As a scholar in the 21st century, do you have an online presence? This lecture takes us through how and why we should improve our online presence as researchers in the 21st century.

1. Online Presence
of a Scholar in
the 21st Century
Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi
A Workshop for members of AuthorAID National Research Hub, Nigeria
@Yaba College of Technology, Yaba Lagos State. 5 Dec. 2022

2. contents Departure 01
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Toothing your own horn 02
02
Self -do 03
03
Conclusion 04
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3. Building a Positive Online Personal Brand: Using
LinkedIn, Blogs, and Other Social Media Tools
How can you use various online tools to highlight your skills and experiences to build/enhance
your professional profile and promote thought leadership and expertise in your field?
Using LinkedIn for e.g. you can learn how to structure information in your profile as well as
which sections are most important. Example profiles will be shown to highlight how details can
differ for a discipline - wise profile depending upon their career interest and career experience.
To highlight your skills/experiences
To tailor profiles for career stages and areas of interest
To identify talent and recruit for roles and what information stands out to them in a profile.
Twitter, Research gate and blogs…..

4. Endorse any products or services?

5. 3 aspects of building a personal brand

7. Videos

9. New investigators should sell themselves as
well as the science;
Established researchers can sit on their
laurels
http://www.linkedin.com/in/eucharianwaichi

10. Past skills and experiences

11. In situ interventions

12. Past experience in research

13. The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn and Getting Paid for It

14. ACS Webinar 12 March 2020

15. Why communicate by self?
Chinese whispers…

16. Conclusion
Use online tools for promoting your own research, but for participating in
conversations surrounding particular topics or the practice of research itself.
An online presence is useless without the work to back up your
reputation
Effective collaboration begins with a good brand and that brand must be
perceived to be so

17. Contact information
Eucharia.Nwaichi@uniport.edu.ng
nodullm@yahoo.com
+2348056031989