{"id":707,"date":"2021-05-10T11:33:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T15:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/?p=707"},"modified":"2021-05-10T11:33:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T15:33:29","slug":"portfolio-day-goes-digital-hosting-a-remote-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/digitalcorps\/2021\/05\/10\/portfolio-day-goes-digital-hosting-a-remote-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Portfolio Day Goes Digital: Hosting a Remote Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GiantZoom-910x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-713\" \/><figcaption>The grid view of the 2021 Portfolio Day Zoom webinar&nbsp;brings together familiar faces.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stiff slacks, sticky nametags, and&nbsp;glazed donuts\u2014all hallmarks of the Digital Corps\u2019 annual&nbsp;professional&nbsp;development conference, Portfolio Day. Each year, students&nbsp;don their blazers and dress shoes and&nbsp;fill Ball State University\u2019s Letterman Lobby,&nbsp;lined with&nbsp;tables for&nbsp;a day of networking and&nbsp;showcasing&nbsp;industry&nbsp;portfolios.&nbsp;Thinking back to my first Portfolio Day, I remember the buzz of excitement and amazement&nbsp;from students, staff, and former Corps members.&nbsp;From video reels&nbsp;to personal websites, seeing my peers\u2019 work left me inspired and a little intimidated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;complications of COVID-19&nbsp;prompted the&nbsp;Digital Corps to cancel last year\u2019s Portfolio Day, and with the health of attendees in mind,&nbsp;staff elected to make this year\u2019s event&nbsp;entirely remote. As a current senior,&nbsp;I had to change my&nbsp;vision for how&nbsp;Portfolio Day would look, and luckily, I had the support&nbsp;of the Digital Corps while doing so.&nbsp;The Alumni Relations team specializes in connecting with and highlighting former Corps members to continually strengthen our network of professionals, and&nbsp;as the Junior Project Manager for&nbsp;the&nbsp;project,&nbsp;I was tasked with&nbsp;spearheading the organization for our inaugural virtual Portfolio Day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>P<\/strong><strong>ersistent P<\/strong><strong>lanning<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the overarching goal of connecting current students with&nbsp;industry professionals, the Alumni Relations&nbsp;team&nbsp;had the opportunity to reimagine what Portfolio Day could be.&nbsp;Months of research and planning went into the event, from an initial pitch presentation to weekly brainstorming sessions.&nbsp;With the combined knowledge of project managers, designers, videographers, strategic communicators, and user experience researchers, the team put together a pitch detailing&nbsp;potential problems and creative solutions. The team considered&nbsp;online logistics, how to keep participants engaged, and even how a digital format could improve the event, all while thinking about&nbsp;the needs of both young and&nbsp;experienced&nbsp;professionals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195808\/image-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195808\/image-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195808\/image-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195808\/image-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195808\/image.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The above image shows the \u201cProblems Defined\u201d slide from the virtual Portfolio Day pitch presentation. The Alumni Relations&nbsp;team considered attendees\u2019 best interests while working to improve the event despite the difficult circumstances.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking at past Portfolio Days, the Alumni Relations team knew to incorporate some of the same&nbsp;components&nbsp;from previous years: a keynote speaker, a portfolio round robin, and senior presentations.&nbsp;It&nbsp;was hard&nbsp;for staff, former Corps members, and many&nbsp;current students&nbsp;to imagine what an online Portfolio Day would look like, but a large group of students&nbsp;had&nbsp;never&nbsp;experienced&nbsp;the event.&nbsp;Spring 2021 hire Kira Kasdorf was brand new to the Corps and to Portfolio Day,&nbsp;and though she&nbsp;had no idea what to expect,&nbsp;the event helped her jumpstart her professional portfolio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt was a great learning experience,\u201d said Kasdorf. \u201cI really enjoyed getting feedback.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly,&nbsp;User Experience Apprentice Megan Dawson had never attended&nbsp;Portfolio Day, and so her expectations for the 2021 event weren\u2019t based on previous years.&nbsp;As a member of the Alumni Relations team, Dawson played an important role in planning and organizing&nbsp;the&nbsp;technology for the&nbsp;digital conference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tasked with researching the benefits and limitations of online networking,&nbsp;Dawson solidified the team decision to use the digital video calling service, Zoom, for the event.&nbsp;Accommodating&nbsp;70&nbsp;plus people and a variety of activities meant that&nbsp;the Corps would need to explore different areas of Zoom functionality.&nbsp;Ultimately, the&nbsp;team decided to use a Zoom&nbsp;webinar&nbsp;for the keynote speaker section, individual Zoom rooms for the portfolio round robin, and pre-assigned breakout rooms for the senior presentations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-2-1024x634.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-711\" \/><figcaption>A close-up of the Design&nbsp;Team&nbsp;section of the Miro board shows spaces for headshots, bios, Zoom and website links, and examples of work.