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.

1. Your Future WithoutA Career Portfolio

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4. Framing the Topic

6. How Teaching Online is Different Why This Presentation?

7. Learn from Actors

8. Why HaveaPortfolio?

12. The Edge

13. 10%

14. Proof

15. What’s a Portfolio?

16. Portfolio Contents

17. Goals?

18. Working Portfolio vs. Presentation Portfolio

19. Portfolio Contents - General Brief bio Resume w/ summary, competencies & accomplishments, objectives Client list (if appropriate) Employee evaluations Writing sample

20. Artifacts

21. 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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23. Accomplishments

24. How Will You Stand Out Will You Stand Out?

25. Think Like a Hiring Manager Solve problems Produce results

26. Exercise #1 Your TopAccomplishments

27. Professional Standards

28. Competencies Career planning & talent mgt. Coaching Delivering training Designing learning Facilitating organizational change

29. Competencies Improving human performance Managing organizational knowledge Managing the learning function Measuring and evaluating

30. Exercise #2 Linking Accomplishmentsto Standards

31. Exercise #3 Documenting Accomplishments

32. Tip!

33. Exercise #4 Formatting Your Portfolio

34. Some people don’t get it…educate them

35. + C CAR

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. One Artifact One Artifact – Many Skills ManySkills

40. Work Samples Dated?

41. Grab ‘Em

42. Hate Love

43. Confidential or Proprietary Content

44. Exercise #5 ActionPlan

45. Personal Action Plan Clarify your career goals Identify competencies for your goal Draft your top ten accomplishments Solicit, gather & document artifacts Document undocumented competencies

46. 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

47. Action Plan

48. ManagingYourPortfolio

49. Creating an ePortfolio Hard to do?

50. ePortfolios Why have one? Uses? Public or private? Expertise, time, money

51. Adobe Acrobat Pro

52. Layout Choices

53. Sample Layout

54. Color Choices

55. Share & Publish Competency Context Action Results

56. Visual CV

58. C

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62. Using Portfolios inJob Search & Interview Include in cover letter and interview Include website link (if appropriate) Focus on competencies & show samples Include in thank you letter Send additional sample to create interest

64. Should I Do This?

66. Dig your well before you’re thirsty Dig a well when you are not thirsty

67. Don’t Leave Your Career to Chance

68. Your Future? Looks better with a portfolio

69. Remember Actors

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