Creating Print and Online Portfolios - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 / 12
About This Presentation
Title:

Creating Print and Online Portfolios

Description:

... Online competitions, local and international. Lots of job interviews ... Be aware of search engines and information privacy. Online portfolios: Examples. Q & A ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:53
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 13
Provided by: mbr124
Category:

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: Creating Print and Online Portfolios


1
Creating Print and Online Portfolios
  • Melissa Brown
  • STC Senior Member

STC DC Chapter Career Day March 20, 2004
2
Who am I?
  • STC member since 1995
  • Twelve years of experience in TechComm field
  • Active in STC Online competitions, local and
    international
  • Lots of job interviews

3
What will we cover?
  • What do YOU want to cover?
  • Background
  • Why you need a portfolio
  • How to obtain and organize material
  • Print portfolios
  • Background
  • Examples
  • Online portfolios
  • Background
  • Examples
  • Q A

4
Why you need a portfolio
  • To show writing samples
  • To back up your resume
  • To catalog your past work
  • To create a good impression
  • To gaze at in moments of clarity

5
How to get material
  • School
  • Work/Internships
  • Caution Proprietary
  • Volunteer work
  • Personal work
  • Your resume
  • Personal Web site (caution)

6
How to organize material
  • Group material according to subject or media
  • Avoid chronological order
  • Label each piece with audience and purpose
  • Limit number of pages

7
Print portfolios Background
  • Choose neat, clean, adjustable format
  • Re-organize portfolio for EACH client or
    interview
  • Remove items not applicable 8-12 pieces of your
    BEST material
  • Have extra copies of samples
  • DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PORTFOLIO!

8
Print portfolios Examples
9
Online portfolios Background
  • Use it to support (not replace) print portfolio
  • Showcase Web sites, graphics, PDFs
  • Optimize for speed and browser compatibility
  • Be aware of search engines and information privacy

10
Online portfolios Examples
11
Q A
12
Resources
  • GENERAL
  • STC www.stc.org
  • STC DC Chapter www.stcwdc.org
  • DC Web Women www.dcwebwomen.org
  • Art/design portfolio host www.portfolios.com
  • PORTFOLIO EXAMPLES
  • For educational purposes only!
  • http//www.cybertext.com.au (Click "Samples")
  • http//www.rachelworks.com (Great audience and
    purpose descriptions)
  • http//www.jillcaras.comhttp//mindymcadams.com/
    resume/index.htm (Academic career portfolio)
  • http//www.empower-marketing.com/portfolio.html
    (Consultant portfolio good problem/solution
    theme)
  • http//www.sharyn.info
  • http//zinninger.com/portfolio.html
  • http//www.digitaljenn.com/creative.cfm
  • http//www.jenrandall.com/core.html
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com