How do you create and maintain a team facilitation portfolio or showcase?

1 Define your purpose and audience

Before you start collecting and organizing your portfolio or showcase, you need to define your purpose and audience. Why do you want to create a portfolio or showcase? What are your goals and objectives? Who do you want to reach and impress? How will they access and use your portfolio or showcase? These questions will help you tailor your content, format, and style to suit your needs and expectations.

2 Select your evidence

The next step is to select the evidence that best represents your team facilitation skills and experience. Evidence can include anything that demonstrates your facilitation process, outcomes, and impact, such as: facilitation plans, agendas, guides, templates, checklists, slides, videos, audio recordings, photos, feedback forms, testimonials, case studies, reports, articles, blogs, podcasts, webinars, awards, certificates, etc. You should choose evidence that is relevant, recent, diverse, authentic, and credible. You should also seek permission from the teams and organizations you worked with before sharing any confidential or sensitive information.

3 Organize your evidence

Once you have selected your evidence, you need to organize it in a way that is easy to navigate and understand. You can use different methods to structure your portfolio or showcase, such as: chronological, thematic, competency-based, project-based, client-based, etc. You should also provide some context and explanation for each piece of evidence, such as: the purpose, objectives, scope, duration, participants, methods, tools, challenges, solutions, results, feedback, learning, etc. You can use headings, subheadings, captions, labels, summaries, reflections, etc. to make your portfolio or showcase clear and coherent.

4 Present your evidence

The next step is to present your evidence in a format and style that is appealing and accessible to your audience. You can use different formats and platforms to create and share your portfolio or showcase, such as: paper, digital, online, offline, etc. You should consider the advantages and disadvantages of each format and platform, such as: cost, ease of use, flexibility, functionality, security, privacy, etc. You should also use design principles and techniques to make your portfolio or showcase attractive and professional, such as: layout, color, font, images, graphics, multimedia, etc.

5 Update your evidence

The final step is to update your portfolio or showcase regularly to keep it fresh and relevant. You should review your portfolio or showcase periodically and add new evidence as you gain more skills and experience in team facilitation. You should also remove outdated or irrelevant evidence that no longer reflects your current practice or goals. You should also seek feedback from your peers, mentors, clients, employers, etc. on your portfolio or showcase and use it to improve your content, format, and style.

6 Here’s what else to consider

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