As a post-graduate student at QUT, I am actively involved in student leadership, student advocacy and knowledge sharing. This is a speech I gave at an income Master of IT student orientation event.

1. Master of Information TechnologyStudent Welcome By Sam Paakki MBA GradCertInfTechMgt QUT, BInfTech UQ, MACS

2. Hello & welcome! Sam Paakki – s.paakki@student.qut.edu.au Senior Consultant at Fujitsu Australia QUT Student IT43 – Master of Information Technology 24 credit points left Finishing in semester 2 of 2010 GS40 – MBA Completed February 2009 9/26/2009 2 © Sam Paakki 2009

3. Tricks & Tips Other students are a great source of advice Group work – you will have to do lots of it Utilise your resources... http://www.library.qut.edu.au/ 9/26/2009 © Sam Paakki 2009 3

4. More tricks & tips... Online databases??? ProQuest, EBSCOhost, ScienceDirect, Emerald, Gartner.com, ... Export references https://secure.library.qut.edu.au/databases/passwords.php Search library catalogues online (from home) Reference books, textbooks, eBooks, DVDs,... QUT cite|write http://www.citewrite.qut.edu.au/ 9/26/2009 4 © Sam Paakki 2009

5. Even more tips & tricks... Get EndNote TODAY! EndNote: referencing management software http://www.library.qut.edu.au/services/endnote/ 9/26/2009 5 © Sam Paakki 2009

6. Yet even more tricks & tips... Tools to assist you with your research and study http://www.library.qut.edu.au/learn/ Effective communication – written and oral Academic communication – not what you do at work Parsimony – Excessively sparing or frugal But this is “a university for the real world”! Critical Evaluation Read widely and do not settle for the first opinion Academic Honesty - avoid plagiarism Unlike programming – R&D is NOT “Rob & Duplicate” Need to develop your “systems” 9/26/2009 6 © Sam Paakki 2009

7. Constructive feedback Lecturers will give you constructive feedback... if you ask for it and when your assessment is returned to you. When would you rather hear about going off on a tangent – before or after it’s been marked? LEX – Learning Experience Surveys Please complete the LEX Towards the end of each unit One way to have your say (anonymously) 9/26/2009 © Sam Paakki 2009 7

8. Toastmasters @ QUT 9/26/2009 8 © Sam Paakki 2009