Extensions

In this extension lesson, you will write action items to add to your professional brand profile.

An action item is a single, clearly defined task that will help you reach a goal.

An action item is something you can do to fulfill your mission statement.

Completing your action items demonstrates to employers and others that you are working toward your goals.

Some examples of action items could be participating in opportunities like volunteering, getting a summer job, doing activities in school and in your community, and many others.

To begin, add a new slide to your presentation and add a title.

Next, create a numbered list with your qualities or skills, starting with the first one.

Numbered lists can be useful for indicating an order to a list of items.

They can break up large chunks of text and add visual interest.

Add action items of things that you can do to help you reach your goals.

For example, you could volunteer at an animal shelter to work toward a larger goal of becoming a veterinary technician after high school.

Think about things you can do that matter to you.

Indent your action items to apply formatting to your numbered list.

This makes your information neat, organized, and visually appealing.

Continue to add an action item for each quality or skill and indent them.

Action items show that you are continuing to build your skills and experience.

People who can provide you opportunities in work or academics will take notice of them.

Now, it’s your turn: Open your professional brand profile, Add and title a new slide, Add your qualities and skills, Write an action item for each one, And apply a numbered list with indented lines.

Asking for feedback about your professional brand profile presentation is a great way to get valuable suggestions, comments, and ideas from people who can help with your goals.

You can share and request feedback from teachers, coaches, a school counselor, family, and friends.

They could remind you about a past experience you forgot to include in your profile, send you pictures or recommendations to use, or could provide you with information that may lead to a job or academic opportunity.

In this extension, you will share your professional brand profile presentation with someone.

You will: Set sharing permissions.

Ask for specific feedback, Review comments and suggestions, And decide which feedback to implement in your presentation.

To begin, go to Google Drive, and open your presentation.

Next, share your presentation with your teacher, school counselor, or other person you’d like feedback from.

Select the permission you want to use: Edit means the person you share with can make changes directly in your presentation.

Comment allows them to make comments, but not change the presentation.

And view only lets them see your presentation.

Give the person commenting privileges only.

That way, they can leave feedback for you to consider without accidently deleting or changing something important.

Then, enter the name or email address of the person.

If you would like to share it with more than one person, you can add others.

Include a note describing your professional brand profile and inviting them to comment with their feedback.

You can choose whether you want the person to receive a notification that you shared something with them.

Now, share your presentation.

After the person leaves you a comment, you will receive an email notifying you.

Review the comments they left.

Think about how you can use their feedback to improve your presentation.

Be sure to thank those who help you make improvements to your profile.

Great work sharing your professional brand presentation with others who can help you reach your work or academic goals! Now, it’s your turn: Go to Google Drive, and open your presentation, Share your presentation with a teacher or other person important to you, Select sharing permissions to allow comments, Write a note to request feedback about your presentation, And review the comments the person left.

In the main lesson, you added supporting materials to your presentation.

Having evidence of your past experiences gives you credibility when potential employers, schools, or colleges are considering you for a new opportunity.

Photos of your experiences are great supporting material that you could include in your professional brand profile.

In this extension, you will add a new slide to your presentation and insert photos of one of your past experiences to create a photo collage.

A photo collage is a collection of pictures that are put together to make up one combined image.

To begin, open your presentation.

Next, add a blank slide to your presentation.

After you’ve added a new blank slide, add your first photo to begin creating your collage.

Resize your image, then drag it to where you want it on your slide.

Follow the same steps to add more photos to your collage.

if your photos aren’t all the same size or aligned together, that’s ok.

It’s up to you to decide how you want your collage to look.

You can rotate your images to make your slide interesting to look at.

And you can also arrange your images on your slide so that some images are behind or in front of other images.

To add even more visual interest to your slide and images, you can add a background color.

And add borders to your images.

You can choose the weight of your border and add a color.

And add a title.

Change the font style, font size, and color to make it stand out.

Resize your textbox to make your title fit, if necessary.

Now, it’s your turn: Add a blank slide to your presentation, Add, resize, move, rotate, order, and format images, Add a background color to your slide, Add borders to your images, And add and format text on your slide.