Here are some thoughts on how your 3rd ePortfolio artifact (and 4th & 5th artifacts) might be envisioned. If you have an idea and want to test it with me, please send me an email and I will be happy to respond.
Showcase past work / professional skills
Examples of Past Work: Projects you have led, products you have launched, plan you have created, charity/social enterprise you created…
Examples of Professional Skills: Presenting, Excel skills, quant skills, communication, leadership
- Video of a really strong presentation you made
- Upload of an analysis you have done / an Excel model
- Upload of a paper you have written – where they connect with your target market
- Post that describes your leadership, or a case history, or example
- Strong writing example (topic is something else, but you tag it also as this kind of artifact)
- Have you been involved in a Cause that you want to talk about…something that distinguishes you
Note 1: Do not just upload or link to your work without writing about the context. Why are you presenting it? What does the work represent? What do you want the reader to notice? What was good/bad-learning experience?
Note 2: The MBA Competencies, (pre-loaded as categories) are helpful as guideposts in terms of thinking about categories of work / learning.
- Business Planning/Strategy
- Product / Services Management
- Operational Management
- Financial review/management
- Investing & markets
- Marketing analysis, planning
- New business development
- Entrepreneurship / Innovation
- People development/management
Value proposition artifact
- Exploration of interesting job function and how you fit,
- Venn model posts – write about the intersection between your experience/knowledge/interests/skill
- Post on a particular professional aptitude/ability that you have and how you can develop and use that ability in the market (private or public)
- Write a C.A.R. based true story from your background that illustrates an important, marketable side about you.
What are you passionate about?
- Have you been involved in a cause that you want to talk about? (public)
Professional Direction Artifact (direction/interest/focus)
- Write about your target market (industry, job function, theme) – what are you excited about, what aspects are of interest, where do you fit in, what are your ideas (public)
- What am I learning from my informational interviewing / networking activities (private reflection)
- From my informational interviewing / research / networking activities, what am I excited about, what am I noticing in my target industry, what niche seems exciting, how do I see myself fitting (public or private)
- Connect the Dots: Why are you here, doing an MBA.