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TWC LEAD Colloquium
6
LEAD Colloquium
Small groups
Spring 2020
Professional Identity
Professional Identity
During this module, you will establish the framework for career readiness by understanding and reflecting upon your values, career aspirations, apprehensions, and strengths. You will comprehend and affirm your strengths report in a way that allows you to interpret and engage in professional scenarios, networking opportunities, and career planning.
Design Your D.C. Experience
Design Your D.C. Experience
- Learn about a career readiness approach
- Get to know each other
- Expectations for the semester
A Strengths - Based Approach
A Strengths-Based Approach
- Learn about the strengths-based approach
- Interpret your strengths report
- Learn to affirm and develop your strengths in D.C. and beyond
- Connect strengths to career readiness competencies
Strengths & Your Career
Strengths & Your Career
- Learn how to use strengths in career exploration
- Discuss a strengths-based approach for your internship
Networking
Networking
- Practice ways to express your professional identity
- Examine your own networking style
- Explore ways to network effectively in D.C.
Workplace Dynamics
Workplace Dynamics
During this module, you will learn about the professional workplace in order to better comprehend your unique, career-related needs and expectations. You will begin by reflecting upon your ideal workplace by considering a multitude of workplace dynamics and use your own internship site as your real-time laboratory to better understand the factors that influence long-term satisfaction in the workplace.
How Does Work Work?
How Does Work Work?
- Identify the factors found at the workplace and how they will affect you
- Contrast your ideal workplace with your experiences
- Highlight the importance of workplace relationships
Professional Fit
Professional Fit
- Reflect on professional fit at your internship site
- Create a template to serve as a foundation for understanding your professional fit
Career Launch
Career Launch
In this module you will think about the critical components of, and steps to take towards, a successful career launch. This includes understanding your personal brand and the importance a brand plays in how you are perceived by other professionals and potential employers. You will then explore strategies for brand management and how to apply your D.C. experiences in future branding.
Personal Branding
Personal Branding
- Develop a common understanding of branding
- Explore how perceptions can influence reputation and personal brands
Managing Your Brand
Managing Your Brand
- Promote strategic thinking regarding personal brands
- Discuss the challenges of consistency across branding platforms
- Consider unique branding opportunities
What's Next?
What's Next?
- Understand and discuss future personal and professional goals
- Map strategies to leverage strengths and hone competencies
- Say goodbye!