The document provides information on personal branding and increasing one's impact. It discusses personal branding as being aware of what you do and how your actions are perceived by others in order to increase your impact, valuation of your work, and recommendations. It provides tips for personal branding including increasing self-awareness, formulating a personal branding statement, and strengthening your network. The goal is for individuals to understand their strengths and value added in order to clearly communicate their personal brand.
5. personal branding
Personal branding is a way of working in which:
• you are aware of what you do, how you do the things
you do and the feelings this creates at others;
and by doing so
• you increase your impact
and that will result in
• a higher valuation of your work and more
recommendations and requests.
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7. personal branding skills
- increasing self-awareness and self-knowledge
- express and communicate whoe you are and your
value for others
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8. How?
- take on a personal branding mindset
- discover and describe your attributes and value added
- formulate your personal branding statement
- communicate and express your activities, projects and
value added
- strengthen your network
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9. What are you desired personal branding results?
(6-12 months from now)
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2)
3)
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What do you want to use this PB program for?
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10. intentions with the personal branding program
- find a new job or better professional position
- surpass myself
- discover strengts and weaknesses
- sharpen my strenghts
- find out what to brand
- increase visibility
- being asked for help
- build my network
- find strategic partners
- lead a succesful business
- start my own business
- use social media to build my brand
- increase self confidence
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11. sparkling moment
Look back on your professional activities of the past weeks.
Select a ‘sparkling moment’. This is a moment:
- in which you explicitely experienced your impact on
others, on an organization or on a project;
- in which you felt valued for something you did;
- in which you were asked for advice, a new project or
something else.
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12. sparkling moment
- 3 minutes tell about your moment
- your colleague will ask you questions to help you focus on what made it
a sparkling moment for you
- 3 minutes the other person is sharing his/her moment
- afterwards you give each other feedback about a
strength you heard/saw/discovered in his/her story
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13. sparkling moment = personal
branding
telling
- interaction
- story + details
- positive
- non verbal communication
- strategic communication
listening
- active + 100% listening
- real interest
- positive questions
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14. sparkling moment = personal
branding
telling
- interaction
- story + details
- positive
- non verbal communication
- strategic communication
listening
- active + 100% listening
- real interest
- positive questions
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what you do
how you do
what you do
what you tell
how you tell
what you tell
16. personal branding mindset
1. time and attention
2. professional window
3. think about the problem of your target audience
4. recognizable and distinctive
5. a future approach
6. focus your attention on the positive
7. reinvent yourself
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18. 2. professional window
- limited capacity of absorbtion
- relate to what is known
- large ability to associate
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19. 2. professional window
describe yourself – your
personal identity – in 3
words
describe yourself – your
professoinal/ student
identity – in 3 words
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36. finish the following
• I am interested in…
• I would like to know more about…
• I am specialized in…
• My field of expertise is…
• I am reading books about…
• I am studying …
• …
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37. examples fields of interest/ expertise
archiving non profit organizations cultural heritage
social change global communities environment
music group building designing
communication wild life talent finding
non profit funding cultural antropology media analysis
NGO’s Middle East data
renewable energy digital media women studies
project management recruitment organizational change
social media contract managementusability UX
photo archiving training strategy development
marine biology crisis communication branding
internatinal events news writing budget management
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40. booktitle exercise
Now come up with a title and subtitle for a book that
your colleague could have written on his/her field
of interest or that he/she might write in the future.
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41. field of expertise => value = personal branding
- interaction
- reflect on what is really important
- talking about creating value connects
- talking about value radiates positivity
- talking about value shifts attention to the other person
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43. your way of working
1. if you were a car, what brand/type of car would
you be? Explain why this car describing it’s
attributes in your oppinion.
2. If you were a pro top sporter, in what sports
would that be? Explain why this sports describing
it’s attributes in your oppinion.
3. If you were a ‘thing’, what would you be? Explain
why this ‘thing’ describing it’s attributes in your
oppinion.
