CSE 300: Professional Readiness

W03 Team Activity: Help Others with Professional Presence

For this activity, you will need to meet with your gathering group for a one hour synchronous meeting.

Overview

Purpose:

Being able to collaborate with others is an essential skill in any organization. It is also a BYU-Idaho Learning Outcome: Skilled Collaborators.

Meeting Agenda

Use the following agenda to guide your meeting.

Begin with Prayer

Discuss Professional Presence (5 minutes)

As a group, discuss the following questions:

  1. Why is maintaining a professional presence important?
  2. Is it important to have a professional presence even if you already have a job?
  3. What are 3-4 general points of advice you would give to someone about their professional presence?

Review Each Other's Presence (10 minutes per person)

For this step, the lead student should invite each member in the group, one at a time, to share their professional presence.

Make sure to include:

  1. Personal Resume
  2. LinkedIn
  3. GitHub

Each person should provide feedback to each group member on their various items. Make sure to:

  1. Point out things that you like.
  2. Offer a few suggestions for improvement.

Conclude (5 minutes)

  1. See if anyone in the group has any questions about the remaining assignments for the week.
  2. Decide on a person to be the lead student for the next meeting.

Submission

After you have finished this activity, return to Canvas and submit the associated quiz there.

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