LinkedIn was not new to me before this course. For the past couple of years, I have been an active member on the platform, connecting with colleagues and my fellow UBC students. However, I am not a Sauder student, meaning that when I set up my LinkedIn account, I did not receive the same guidance and/or workshops that some other students have received on how to be a great LinkedIn member. Running my LinkedIn account on my own the last while has involved a lot of research, communication with others, and personal experimenting. Receiving a review on my profile for the first time is wonderful, as I now feel I better understand where I may need some improvement. Peer reviewing as a whole this unit has been very helpful and insightful. I feel that I look at my work in a different view more often than I used to, and at the same time, I am seeing the various writing styles for the same task by my teammates. Seeing a variety of interpretations and methods of execution within our writing styles provides ideas for my own writing down the road of this course. With the largest report coming up, it will be interesting to see how I decide to use some of my peers’ techniques within my own writing, while still making it my own. In addition, I am very thankful for the reviews I received from Eva and Max this unit, and I plan on using both to further my work.
After facing a small bump in the formal report process, accidentally releasing my study surveys too early, I was required to reset and readjust my strategy for working on this report. After some great help from Dr. Paterson, I now feel like I am back on track to collecting data for the report I plan on writing later this month. I feel confident that I will collect the information I need in order to make the case I am hoping to make on a topic I am very passionate about. It is rare to have this level of freedom in choosing a report topic, so I am excited to get started. At the same time, I have noticed that my teammates have proposed some intriguing topics, all of which vary drastically from each other, so I am excited to see what the lot of us produce.