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​Vision Statements
Time frames
Personalized.
You
Lifelong learners balancing work and education.
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Vision boards
Workbooks
Pitch Decks
Websites
Description
Sometimes we don’t think big enough. Sometimes we think too big. How can we strike that balance? We take it for granted that we should declare a major or concentration as college students, or that we need to fit in where there's a job opportunity. But here we will practice declaring a purpose. From the personal statement we write for college to the cover letters, pitches, and proposals we compose to convince others we are right for the job or the funding, we are always sharing our visions.
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Aims / Goals and Outcomes
Participants will get targeted feedback on their practice framing the professional genres they are using to express the relationship between their vision for themselves and the mission and values of those they are communicating with. They will learn how to align what they imagine for themselves with what is actually happening in the professional world where they see themselves.
"I went back to things I had left behind. These were visions I'd had that motivated me long ago. I brought them back into my story. They are still relevant to me, and I'd become so busy I had neglected them."
Self-Authoring
Time frames
Summer, Semester, Year, or ongoing (microlearning by module)
Audience
Professionals balancing school and career, self and family. Exploratory college students.
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Mindfulness in Education
Field Guiding
Deeper Learning
Deep Listening
Observation, Interpretation, Judgment
Mobile Technology Salience
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Description
"The way any profession reproduces itself is by forming people in its own image." - Matthew Crawford, author of Workshop as Soulcraft.
What is the image you have of the professions? Do you see yourself contributing to that image? As candidates of impact in the fields we've chosen or that we imagine contributing to, we have some convincing to do. Participants will make a pitch bible: a slide deck laying out the entire story for a series or film based on themselves. It includes origins of the story, physical and historical setting, character, plot, mood, and genre. We will use this form to experiment with our academic to career path, and the mission statements that motivate us on that path.
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Through this genre, participants will develop language for the problems and solutions that exists in a given profession. They will discover what makes them suited to the problem solving in that profession.
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Aims/Goals and Outcomes
The purpose of this lab is to practice pitching in all kinds of genres and forms, not just emails or interviews. In doing so, we will develop a richer understanding of ourselves as well as the professional skills to bring our plans to fruition.
"I was lost thinking about my personal story and where it would lead. Once I started creating my pitch bible, everything started falling into place."
Mission Statements
Time frames
Summer, Semester, Year, or ongoing (microlearning by module)
Audience
Career changers, career pathfinders.
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Academic Plans
Roadmaps
Mission Statements
Profile Summaries
Resumes
Description
Participants in this lab will identify the connections between their credentials, strengths, and interests, ground themselves in those connections, and align themselves with the stakeholders who matter the most so they can begin to take action.
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Aims/Goals and Outcomes
Deliverables range from the cohesive and structured to more free-form and abstract. Participants may create narratives (personal statements, speeches, spoken word), moodboards, lookbooks, and storyboards, cover letters and resume points, or interview speaking points. They may write thank you letters or letters of forgiveness or dedications.
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"I stopped trying to write myself into the mission statements of companies in my emails and job applications. I got honest with myself. This prepared me to align with actual people -- people who appreciated that honesty. It was the difference between asking for acceptance and really showing up."
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