adding value to_your_degree[1]
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MAPR presentation on how to act like business people whilst still at Uni. Get in touch through MAPR if you'd like any further points clarified.TRANSCRIPT
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Adding value to your degree
CarlaWez
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Wez – Sports MarketingCarla – Marketing and PR
Who are we?
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Website
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Key tips:Free site builder
(wordpress, moonfruit, doodlekit, webeden)Show PersonalityUpdated (especially if blogging) ‘Employer area’
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Business cards
www.vistaprint.co.uk
Name Course University 'Headline' Mobile Email Twitter Linked-in Blog Website
“Looking for industry Experience”
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Networking site
Linkedin.Follow etiquetteUse the groupsUse the Amazon ‘book list’Write and ask for recommendationsLink to everything elseAsk for advice, not connections
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Other networking sites:
toplinkedin.comnetworkingcoach.com lifehacker.comecademy.com hellotxt.comxing.comning.comviadeo.com
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Get tweeting
Careful with your user name
Be inventive with your bio
Be smart about your location
Use the entire page
Link to your blog
Keep your content interesting
Contribute to conversations and communities
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http://freetwitterdesigner.com/
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As opposed to twitter itself
Tweetree 'embeds links & images' Tweetvisor 'multiple accounts' Itweet 'good for searching' Hootsuite 'seperate users/same account' Twitree 'visual network' Twellow 'twitter yellow pages' Listorious 'users most popular lists' Twibes 'more lists'
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Blogging
“Content Rules” by Handley & Chapman.
Seminar work
Speak human not academic
Show stories – Don’t tell boring
400 words max
Leave white space
Add Links (seo)
Finish on a question
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Other internet optionsPodcasts
Videos
Slideshare
Online presence = ‘online CV’
http://www.celineislookingforafashionjob.com/
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In University
MAPRBusiness societyCI ManagementMake your own
Lincoln AwardUse the Enterprise building (opportunities service)
Work experience (Tracy Lamping)
Get to know the right staff
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Nationally
CIMarketing
CIPR
CIManagement
Lincoln Business Club
Lincoln Business Networking
MarketingWeekly, PRweek etc.
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Get involved
Find a project to ‘practice on’ Student as Producer
Stay open to opportunities
“Frequency”
Go to random guest lectures.
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Work Experience
Be proactiveDon’t give upResearch, research, research!Explore different areas ‘Treat each day as an interview’
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Networking
Key to opening doors to experience opportunities
Talk to people about the practicalities of being in the industry
Useful contacts for the future if not right away
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Thank you for listening, any questions?