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44. attributes/ talents => metaphor
= personal branding
- describe and explain
- helps to associate
- shifts attention from you to your value
- start for futher explanation and development
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45. characteristic/ skill – value - communicate
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attribute/
talent
explanation meaning/ value
for others
experienced situation/
story
1.
2.
3.
46. characteristic/ skill – value - communicate
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characteristic explanation meaning/ value
for others
experienced situation/
story
1.
2.
3.
47. summary
I’m looking for a job in ………(field of interest )
where I can…….. , ………… , …….. (skills)
to contribute to …………… (value)
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48. communiceren kwaliteiten
1. invullen tabel – in groepjes
2. presenteren/vertellen aan de groep
3. groepsleden stellen vragen vanuit hun kwaliteit
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55. Target audience + value
description problem actual solution emotion after
cooperation
example
situation/ story
1. all staff reorganization/
restructuring,
uncertainty
training/ coaching
‘reflect on your job’
motivated, knowing
what to do, positive,
thinking in
opportunities
When Sarah started
the training, she
didn’t know….
2. management savings, changes in
goverment policies
hr advice supported, self
confidence, knowing
what’s going on
inside the
organization
3.
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56. Target audience + value
1) ‘target
audience’
2) problem -
challenge
3) actual solution;
what did you do?
4) emotion of the other
people after cooperation
1. all staff reorganization/
restructuring,
uncertainty
training/ coaching ‘reflect
on your job’
motivated, knowing what to do,
positive, thinking in
opportunities
2. management savings, changes in
goverment policies
hr advice supported, self confidence,
knowing what’s going on inside
the organization
3. MBA students find a new job personal branding training
classes
knowing what to do en what to
communicate
increased self confidence
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61. personal branding statement
Paul is an empathetic, committed and sincere designer who
supports socially relevant organizations that who they are is
in line with the story they tell and the image they create
Paul develops education materials, promotional materials and
other means of communication that contribute to a change
in knowledge, attitudes or behavior.
Paul is committed to a sustainable world where people interact
consciously and respectfully with each other and with their
environment.
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62. format personal branding statement
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<name> is a…, …, …, (3 personal traits/
characteristics)… (role) who contributes to ….
(meaning/ value) for … (target organization/
people).
<name> …, …, …, (3 products/ services) to support …
(meaning/value- what you want to add/change in
this world).
tijd en aandacht, = 10-20% voor reflectie, intervisie, persoonlijke ontwikkeling, orientatie
zie operations manual
tijd en aandacht, = 10-20% voor reflectie, intervisie, persoonlijke ontwikkeling, orientatie
1 uitleg tabel + voorbeeld tactvol + demo met een kwaliteit van een deelnemer (10 minuten)
2 in groepjes tabel in vullen (20 minuten)
3 presentatie en vragen ronde voor de deelnemers (25 minuten)
plan tijd in 55 minuten afhankelijk van deelnemersr
1 uitleg tabel + voorbeeld tactvol + demo met een kwaliteit van een deelnemer (10 minuten)
2 in groepjes tabel in vullen (20 minuten)
3 presentatie en vragen ronde voor de deelnemers (25 minuten)
plan tijd in 55 minuten afhankelijk van deelnemersr
vraag 3
1 uitleg tabel + voorbeeld tactvol + demo met een kwaliteit van een deelnemer (10 minuten)
2 in groepjes tabel in vullen (20 minuten)
3 presentatie situatie/verhaal en vragen ronde voor de deelnemers (25 minuten)
plan tijd in 55 minuten afhankelijk van deelnemers
1 uitleg tabel + voorbeeld tactvol + demo met een kwaliteit van een deelnemer (10 minuten)
2 in groepjes tabel in vullen (20 minuten)
3 presentatie situatie/verhaal en vragen ronde voor de deelnemers (25 minuten)
plan tijd in 55 minuten afhankelijk van deelnemers