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