ISSP Speed NetworkingSession
Dorothy AtwoodISSP Board of Director and Management Team
Session Goals1. Meet and network with conference
colleagues2. Take the ‘temperature’ on professional
certification3. Learn how to contribute to the
certification process Body of Knowledge (BOK)
4. Have Fun!
What we will do1. Fill out sticky note with certification
‘score’2. Participate in 15 - 20 one - two minute
one-on-one networking sessions (yes…just 1 – 2 minutes)
3. Roll-up outcomes by tables4. Report out
The Sticky Notes• Score the importance of professional certification
to you.• 4 = High Importance: Very important• 3 = Important• 2 = Not that important• 1 = Low Importance: Not important at all
• Why: Write your reason for the score.• Stick the note on the bottom of your name tag or in
a visible spot. Score4
WhyProvide consistency
and level of competency
Score1
WhySustainability is too
diverse
How it will workDON’T START YET!!•When we start, find someone you don’t know at your table or nearby.•Introduce yourselves and VERY briefly share thoughts on certification. •When you hear the bell, find a new partner (at your table or elsewhere)•Move with or without your chair •If you are without a partner, come to the front of the room
HINTS for Speed Networking
• Remember it is about meeting not conversing • Have business cards ready to hand out• Have some paper for quick notes• Share your brief time ‘equally’• Move on time when you hear the bell
• Again….if you are without a partner, come to the front of the room
Roll-up of Scores• Find a table• Identify a facilitator (and scribe)• Fill out Summary Table• Note: It is ok to change your ‘score’
Report out
• Each table report the average ‘score’
• Popcorn report out on reasons
Want to help more?Certification Process:1.Define the job: Sustainability Practitioner:
A professional who spends more than 25% of his/her work time planning, implementing, managing and reporting sustainability efforts for organizations and communities.
This includes internal practitioners who may hold a title like “sustainability director” as well as the external consultants who help organizations implement sustainable practices.
Knowledge
Skills
Attributes
Certification Process
Job expectations
•Task•Task•Task
Identify the KSA’sKnowledge: KNOW An organized body of information, usually of a factual or procedural nature, which, if applied, makes adequate performance on the job possible.
Skills: DOThe proficient manual, verbal, or mental manipulation of data, people, or things: observable, quantifiable, and measurable.
Attributes: BEThe behaviors or “ways of being” that facilitate the performance of the skills and contribute to the success of the practitioner.
Body of Knowledge template
Job expectation
Sub tasks
KSA’s
What you can do• Comment on Body of
Knowledge:• Here at the ISSP Table and/or• On-line - Join other ISSP
members for post conference on-line opportunities
ISSP Certification Committee:Marsha Willard, ChairDorothy AtwoodIra FeldmanRich GoodeKJ McCorryChristy NordstromBob PojasekNate UnderwoodRick Woodward
Wrap up• Post your sticky-note as you
leave• Head up to the mezzanine for
refreshments and vendors until 11:00
• Break-out sessions start at 11:00• Two in the 14th Floor Tower
Rooms• One here in Ballroom