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Professional Development: You May Suggest Other Ideas For Consideration

This document outlines a professional development program that awards points for various activities to students each semester. Students must earn 10 points from activities like attending meetings, connecting with professionals on social media, uploading resumes to LinkedIn, meeting with career advisors, blogging, participating in webinars or conferences, interviewing, job fairs, and shadowing professionals. Larger events like regional or national conferences earn more points. Students track their points and submit documentation like notes, screenshots, and thank you letters as evidence to their spreadsheet to show their professional advancement during the semester. Other activities can be suggested for approval and point allocation as well.

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Professional Development: You May Suggest Other Ideas For Consideration

This document outlines a professional development program that awards points for various activities to students each semester. Students must earn 10 points from activities like attending meetings, connecting with professionals on social media, uploading resumes to LinkedIn, meeting with career advisors, blogging, participating in webinars or conferences, interviewing, job fairs, and shadowing professionals. Larger events like regional or national conferences earn more points. Students track their points and submit documentation like notes, screenshots, and thank you letters as evidence to their spreadsheet to show their professional advancement during the semester. Other activities can be suggested for approval and point allocation as well.

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Professional Development

You will earn points and summarize them on a spreadsheet (with attachments) to show your professional
advancement during the semester. You need to compile 10 points for your professional advancement endeavors each
semester.

1 pt. UIndy PRSSA meeting attendance (give date and three meeting notes. Limit five).
1 pt. Befriend or follow five PR professionals, organizations, firms, or employment opportunities on a social
networking site (provide copy of friend list or following list with them highlighted). You may use this option
only once per semester.
1 pt. Connect with five PR professionals, organizations, firms, or employment opportunities on LinkedIn (provide
copy of friend list or following list with them highlighted). You may use this option only once per semester.
1 pt. Upload your most current resume on your LinkedIn profile. Provide a screenshot of your posted resume in
your P.D. submission.
1 pt. Meet individually with an UIndy Edge Representative. This option may be utilized up to three times per
semester, if each meeting covers a unique topic. Email confirmation by the representative must be sent to
Rebecca.
1 pt. Chosen Dog Blog content.
1 pt. Participate in a PRSSA National Twitter chat. Schedules of Twitter chats can be found on the PRSSA website or
by following @PRSSANational. To receive the point you must screenshot your participation.
1 pt. Interview for a desired job opportunity. Upon completion of the interview, submit five “takeaways” and remit
the follow-up email along with a photocopy of the hand-written thank you note to the interviewer.
2 pt. Attend a job fair and send at least one hand-written note to someone you met. Provide a photocopy of the
note.
2 pt. Hoosier PRSA Luncheon attendance (sit with NO MORE THAN ONE OTHER
UINDY STUDENT and report that this stipulation was met, collect at least one
business card, send at least one follow-up email, and report about three
“takeaways” that the speaker delivered. Then attach all evidence of meeting these
requirements).
2 pt. If a student is engaged in an internship (working a minimum of five hours per week), he or she may give an
eight-twelve-minute presentation on the allotted presentation day to explain the nature of the internship so
as to educate the other students. This must be a professional presentation with tactical examples included.
The management team will vote if the presentation warranted two development points. Four of the five
votes must be positive and the presenter will be notified of the result the day after the presentation.
3 pt. Shadow a PR professional for two hours minimum (provide date, signature, and business card of the one
shadowed). NO CLIENTS will be approved as ones to shadow
4 pt. Attendance at any PRSSA Regional Activity (write three “takeaways” on the program and provide for
evidence).
6 pt. Attendance at the PRSSA National Conference (write three “takeaways” on the program and provide for
evidence).

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