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Your Future Without A Career Portfolio

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An actor who can show a producer film clips of his or her work is more likely to be cast in a movie than an actor who does not have any documentation of their work. Much in the same way, a workplace learning professional needs a career portfolio to communicate and demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and abilities in ways that a resume cannot. Portfolios offer a unique way to distinguish yourself from other workplace learning and performance professionals.A career portfolio that will give you a competitive advantage in a challenging job market.The presentation will address how to:Demonstrate how portfolio artifacts help achieve measurable business results. Link career accomplishments to established ASTD Areas of Expertise.Create an electronic portfolio without learning complicated software.Describe how to use a career portfolio in the job search and interview process.Write a personal action plan to design and develop your career portfolio.

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Your Future Without A Career Portfolio

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www.gregwilliams.net

[email protected]

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Webinar Handout Materials

www.gregwillams.net

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Framingthe Topic

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How Teaching Online is Different

Why This Presentation?

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Learn from Actors

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Why Have

aPortfolio?

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The Edge

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10%

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Proof

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What’s a Portfolio?

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PortfolioContents

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Goals?

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Working Portfolio

vs.

Presentation Portfolio

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Portfolio Contents - General

• Brief bio• Resume w/ summary, competencies

& accomplishments, objectives• Client list (if appropriate)• Employee evaluations• Writing sample

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Artifacts

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Portfolio Contents - Artifacts

• courses taught, designed, developed• training needs analysis, design plan• storyboards, e-learning modules• surveys or evaluations• videos, multi-media productions• job aids or other tools• reports, memos, emails

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Exercises

Brief overview

Do later on your own

Handouts @ www.gregwillams.net

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Accomplishments

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How Will You Stand OutWill You Stand Out?

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Think Like a Hiring Manager

Solve problems

Produce results

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Exercise #1 Your Top

Accomplishments

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Professional Standards

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Competencies

Career planning & talent mgt.

Coaching

Delivering training

Designing learning

Facilitating organizational change

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Competencies

Improving human performance

Managing organizational knowledge

Managing the learning function

Measuring and evaluating

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Exercise #2 Linking

Accomplishmentsto Standards

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Exercise #3 Documenting

Accomplishments

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Tip!

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Exercise #4 Formatting

Your Portfolio

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Some people don’t get it…educate

them

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C CAR+

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C-CAR Format

C ompetency: Identify the competency

C ontext : Describe situation

A ction: Describe action you took & why

R esults: Describe outcomes, use measurable results if

possible

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C-CAR Format Example 1

C ompetency: Designing Learning

C ontext : Sales revenue down after hiring new sales reps

A ction: Created company’s first online sales training course

R esults: Sales revenue rose 24.7% Qtr. after course implemented

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C-CAR Format Example 2

C ompetency: Delivering Learning

C ontext : Remote staff can’t get training. New employees making 27% more errors processing claims

A ction: Taught company’s first online course in claims processing

R esults: Claims processing errors reduced by 17% after course implemented

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One Artifact – Many Skills

Many Skills

One Artifact

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Work Samples Dated?

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Grab ‘Em

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Hate Love

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Confidential or Proprietary Content

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Exercise #5 ActionPlan

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Personal Action Plan

Clarify your career goals

Identify competencies for your goal

Draft your top ten accomplishments 

Solicit, gather & document artifacts

Document undocumented competencies

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Personal Action Plan(continued)

Format using C-CAR method

Use C-CAR for performance appraisal

Update resume with accomplishments

Publish, post, share portfolio

Get feedback and revise

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Action Plan

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ManagingYour

Portfolio

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Creating anePortfolio

Hardto do?

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ePortfolios

Why have one?

Uses?

Public or private?

Expertise, time, money

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Adobe Acrobat Pro

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Layout Choices

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Sample Layout

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Color Choices

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Share & Publish

C ompetency

C ontext

A ction

R esults

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Visual CV

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Summary

• Y• C• T• B

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Hot Competencies

• Authoring tools• eLearning experience• Instructional design• SME • industry experience • versatility

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Using Portfolios inJob Search & Interview

1. Include in cover letter and interview2. Include website link (if appropriate)3. Focus on competencies & show samples4. Include in thank you letter 5. Send additional sample to create interest

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Should I Do This?

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Dig a well when you are not thirsty

Dig your well before you’re thirsty

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Don’t Leave Your Career to Chance

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Your Future?

Looks better with a portfolio

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Remember Actors

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Webinar Handout Materials

www.gregwillams.net

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www.gregwilliams.net

[email protected]