{"id":4171,"date":"2014-03-16T19:07:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T19:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alysiawildmanuosm2008.wordpress.com\/?p=91"},"modified":"2014-03-16T19:07:08","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T19:07:08","slug":"uosm2008-summarising-topic-3-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2008\/2014\/topic-3-2014\/2014\/03\/uosm2008-summarising-topic-3-14\/","title":{"rendered":"UOSM2008 Summarising Topic 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topic 3 focused on building your online professional profile and the importance of &#8216;authenticity&#8217; &#8211; I chose to focus on the continual process of maintaining, updating and enhancing one of many online networks: your LinkedIn Profile. Please find and read my blog post <a href=\"http:\/\/alysiawildmanuosm2008.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/07\/uosm2008topic-3-building-your-online-professional-profile\/\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, I would like to focus on and reveal the results of the improvements I made to my LinkedIn profile (if any results were noted!)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6 new connections.<\/li>\n<li>Changing profile image for a more professional black and white photograph received positive feedback.<\/li>\n<li>When sending invitations to connect &#8211; I have chosen to personalise the &#8216;default text&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Received a further recommendation on LinkedIn from my Managing Director as it struck me that my preexisting references were from individuals I worked with in a team or managed, thus felt my profile would be strengthened by receiving a recommendation from my employer specifically.<\/li>\n<li>Further endorsements for skills: Social Networking and Film Production<\/li>\n<li>Shared articles and content related to VOD (Video on Demand) services which have received likes and been seen beyond my immediate connections.<\/li>\n<li>Joined and contributed to the group &#8216;Film and Television Professionals&#8217; &#8211; yet to see the benefits and results of doing so (time will tell)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, the improvements that I carried out inline with this topic have resulted in an improved sense of connectivity and engagement with fellow likeminded professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, all participants on the UOSM2008 module have been extremely active, engaged and vocal throughout the duration of this topic &#8211; especially on Twitter, so much so that I found I could not keep up with the discussions and relevant links being shared by all. I found myself discussing the potential of Facebook Graph Search with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joy__Isaac\" >Joy Isaac<\/a>\u00a0and discussing the social networking platform of Snapchat with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kim_puravida\" >Kimberley Fenton<\/a>. (see image)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alysiawildmanuosm2008.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/fentontwitter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-93 aligncenter\" alt=\"fentontwitter\" src=\"http:\/\/alysiawildmanuosm2008.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/fentontwitter.png?w=300&#038;h=300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Thirdly, I enjoyed reading about the efforts employed by <a href=\"http:\/\/kimberlyfenton.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/07\/authenticity-online-honesty-is-the-best-policy\/\" >Kimberly Fenton<\/a> to create the interactive innovative Google Maps CV, followed by an engaged discussion about the benefits of innovative CV&#8217;s and &#8216;thinking outside the box&#8217; in order to set your application apart from other more mundane options. Moreover, our discussion revealed that authentic engagement was key to the success of innovative employment campaigns such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adampacitti.com\/\" >Adam Pacitti Billboard<\/a> example. <a href=\"http:\/\/yeepingpang.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/08\/topic-3-building-an-online-professional-profile\/\" >Yee-Ping Pang<\/a> focused on the importance of &#8216;engagement&#8217; in her blog post also.<\/p>\n<p>To conclude, ENGAGEMENT emerged as a key factor in enhancing your professional online presence &#8211; authentic interaction with likeminded professionals within your industry, sharing relevant content that others can respond, contribute to or share further &#8211; becoming a &#8216;hyperconnector&#8217; is the desired goal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/alysiawildmanuosm2008.wordpress.com\/91\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/alysiawildmanuosm2008.wordpress.com\/91\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=alysiawildmanuosm2008.wordpress.com&#038;blog=63619325&#038;%23038;post=91&#038;%23038;subd=alysiawildmanuosm2008&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic 3 focused on building your online professional profile and the importance of &lsquo;authenticity&rsquo; &ndash; I chose to focus on the continual process of maintaining, updating and enhancing one of many online networks: your LinkedIn Profile. 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