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To conclude...

And now this the time to summarise all these different Things (22?) that I learned through The 23 Things for Research Programme.
As a whole, I believe the programme was very insightful and I would definitely recommend it to anyone starting a PhD. Building or improving your professional online presence is the secret of the success. Maybe yes, maybe no... Who knows?


Throughout this programme, I developed a cohesive and up-to-date profile in LinkedIn and Researchgate. The programme helped me to think about my personal brand, to set up Mendeley, my Reference Management tool and to recognise the importance of other tools for exploring source of information (Wikipedia), images online (Flickr, Pinterest), sharing findings (Prezi Google Public Data Explorer), disseminating research work (Open Access), maximising research impact (Bibliometrics and Altmetrics), connecting with other researchers (Webinars, Hangouts, Doodle), sharing data (Google Drive), searching for funding (Research Professional) and promoting yourself (personal Website).

I feel that I developed invaluable skills and gained knowledge
around the technological world. But the most important and special THING for me was BLOGGING!
I am pretty sure that all these skills would be beneficial for my post-doctorate job hunting in and out of academia.

This is the end of the 23 Things for Research Programme and the start of my active, professional online presence as a researcher!

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