Pro6 minute read· Updated 5 November 2026
Turn your LinkedIn connections into a warm-introduction map
Score your LinkedIn connections, find the shortest warm path to each target funder and ask for introductions with a blurb people can forward.
An introduction from someone the funder trusts gets your proposal read. A cold message often does not. The problem is knowing who in your network can make that introduction, and asking in a way that is easy for them to say yes. This guide turns your LinkedIn export into a ranked map: each target funder, the people who can reach it, how strong each link is, and a ready-to-forward note for every ask.
Inside this playbook
- What you need
- 1. Export your connections
- 2. List your targets and their people
- 3. Score each connection
- 4. Find the shortest warm path
- 5. Ask for the introduction
- 6. Make it easy to say no
- 7. Follow through and thank them
- 8. Keep the map ranked
- Checklist
- Further reading
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