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;team needed to find a way for everyone to interact and view the multitude of student portfolios. Normally, Corps members would set up their work in small stations and attendees would peruse the room and give feedback, akin to a science fair, but with laptops instead of trifold boards. To emulate the fluidity of this session, the Alumni Relations team chose to use the digital whiteboarding technology, Miro. Video Team Master Brittany Jones prepared a template with spaces for student names, brief bios, photos of work, personal Zoom links, and links to websites and reels.&nbsp;Jones refined the template into an easy-to-navigate display of student success&nbsp;with the help of Dawson and Design Apprentice Megan Huss.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cFor Zoom logistics, I think it was important to research all different possibilities,\u201d said Dawson.&nbsp;\u201cFor the Miro boards, Megan, Brittany, and I used design thinking to create a good experience.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Designer Josh Shaffer prepared a digital&nbsp;itinerary&nbsp;with embedded Zoom links to make transitioning from one session to the next as easy as possible&nbsp;throughout the day.&nbsp;The combined efforts of&nbsp;the Alumni Relations team made the event fun for students and&nbsp;alumni&nbsp;alike.&nbsp;For Project Management Graduate Assistant Vivkea Melo, the 2021 event was her fourth Portfolio Day, and even though she missed the in-person event, the virtual approach&nbsp;allowed for innovation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe\u2019ve never had this before,\u201d&nbsp;said Melo,&nbsp;\u201cAnd it was a great opportunity to improve.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Remote Networking<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though&nbsp;Zoom&nbsp;calls&nbsp;and&nbsp;the Miro&nbsp;boards&nbsp;could never&nbsp;replace&nbsp;face-to-face&nbsp;interaction,&nbsp;these&nbsp;technologies&nbsp;gave the&nbsp;event&nbsp;an unprecedented advantage: the&nbsp;highest&nbsp;alumni&nbsp;turnout in Portfolio Day history.&nbsp;While staff and students can normally expect a&nbsp;few&nbsp;friendly faces&nbsp;to make an appearance, the&nbsp;accessibility&nbsp;of this year\u2019s&nbsp;conference&nbsp;attracted&nbsp;22&nbsp;former Corps members from across the country. People joined Portfolio Day from Los Angeles,&nbsp;New York City,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Atlanta\u2014a network spanning the United States. With both Spring 2020 graduates as well as&nbsp;some&nbsp;original&nbsp;Corps members in attendance, students were able to hear about a variety of experiences&nbsp;and industries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remote technologies helped facilitate interactions and even made&nbsp;reviewing others\u2019 work more efficient.&nbsp;Attendees left comments on the Miro boards, helping them&nbsp;organize their feedback and&nbsp;provided documentation for students to examine later.&nbsp;Initially, the Alumni Relations team planned to have participants leave comments in a designated space on the Miro board, but&nbsp;people left enough feedback to extend the borders of the comments section, and the final boards were&nbsp;peppered with valuable insights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"543\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Miro-Comments-Screen-Shot-2021-03-13-at-14.39.15-2-1024x543.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195823\/Miro-Comments-Screen-Shot-2021-03-13-at-14.39.15-2-1024x543.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195823\/Miro-Comments-Screen-Shot-2021-03-13-at-14.39.15-2-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195823\/Miro-Comments-Screen-Shot-2021-03-13-at-14.39.15-2-768x407.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195823\/Miro-Comments-Screen-Shot-2021-03-13-at-14.39.15-2-1536x815.png 1536w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195823\/Miro-Comments-Screen-Shot-2021-03-13-at-14.39.15-2-2048x1086.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Portfolio Day participants covered the Miro boards in valuable feedback, critiques, and praise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;Alumni Relations team decided to take advantage of the remote conference format and invite former Digital Corps students from across the country to tune in and share their experience and knowledge.&nbsp;Professionals from across the tech and communication industries reconnected with the Corps,&nbsp;including 2010 Ball State graduate and current&nbsp;freelance director and executive producer Brody Bernheisel. Based in New York, Bernheisel Zoomed in to be the keynote speaker, discussing his roots as one of the original Corps members and his impressive involvement in the video industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside Bernheisel,&nbsp;Ball State alumni Jeff Spott (2018), Emily Mixter (2019), Brandon Jones (2009), Tyler Varnau (2014) and&nbsp;Emily Winslow (2019)&nbsp;brought their expertise to the virtual table&nbsp;for the Corps\u2019 first Portfolio Day alumni panel.&nbsp;The panelists led a helpful discussion, touching on moving to new cities, promoting professional skills, finding work as a recent graduate, and&nbsp;passionately&nbsp;pursuing&nbsp;dreams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195815\/image-1-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195815\/image-1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195815\/image-1-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195815\/image-1-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195815\/image-1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Former Digital Corps members lead a helpful discussion on their experiences in creative industries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The addition of the alumni&nbsp;panel&nbsp;not only helped current students learn about life after college and going into the workforce, but also allowed seniors to&nbsp;expand their professional network.