Personal Development Plan and Reflective Narrative

1 PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
AND REFLECTIVE
NARRATIVE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Reflection.....................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
APPENDIX......................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Personal development planning is the self-evaluation that generally incorporates with the
process of developing the action plan on the basis of awareness, values, goal setting and personal
aspects (Chambers, Wakley and Blenkinsopp, 2018). It helps the individual in order to grow in
their career and for their self-improvement. Following report will cover the PDP that covers the
understanding in career planning and factors which have impact over the career trajectories. It
also covers the demonstration of the skills and abilities.
MAIN BODY
Reflection
I always used to be an introvert person but I have always used to familiar with my interest
in things which makes me more concern about to do such things in order to incorporate with my
desired goals. As for me I always have interest in digital branding that aims to create an online
brand identity which can be expressed on virtually over any digital channel. It is important for
me to have the technical knowledge to be proficient in this field, it is essential for me to have
knowledge in data analytics, and greater understanding in Search engine optimisation and
content marketing. Self-reflection is always being a good practice that helps in reflecting back
over the experiences (Dotson and Valenzuela, 2020). Throughout the lecture over the digital
branding I was very attentive because it is related to my interest. I have learned about how digital
branding can be done and what specific skills and knowledge is required in order to make career
in this field. It will be better to use Gibb’s reflective cycle that helps in systematically
understanding the past experience that helps in supporting the future learning. Its stages are as
follows:
Description: Initial stage of Gibbs model which states about what has happened and when and
where did it happen (El Miedany, 2019). It is all about experience which I have gained in the
project task that is about digital branding. Before commencing with task I was nervous because
of lack of digital or technical skills, as it involves the use of IT platform like apps, social media,
videos and many more. But with the support of tutor and peers make me feel confident about
project. Me and my team has proceeded with dividing the work in a different modules and each
of us has selected the piece of work according to our strength and weakness, it was my idea as it
helps in completing the project in timely and efficient manner. Before working on this I have
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