Be Your Best Creative Self

Be Your Best Creative Self

Instructor: David Underwood

What you'll learn

How to reliably attain and nurture a creative state
How to brainstorm using four effective and reliable processes
How to define and promote your personal brand
How to work successfully with others as a creative professional

Skills you'll gain

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Assessments

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There are 3 modules in this course

Welcome to Be Your Best Creative Self, the second course in the Personal Development for Professional Success Specialization.

This course is for creative professionals who want to work more efficiently and at higher levels of both job satisfaction and success. As students work through this course, they will: • learn to make the creative state more reliable and productive • fine-tune their personal brand so that they present themselves positively and accurately • learn basic skills for working with others that will help to avoid traps as well as to enable success As much as anything, this is a survival-skills class designed to help creative professionals take control of their careers. The assignments and exercises are intended to build a creative community in which students gain confidence and grow together.

In this module, students will learn about both the practice and nurturing of the creative state. Students will also learn four reliable ways to brainstorm.

What's included

14 videos4 readings1 assignment1 peer review4 discussion prompts

14 videosTotal 29 minutes

Welcome to Be Your Best Creative Self2 minutesPreview module
A little about your instructor.2 minutes
What does "creative" really mean? 2 minutes
Avoid falling for the left brain/right brain myth.2 minutes
Creativity is a practice.2 minutes
Confidence builds momentum and momentum builds confidence.1 minute
Know when and where to work.2 minutes
Here are four ways to get moving.1 minute
Make a list to make progress.2 minutes
Tell a story.2 minutes
Start a conversation.1 minute
Devour your world.2 minutes
Revision is creative.1 minute
Talent matters, not things.2 minutes

4 readingsTotal 29 minutes

Why Take This Course?10 minutes
The Left Brain, the Right Brain, and Points-in-Between15 minutes
Creative Exercises2 minutes
Making a List to Make Progress2 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 10 minutes

Quiz: About creativity10 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 150 minutes

Brainstorm a creative problem.150 minutes

4 discussion promptsTotal 225 minutes

Tell us about yourself and something you've created.45 minutes
Who's the most creative?45 minutes
What are your favorite creative warm-ups?45 minutes
Let the world inspire you.90 minutes

In this module, students will learn how to apply the concepts of branding toward successfully presenting themselves to others.

What's included

8 videos1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt

8 videosTotal 15 minutes

Identity matters.2 minutesPreview module
Stand out.1 minute
People like good people.1 minute
Everything you make should reflect everything you believe.2 minutes
Great products deserve great packaging.1 minute
Become a chameleon.1 minute
Catch mistakes before your clients do.2 minutes
Growth is a choice.1 minute

1 readingTotal 2 minutes

Everything You Do Matters2 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

About branding30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 90 minutes

Tell us about your favorite brand.90 minutes

In this module, students will learn how to work with others. The lessons here will teach students the importance of honesty, communicating clearly , dealing constructively with criticism, and avoiding common workplace "traps."