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General Assembly provides the necessary tech skills, career advice, and networking opportunities to prepare individuals for careers in coding, data, or UX design. With courses lasting as little as three months and requiring no previous experience, General Assembly has graduated over 40,000 students worldwide since 2011.

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Public Relations 101

General Assembly @ 444 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, startup, small business, or just looking to up your media skills, this class will help you understand the fundamentals of public relations. You will learn how to use resources and skills to reach out to journalists for the optimal chance of getting media coverage for yourself or your business.  You will also learn about what it means to run a PR campaign, what tactics are best, and what angles are most likely...

(2637) Beginner 18 and older

Getting Started with React.js

General Assembly

Facebook's React JS might be the hottest Javascript library for building dynamic web applications. With a large community and support for mobile applications with React Native, it's a great tool for both beginners and experts to build awesome user experiences. This class will introduce you to the core concepts of using React and the React eco-system along with the latest Javascript ES6 and ES7 features. ​ Takeaways Learn the basics of React...

(2637) Beginner 18 and older

Introduction to Javascript

General Assembly

Join us for this workshop on the JavaScript programming language aimed at beginners with little or no prior experience. This workshop provides an introduction to the JavaScript programming language and jQuery fundamentals needed to create rich, professional, and relevant web applications. Attendees will receive a hands-on approach in learning JavaScript's relationship to HTML and CSS. Takeaways Understand the role of the web browser and where...

(2637) Beginner 18 and older
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Introduction to Photoshop

General Assembly @ 444 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL

Photoshop is the industry standard photo image editing software for print and digital output. In this hands-on introductory workshop, we will walk through Photoshop's basic capabilities and use tools and techniques to edit images and create visual design mock-ups - no design experience required! This workshop will help students visualise products and designs using Photoshop and learn some basic visual design tips. Content: Introduction to raster...

(2637) Beginner 18 and older

Crafting Your Career Path

General Assembly @ 444 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL

This workshop is for young women looking to design a fulfilling and purpose-driven career path for themselves. The workshop includes six modules that build upon each other to give young women the tools they need to discover their strengths, make well-informed career decisions and build intentional habits grounded in self-awareness that will lead them to success, both personally and professionally.  Attendees will be able to confidently identify...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Moving From Excel to R: Introduction to R

General Assembly @ 444 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL

About This Workshop Unlock data-driven insights with code. Explore the intersection of coding and data with General Assembly. During our R-focused introductory workshop, you’ll learn to harness the power of an essential programming language for data scientists and use it to drive accurate business insights. Takeaways Perform basic data manipulation and calculations with reproduce-able code Discuss its applications in data analysis and...

(2637) Beginner 18 and older

Making Changes & Reaching Goals (Get Unstuck Part 2)

General Assembly @ 444 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL

The second part of this interactive workshop series goes deep into goal setting, how to create a career roadmap, and the steps to move forward after establishing a clearer view of where you want to go. You’ll walk away with an advanced understanding of micro-goal setting and skills and techniques to ensure goals are associated with growth not simply tasks. Ideal for anyone who feels unsatisfied at work, wants more, but isn’t quite sure what that...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Python Programming 101

General Assembly @ 444 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL

Unlock data-driven insights with code. During our Python-focused introductory workshop, you’ll learn to harness the power of an essential programming language for data scientists and use it to drive accurate business insights. Working with real-world examples, you’ll: Touch on fundamental Python programming techniques and tools. Discover the history of Python and how it compares to other programming languages. Discuss its applications in...