&nbsp;Video Master and soon-to-be graduate&nbsp;Musifiky&nbsp;Mogwe-Mulwale&nbsp;built relationships made possible by remote networking.&nbsp;At the end of the event, the Corps even gathered alumni contact information&nbsp;and&nbsp;online profiles, such as LinkedIn, to give students more&nbsp;access to the vast network of alumni.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt was great to hear from [the&nbsp;alumni] and even listen to some of [their] life experiences,\u201d said&nbsp;Mogew-Mulwale.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remote networking not only encouraged more alumni to engage, but also helped ease current students\u2019 anxiety about presenting their work.&nbsp;Pitching achievements and professional experiences to others can be intimidating, so the virtual format allowed students to feel more confident&nbsp;talking about themselves and&nbsp;engaging with&nbsp;others.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI think there were a lot of positive things that came from&nbsp;Portfolio&nbsp;Day&nbsp;being online,\u201d said Dawson. \u201cI felt super comfortable because I was in the comfort of my own room.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Corps Connections<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though Zoom reactions can\u2019t replace a&nbsp;good&nbsp;handshake, the Corps found&nbsp;digital&nbsp;ways to help foster and rekindle connections between students, staff, and alumni.&nbsp;Normally, graduating students would prepare presentations detailing their&nbsp;time at Ball State, the Corps, and their&nbsp;future plans&nbsp;to present in front of attendees. The&nbsp;Alumni&nbsp;Relations team wanted to&nbsp;keep&nbsp;as much of&nbsp;that experience as possible, and though bedroom&nbsp;workspaces&nbsp;aren\u2019t as&nbsp;exciting&nbsp;as&nbsp;classrooms with projectors,&nbsp;the seniors still made the most of their fifteen minutes to shine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Personally, I loved the opportunity to engage with coworkers and old friends, and&nbsp;I think that the senior presentations help solidify those&nbsp;relationships before students graduate. With the opportunity to express individuality and celebrate success, the&nbsp;presentations build upon years of personal and professional&nbsp;connections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI tried to make it resemble the experience in person by having everyone unmute their microphones,&nbsp;so I could hear their laughs (or their boos) and react,\u201d said Development Master and senior presenter Drew Thomas.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Port-Day-Sen-Pres-1024x709.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195829\/Port-Day-Sen-Pres-1024x709.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195829\/Port-Day-Sen-Pres-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195829\/Port-Day-Sen-Pres-768x532.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195829\/Port-Day-Sen-Pres-1536x1064.png 1536w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2021\/05\/14195829\/Port-Day-Sen-Pres.png 1606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>All 20 senior presentations show a unique sense of personality and achievement.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Portfolio Day acts as way for&nbsp;past and present students to reflect on&nbsp;their&nbsp;education and work experience, and the networking discussions&nbsp;can spark lifelong relationships. For&nbsp;Mogwe-Mulwale, the alumni panel prompted him to schedule a separate conversation with&nbsp;Bernheisel&nbsp;and&nbsp;form a professional connection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI knew that I wanted to reach out and talk to [him] immediately after the Alumni Chat,\u201d&nbsp;said&nbsp;Mogew-Mulwale.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even alumni from over a decade ago immediately reconnected with each other over Zoom screens.&nbsp;Ball State alumnus and former Design Team member Tyler Varnau graduated with a journalism graphics degree in the Spring of 2014.&nbsp;Varnau,&nbsp;the Senior Product Designer at Lithia Motors, joined this year\u2019s&nbsp;Portfolio Day&nbsp;as&nbsp;one of the&nbsp;inaugural&nbsp;alumni panelists.&nbsp;Reflecting&nbsp;on his time at Ball State, Varnau enjoyed seeing the new and old faces and&nbsp;knowing that he played a role in&nbsp;shaping what the Corps has become.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI honestly owe my entire career to the Corps,\u201d said Varnau. \u201cIt was such an amazing experience and I\u2019m always stoked to see how much [the Corps] is growing.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though we&nbsp;didn\u2019t&nbsp;get donuts this year,&nbsp;Portfolio Day still&nbsp;provided&nbsp;opportunities for networking and professional development.&nbsp;From a spectacular turnout of alumni&nbsp;to a more efficient display of work,&nbsp;the 2021 event could mean&nbsp;a more digital future for Portfolio Day.&nbsp;Of course, screens could never replace&nbsp;face-to-face interactions, but when one door closes, we open a new&nbsp;tab.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stiff slacks, sticky nametags, and&nbsp;glazed donuts\u2014all hallmarks of the Digital Corps\u2019 annual&nbsp;professional&nbsp;development conference, Portfolio Day. 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