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Thursday, January 20, 2011 ©2011 by M Lockwood, STC/SM

Recharge Your Career with an Electrifying Online Portfolio

Lightning Strikes Thrice: Recharging Social Media Skills for Tech Comm Pros

Introduction

From the short timeframe to GoLive through the development process, online portfolios provide an ideal means for Technical Writers to enhance their professional profiles.

Development & Production—examine the traditional portfolio Online Publication—select tools and options to get online Applications—explore STC/SM’s portfolio service and the site

Development & Production

Examination of the Traditional Portfolio– Concept: Use doc as examples, exhibits– Organization: Make it skills-based– Writing: Explain projects but keep it limited

Concept: Use doc as examples, exhibits

http://mlockwood.stc-sm.org/index_files/downloads/mlockwoodportfolio.pdf

Online Publication

Select tools and options to get online— Publisher— Notepad— Apache— DynDNS

Applications

Explore STC/SM’s portfolio service and the site– STC/SM Chapter Online Member Portfolio Service– Multi-Page Website with Assets & Artifacts:

http://mlockwood.stc-sm.org– Other Applications: Job search, freelance work, blogging,

department page, project reports, instructional design, corporate documentation

Conclusion

From the short timeframe to GoLive through the development process, online portfolios provide an ideal means for Technical Writers to enhance their professional profiles.

Work samples are a critical component of a successful job search.

Portfolio development is a great way to develop new skills. The Portfolio concept is the same as any technical document,

and has definite professional and corporate applications.

Questions?

Questions?

How can you implement an electronic portfolio?