Portfolio
- Final Presentation: Monday, May 3, 10:00 a.m.
Each of you will give a 3-4 minute presentation.
- Mock Interview Schedule
When you’re scheduled to interview with me.
- Twitter Resources
Twitter Resources
Elements of Twitter Style :: Source – Red Sweater Blog
Advises Twitter users on proper formatting and content for tweets.
50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business :: Source – Chris Brogan
Discusses the business value of Twitter and offers 50 thoughts for people wanting to use Twitter for business – whether from a small business [...]- Facebook Resources
Facebook Resources
32 Ways To Use Facebook for Business :: Source – Web Worker Daily
Discusses Facebook’s usefulness for marketing your products, landing gigs, and connecting with your customers.
Facebook for Business: Opportunities and limitations :: Source – Inside Facebook
Lists ways that Facebook can help bolster your business and place yourself in the forefront of customer’s minds.
How [...]- Wednesday, April 21: “Rockable Personal Branding”
Review your job strategy in light of the “Rockable Personal Branding” ebook.
- April 9: Polish Your Online Portfolio
Let’s take what you’ve got and get it polished up.
- LinkedIn Resources
A collection of resources for getting to know LinkedIn and making strategic use of it.
- Weds., April 7: LinkedIn vs. Facebook
Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of LinkedIn and Facebook for cultivating business connections.
- Weds., Mar. 31: LinkedIn Account
Set up your LinkedIn profile and start linking to professional contacts.
- Mon., Mar. 29: Twitter Blog Post
Ideas for your Twitter blog post.
- Twitter Resources
Resources for all things Twitter.
- Assignment for Weds., March 24: Twitter Strategy
Get started on your Twitter strategy.
- For Friday, Mar. 5: Assess, Plan, and Request
Your homework, due by 9 a.m. on Friday, so that I may review before class.
- Wednesday, March 3: Three Blog Posts, Complete and Beautified
By class time on Wednesday, please have 3 of your best blog posts, completed, polished, and beautified.
- Monday, March 1: Three to Four Posts, Complete and Beautified
By class time on Monday, please have 3-4 of your best blog posts, completed, polished, and beautified.
- Wednesday, Feb. 24: Theme Hunting from Other Sources
By class time Wednesday, if you have not yet hunted and found a new theme, do so, and use the form below to report what theme you’ve uploaded and give me a link to your wordpress where I can see it activated.
- Monday, Feb. 22: Theme Hunting
By class time on Monday, Feb. 22.
- Friday, Feb. 19: At Least 4 Posts, Categorized
Due by end of day on Friday, Feb. 19.
- Monday, Feb. 15: Get your Site Rolling
Our goal for now is to get familiar with creating posts and pages. You can perfect your content later.
- Online Portfolio Planning Resources and Examples
Resources and examples as you plan your online portfolio.
- Weds., Feb. 10: Communication Brief for Online Portfolio
Due Wednesday, Feb. 10
1. Communication Brief
Utilizing ideas and perspective gained from our Friday and Monday class meetings, complete a communication brief for your online portfolio.
Submit an electronic version of the document by e-mail to me before class on Wednesday.
Use one of these templates, which provides a basic format and the questions you need to [...]- Friday, Feb. 5: Résumé & Cover Letter
Guidelines for your résumé and cover letter assignment.
- Job Strategy Presentation Assignment
To be presented Wednesday, Jan. 27, during class.
- Monday, Jan. 25: Job Strategy Report Due
Your job strategy report assignment description.
- Wednesday, Jan. 20: Career Online Resources
Provide names, links, and 5-10-sentence descriptions for 3 quality online resources for persons seeking or developing careers in your first career of choice.
- Monday, Jan. 18: Job Outlook Summaries
Due Monday, Jan. 18, by the first of class.
- Friday, Jan. 15: Job Research
Due Friday, Jan. 15, at the first of class.

