo report.

Logistics Partner

Covers meals and transportation for the organizers. Receives Logistics Partner status, a logo on the event website, mentions in event posts and a booth at the venue.

Prizes Partner

Covers prizes for the Connect! Awards ceremony worth 25 million soms. Receives Prizes Partner status, a logo on the event website, mentions in event posts and a booth at the venue.

Media Partner

Publishes announcements, news and the final report in media outlets and Telegram channels, at least ten publications. Receives Media Partner status, a logo on the event website and mentions in event posts.

Contact

Bring Connect! to your campus or company

Hosting an event, sponsoring the program or speaking at one of the sessions. Write directly and we will answer.

Shavkat Karimov

Connect! project lead