"So What Do You Do?" - Building an External Reputation

"So What Do You Do?" - Building an External Reputation

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  Building an externalreputation
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   Martha Horler 15 years experience in higher education  Worked in student administration, admissions, placements, data management, programme management  Currently Programme Manager for the Digital and Technology Solutions degree apprenticeship at Manchester Metropolitan University  Fellow of the AUA, member for 5 years  Presented at 2 main conferences
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   What areascan you use to build your reputation?  What external organisations can you connect with?  Career/personal branding  Getting set up for online networking  Contribute!
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   What areyou interested in?  What projects have you worked on? What did you like about them?  Think about what others know you for – what questions do you get asked?  What specialism or niche could you become an expert in?  What is being talked about in the sector?  GDPR  TEF  What will we be talking about in the future?
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  How have youconnected with other organisations in the last 12 months? Who have you connected with?
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   Sign upto mailing lists or newsletters  Check for relevant events  Training courses  Qualifications e.g. AUA PG Cert  Read publications  Be aware of projects
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   Read upon personal branding  https://www.quicksprout.com/the-complete-guide-to-building-your-personal-brand/  What are your values?  What are you passionate about?  Get to know your traits – Myers-Briggs??  Where do you want to get to? What things do you enjoy?
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   Find adomain name  Namecheap.com  Build a website/blog  WordPress, Tumblr  Engage with social media  Twitter  LinkedIn  Facebook  Writing for publication  LinkedIn articles  AUA publications
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   What wouldsomeone Googling you find out about you?  What do you want them to find?
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   Submit conferencesession proposals  Get involved in working groups  Attend conferences outside of usual interest groups  Talk to academics in relevant area  Contribute to online discussions – LinkedIn, JiscMail  Follow work of sector thought-leaders  Visit other Universities – reach out when you hear about interesting projects
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   What threethings you could do tomorrow to start building your external reputation?  Write them down  Do them!
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