I forgot to mention, I sat down and watched the Umea Institute of Design Degree Show 2017 and it really inspired my own portfolio storytelling. Since I have worked on the outskirts of the design community for a number of years, I feel like my design language has suffered. Watching a degree show or any industrial designer give a professional presentation explaining their work is a great way to inject meaningful and interesting language into a portfolio pitch / interview. Here is a link to the videos I watched:
http://www.uid.umu.se/en/about-us/events/