Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

We’ve teamed up with CourseHorse to bring you a selec­tion of cur­rent NYC classes that will be of par­tic­u­lar inter­est to you. Here’s what we rec­om­mend check­ing out in the next seven days. As a spe­cial treat, DWL read­ers can get $5 off any class with the promo code: design­work­life.

Here’s what’s hap­pen­ing this week:

Raising Startup Capital

Tonight, April 15^th, 6:00PM – 7:30PM / $35
This series will help stu­dents under­stand term sheets, ini­tial rounds of invest­ment, and how to retain value and con­trol. We’ll also dis­cuss what to do with that money once you have it so you can cre­ate exit oppor­tu­ni­ties and poten­tial for future fund­ing.
One of the most crit­i­cal issues fac­ing entre­pre­neurs is decid­ing if and when it makes sense to raise out­side cap­i­tal. Access to cap­i­tal can­not only help accel­er­ate prod­uct devel­op­ment and sales, but in many cases, part­ner­ing with the right investors can influ­ence the tra­jec­tory of a busi­ness.
Sign up here.

Storytelling Skills: Wow Your Crowd

Tonight, April 15^th,  8:00PM – 9:30PM / $30 
In this class, stu­dents will learn the two essen­tial ele­ments of sto­ries, the dif­fer­ence between sto­ries and “story-ish” infor­ma­tion, how to apply the Six Senses to cre­ate emo­tional res­o­nance, how to shape a nar­ra­tive across the tra­jec­tory of five beats, and how to zero in on and shape a nar­ra­tive around one sell­ing point.
Sign up here.

Social Media Bootcamp

Tuesday, April 16^th, 7:00PM – 10:00PM / $55 
This 3-session series intro­duces stu­dents to the cur­rent social media land­scape and explores how it can be used for max­i­mum results (for brands as well as agen­cies). Participants will leave with a detailed under­stand­ing of both the cur­rent social media land­scape and how to eval­u­ate which tools or social plat­forms are the best fit for their organization’s strate­gic goals.
Sign up here.

Design Gym

Starting Friday, April 19^th, 7:00PM – 9:30PM / $250  (mul­ti­ple ses­sions)
In this class you will learn con­cepts and effi­cient ways of design think­ing on solv­ing real world prob­lems and more. The Design Gym puts peo­ple at the cen­ter of prob­lems and solu­tions. Their Weekend Workout is two and a half intense days of col­lab­o­rat­ing and learn­ing a process for cre­ative prob­lem solv­ing. They believe in the power of expe­ri­ence based learn­ing, encour­ag­ing envi­ron­ments, and as few slides as pos­si­ble.
Sign up here.

DSLR 101

Sunday, April 21^st, 1:00PM – 5:00PM / $65
Students will learn how to ben­e­fit from the greater power, ver­sa­til­ity and pre­ci­sion of dig­i­tal SLR cam­eras.
The DSLR 101 work­shops will offer 4 hours of instruc­tion for peo­ple who have stepped up to a dig­i­tal SLR cam­era or are plan­ning to make the move.
Instructors will also pro­vide tips on build­ing a camera/lens sys­tem that suits their spe­cial indi­vid­ual inter­ests.
Sign up here.

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Want to plan far­ther ahead? CourseHorse offers a ton of other NYC classes, both this week and down the road. The design, pro­gram­ming, pho­tog­ra­phy and busi­ness classes may be of par­tic­u­lar interest.