As always we had lots of fun in class discussing our portfolio projects and how to create a network of sites that help to define and illustrate your personal niche and talents.
Specifically we discussed how to incorporate VisualCV, LinkedIn, print versions of resumes and portfolio items. We also looked at ways to extend our portfolios using creative strategies such as adding slide shares for portfolio items, or creating a personal videos that professionally highlight personal skill sets.
Showing posts with label visual identity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label visual identity. Show all posts
Developing your online portfolio and preparing for your job search
Today we will be further developing our online portfolios and preparing materials for future job search expeditions.
Specifically we will continue to add information to our LinkedIn profiles and explore other ways to exhibit our work and skills online.
We will also explore site names and domain names as an additional step to help build and place emphasis on your personal brand.
I will be asking you to research how other people are using social networking tools, such as wikis, blogs and other tools to showcase and link up their experience, skills and samples of work. As always I would like you to compile your sources into a list on Diigo and post a summary of your findings (with the link to the Diigo list) on your weblog.
Specifically we will continue to add information to our LinkedIn profiles and explore other ways to exhibit our work and skills online.
We will also explore site names and domain names as an additional step to help build and place emphasis on your personal brand.
I will be asking you to research how other people are using social networking tools, such as wikis, blogs and other tools to showcase and link up their experience, skills and samples of work. As always I would like you to compile your sources into a list on Diigo and post a summary of your findings (with the link to the Diigo list) on your weblog.
Building Your Online Identity
This week we will be extending our workplace identity by developing an online reputation and identity using a variety of social networking tools, including LinkedIn, Twitter and our blogs.
As we discussed in class, please experiment with using different email accounts for different purposes (work/job hunting/spam catching/personal/bacn) and different aspects of your online identity. If you do not already have a neutral (in between work and personal on the email continuum), all purpose email account, consider creating a free Gmail account for this purpose which can be associated with your blogger account.
For next week I would like you to further explore how to develop your online reputation (i.e. your personal brand) and share what you have found. Feel free to reference my list on developing your visual identity and brand on Diigo. Keep in mind that since we are branding ourselves we may have to get creative in how we apply the advice given from the articles I have referenced.
I would like you to share your findings by creating a new Diigo list cataloging the articles you referenced. Please post a brief summary of your findings with the link to your Diigo list on your weblog for next week.
As we discussed in class, please experiment with using different email accounts for different purposes (work/job hunting/spam catching/personal/bacn) and different aspects of your online identity. If you do not already have a neutral (in between work and personal on the email continuum), all purpose email account, consider creating a free Gmail account for this purpose which can be associated with your blogger account.
For next week I would like you to further explore how to develop your online reputation (i.e. your personal brand) and share what you have found. Feel free to reference my list on developing your visual identity and brand on Diigo. Keep in mind that since we are branding ourselves we may have to get creative in how we apply the advice given from the articles I have referenced.
I would like you to share your findings by creating a new Diigo list cataloging the articles you referenced. Please post a brief summary of your findings with the link to your Diigo list on your weblog for next week.
For Next Week...
Next week we will begin to work on our Personal Branding project. Please bring in a photo of your self, or some other icon or image that you would like to customize to become your "visual identity".
Also think about what type of impression you are trying to create. We will try to develop this in a visual sense.
Today we will work on creating a Diigo account and our first Diigo list.
Adding your first Diigo list to your blog:
Have an excellent weekend!! -Nicole
Also think about what type of impression you are trying to create. We will try to develop this in a visual sense.
Today we will work on creating a Diigo account and our first Diigo list.
Adding your first Diigo list to your blog:
- Sign in to Diigo and create your list.
- Begin your search on our topic of the week "Our Ever-Changing Workplace".
- As you find sources that you think are interesting or relevant, bookmark them using Diigo and check "Add to a list".
- When you are done adding articles to your list, go to the list page in Diigo under Diigo -> My Lists on the toolbar (remember you will have to sign in and add the toolbar at home).
- View the items in your list and organize them in the way that makes the most sense (you can re-order items in the list or move things from the top to the bottom).
- Next we need to get the link to your list -- Select and copy the URL (web address) of your list page. It is located at the top of the page and looks like http://www.diigo.com/list/username/List-Name.
- After copying your list URL, create a new post on your weblog (in Blogger).
- Summarize your findings in the new post and add your list as a link in the post. You can also add your list as an item in the sidebar of on your weblog if you like. (We'll cover how to do that in more detail next week : )
Have an excellent weekend!! -Nicole
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