{"id":19174,"date":"2020-12-18T13:28:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T00:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nzie.ac.nz\/?p=19174"},"modified":"2021-12-10T11:18:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T22:18:21","slug":"blog-nzie-2020-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nzie.ac.nz\/blog-nzie-2020-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"NZIE\u2019s 2020 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Earlier this year<\/span>,<\/span> we celebrated <\/span>all <\/span>of<\/span> our hardworking and talented <\/span>students who completed their <\/span>studies <\/span>\ud83d\udcd9<\/span> with NZIE within the <\/span>past year. <\/span>We held a special <\/span>graduation ceremony <\/span>commemorating our students\u2019 <\/span>successes <\/span>\u2728<\/span> Click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> to view more photos <\/span>\ud83d\udcf7<\/span> of the event!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t With the COVID-19 Lockdown, many challenges were faced<\/span> \ud83d\ude13<\/span>. Two of them being <\/span>\u2013<\/span> learning and teaching from home <\/span>\ud83c\udfe1<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> We all had to quickly adapt to our \u201cnew normal<\/span>\u201d and help <\/span>make the change to digital classrooms a seamless transition for <\/span>our<\/span> students.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p> Thankfully, to <\/span>o<\/span>ur amazing tutors and guest speakers <\/span>\ud83d\ude4c<\/span> (as well as our <\/span>stable <\/span>internet connection and technological devices)<\/span>,<\/span> we were able to continue teaching our courses successfully online<\/span> \ud83d\udcbb<\/span> Are you <\/span>i<\/span>nterested in securing a <\/span>COVID-RESISTANT job? Check out this blog <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> for more info.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t During the year, we had the privilege of inviting some incredibly lovely guest speakers to come in and speak to our students about Digital Marketing and the Digital Marketing Industry<\/span> \ud83d\udc68<\/span>\u200d<\/span>\ud83d\udcbb<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p> Daniel Bard<\/span> from <\/span>The Recipe<\/span><\/a> (an Auckland based Digital Marketing Agency) chatted with our July intake on his best advice entering the Digital Marketing Industry.<\/span> Click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> to read about his helpful advice and insights! <\/span>\ud83e\udd14<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p> We also had <\/span>Ginnaya<\/span><\/a> (Consultant at <\/span>The Creative Store<\/span><\/a>) come in and run a CV Workshop and present some interesting facts about the current Digital Marketing Landscape within New Zealand <\/span>\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddff <\/span>Check out this article for the skills that are in <\/span>HIGH DEMAND<\/span> with the New Zealand team at <\/span>The Creative Store<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>The Digital Store<\/span>! <\/span>\u2b05<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Due to our \u201cnew normal<\/span>,<\/span>\u201d we here at <\/span>NZIE<\/span><\/a> decided to <\/span>make some e<\/span>x<\/span>citing new shifts and changes to our <\/span>Digital Marketing Diploma<\/span> Level 7<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>We thought with the world <\/span>\ud83c\udf0f<\/span> becoming more <\/span>digitally<\/span> and <\/span>technologically<\/span> advanced, that it would be a great idea to roll <\/span>out <\/span>our Digital Marketing Diploma <\/span>COMPLETELY <\/span>onlin<\/span>e <\/span>\ud83d\udcbb<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p> As well as<\/span> open-up our Diploma <\/span>NOT ONLY <\/span>to Domestic students in Auckland but <\/span>the rest of New Zealand! <\/span>\ud83e\udd29<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Therefore<\/span><\/span>, in<\/span><\/span> October this year, <\/span><\/span>we <\/span><\/span>kicked off <\/span><\/span>our <\/span><\/span>2-day <\/span><\/span>I<\/span><\/span>nduction for our newest <\/span><\/span>Online <\/span><\/span>Digital Marketing Diploma intake! <\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
NZIE LOCKDOWN<\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span>Coronavirus Pandemic 2020 <\/span><\/span>\ud83e\udda0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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NZIE INDUSTRY EXPERTS: <\/span><\/span>Guest Speakers<\/span><\/span> \ud83d\udc69<\/span><\/span>\u200d<\/span><\/span>\ud83d\udcbc<\/span><\/span>\ud83d\udc68<\/span><\/span>\u200d<\/span><\/span>\ud83d\udcbc<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Late <\/span>2020<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>
NZIE\u2019s FIRST ONLINE INDUCTION: <\/span><\/b>Virtual Learning <\/span>\ud83d\udda5<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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<\/span><\/span> Pictured is our lovely student services co-ordinator Jana who pulled together an epic *fully online* induction <\/span><\/span> The Induction started <\/span><\/span>with a beautiful <\/span><\/span>Powhiri<\/span><\/span> welcoming (online via zoom)<\/span><\/span>