2011 Poetry and Poster Contest of the National Career Development Association - Dr. Rebecca Toporek,, Bay Area CCDA Contest Coordinator

Express your Creativity!
 
Enter the Poetry and Poster Contest for National Career Development Week
 
Deadline: November 16, 2011
 
Posters and poetry should reflect the theme “My Career Dreams”
• Inspire your audience to get excited about thinking about careers and their future.
• Help the audience understand what a career counselor and/or career center does to help.
Local, state and national winners will be chosen and recognized from all age groups
 
Submit your masterpiece and entry form to:
Rebecca Toporek, Dept. of Counseling
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA  94132

Download the entry form and view last year’s winners from the National Career Development Association website

http://associationdatabase.com/aws/NCDA/pt/sp/ncdmonth

Details:
Requirements for Poems
Poetic Form: Use of any acceptable poetic form (e.g. cinquain, free verse, diamante, haiku, limerick, metered, rhyming, blank verse).
Size: Submit each poem on a single sheet of paper 8.5" X 11" in 12 point font.
 
Requirements for Posters
Lettering: Simple bold lettering is preferred. Captions are to be used to convey the message, attract attention, and to achieve goals of clarity, vigor and originality. All lettering will be considered part of the design.
Media (Revised Categories)
Category 1 (C1): Standard use of ink, pencil, poster paints, magic marker, acrylics, and oils.
Category 2 (C2): Use of photos, clipart, graphic art software, collage, cut and pasted paper, and mixed media.
Size: Each poster must be created in 8.5" by 11" format, including matte, to be eligible.

SFSU Career Counseling Alumni and Student present at Bay Area California Career Development Association Event

On August 18, The Bay Area CCDA held a "Post Conference Conference" to follow up with the National Career Development Association Conference held in San Antonio, Texas in July, 2011. Sarah Backes-Diaz, SF State Career Counseling Alumni and Margi Lam, a current Career Counseling student at SF State along with Mary Robins, attended the conference in Texas. At the BACCDA event in August, Margi, Sarah, and Mary facilitated roundtable discussions the crowd with a wonderful opportunity to share and learn about the highlights of that conference.