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About cheexiuzhen

Hello, I am Xiu Zhen and I am currently 20 years old. I love to spend my free time doing sports, especially basketball, swimming, cycling or roller-blading. I love to spend quality time with my family and friends over a movie or just a cup of coffee. I graduated from NanYang Polytechnic with a diploma in Business Management, specializing in Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Currently, I am pursuing a degree, Bachelor of Science in Marketing, in University of Southampton.

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Photo Credits: Source Time flies for 12 days and it’s #MANG2049’s last post. Here‘s my previous post about my skills audit before starting #MANG2049. So let’s do a comparison and see what has changed! I have learnt better ways to access, manage and evaluate online information … Continue reading

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AHA, EUREKA! *light bulb lit up*

 Photo Credits: tnooz After reading some of the innovative and informative blog posts from #MANG2049 and #UOSM2033, I have found some key learning points about Open Access (OA) that I initially didn’t know about. Taking into considerations from different perspectives, Ru … Continue reading

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Nothing’s for free. Not true, OA IS FOR FREE!

 Photo Credits: Rebecca Ratcliffe via the guardian Can you imagine the amount of time and effort required to complete today’s post without Open Access (OA) to any information available online? I guess I just have to go to the library to get … Continue reading

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“With great reflection, comes great learning.”

 Photo Credits: Wallumi “With great power reflection, comes great responsibility learning.”  After reading my classmates’ posts, various aspects on different ethical issues for educational and business usage of social media were discussed. I will be sharing about my learning points gained from some of the … Continue reading

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It’s NOT solely social media’s responsibility. It’s OURS too.

Photo Credits: Castabiggernet Needless to say, everyone can see the importance of social media to business right? Marketing. Recruitment. Public Relations. Promotions.. But ‘As trust is the priced currency of social media, ethical lapses or oversights can be deadly for brands.’ (David … Continue reading

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Time to think deep again. HMMM, so what have I learnt?

 Photo Credits: via Only free wallpaper Undeniably, two key ways on how to develop your own professional online profile is authenticity and consistency. Both were emphasized heavily on their importance in most of the posts that I have read.  (Taken … Continue reading

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Topic 3: Finding a job using resume? NAH NO MORE! Social media is trending for employability right now!

Photo Credit: EMPLOYola Surge via Pinterest “Resume is no longer the first step in the recruitment process; It’s one of the last.” (Ryan Holmes, 2012 – Reference 1) I can’t agree no more. How many of you have a Twitter/LinkedIn … Continue reading

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Reflection Time on Topic 2: Online Identity, Privacy and Security

Photo Credit: Carolyn Wilson via Friends of social media (Reference 1) After reading through my classmates’ posts, I came across different perspectives on arguments about one or multiple online identities. I couldn’t say who is right or wrong as each individuals … Continue reading

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Topic 2: Online Identity, Privacy and Security

Do you have one identity or more? Currently, I have a social identity on different social networks. How about you? Here are some arguments for and against having more than one online identity from my point of view. Advantages for having more than one online identity Anonymity … Continue reading

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Reflective Summary for Topic 1: “Visitors” and “Residents”

After reading some of my classmates’ blogs, I found out that some of them have similar online behaviors like me. However for some cases, agreements and disagreements were voiced out but it is okay because this is where learning takes place. In my … Continue reading

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