(2637) Beginner 18 and older

Business Basics:How to Prioritize Your Business in 2020

General Assembly @ 444 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL

Every single one of us has unlimited potential for what we want to create with our businesses. But a shocking majority of us never even come close because we are exhausted and overwhelmed by things we believe we need to do to be successful. The fastest path to experience true profit and freedom is when you have a crystal clear Priority Plan, designed to create the business, the money, and the life you want in the time you have to give. In this...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Speaking Tips to Nail the Networking Event

General Assembly @ 150 N Wacker, Chicago, IL

Speaking Tips to Nail the Networking Event for Business Owners & Entrepreneurs How would you feel if you knew what events held your ideal client? Now imagine that you walk into the room knowing exactly what to say to convert all those ideal clients. We all have unlimited potential when it comes to finding profitable leads for our businesses. However, so many of us don’t even get close because we are exhausted and have overextended ourselves...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Intro to Adobe InDesign

General Assembly

Bring your creative ideas to life with Adobe InDesign, the professional page layout standard, used by designers and production professionals to design, preflight, and publish a broad range of documents such as brochures, catalogs, magazines and books. InDesign allows you to lay out and design multiple page documents. This workshop is designed to get you up and running with Adobe InDesign in three hours. The focus will be on step-by-step instruction...

(2637) Beginner 18 and older

Crafting Stories with Data

General Assembly

The well-being of our employees, students, clients, instructors, and guests is our number one priority here at General Assembly. We are monitoring the COVID-19 situation very carefully and are adjusting delivery of our programs. Due to the current health concerns, all GA short-form events, workshops & bootcamps will temporarily be held online - including this one. Registered students will be notified 24 hours in advance of this program...

(2637) Beginner 18 and older

Body Language for Virtual Meetings & Interviews

General Assembly

In this sudden switch to all things virtual, how do you maintain great soft skills and continue to express executive presence? Research shows 85% of job success comes from having well-developed soft and people skills. Employers want great communication from team players who are compassionate, empathetic, sensitive, and able to create a safe psychological space. How do we do this through the computer when most of these soft skills are non-verbal...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Programming for Non-Programmers: The Basics

General Assembly

Are you a creative or entrepreneur that wishes you could speak tech with your web development team? Maybe you wish you could code a bit yourself? Programming for Non-Programmers is workshop series at General Assembly designed to help non-programmers communicate more efficiently with developers or to help aspiring developers get started. Takeaways You will be introduced to a broad overview of programming and learn the following along the way: ...

(2637) Beginner 18 and older

Blogging for Business

General Assembly

This class will be hosted online due to safety considerations, please check out the "Preparation" section on the bottom of this page. Registered participants will be notified in advance of this program with information on how to log in to the event. Blogging provides another platform not just to sell your product and/or create brand awareness but to establish yourself as an informative source in your field. This workshop covers the importance of...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Branding Fundamentals

General Assembly

Having and committing to the right brand strategy goes hand in hand with success, no matter what you’re selling or to whom. The right brand strategy enables meaningful, long-term customer relationships and builds engaged, high-performing teams. Plus, a brilliantly executed brand strategy saves time and money. As with all things marketing, branding is all about the customer journey. Participants in this session will take a journey of their own:...

(2637) Beginner 18 and older

Project Management Essentials

General Assembly @ 150 N Wacker, Chicago, IL

If you're interested in becoming a project manager or simply want a more effective way to streamline and achieve your project goals, then this class is for you! We'll cover the fundamentals of project management, dissecting the differences between waterfall & agile project management. We'll then take a deeper dive into agile project management, highlighting best practices for proper planning and execution.  By the end of the class, you'll...

(2637) Beginner 18 and older

Design Thinking Crash Course

General Assembly

Learn how to use the design thinking methods developed by David Kelly at the Stanford d.School, as well as how to make faster and better design decisions by putting the customer first. Design Thinking is based on a series of steps: Empathy Definition Ideation Prototyping Testing And a set of Mindsets: Human Centered Bias Towards Action Show, Don't Tell Radical Collaboration Culture of Prototyping Mindful of Process We will touch...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Create a Meaningful Relationships Networking

General Assembly

How to Create a Meaningful Relationships Through Networking Managing careers, families, friends and interests already consumes most of our daily lives, but then we're supposed to add “networking" to the mix? In this day and age, networking opportunities are plentiful, but our time isn't. How can someone grow their network without following the traditional notion of networking, aka spending all of their free time at events handing out business...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Adobe After Effects: An Introduction & Practice Session

General Assembly @ Online Class Livestream, Chicago, IL

Interested in animating a logo? Need to mock up a UI animation for a client? Curious about how to make text move over video footage? These are just a few things you can do with Adobe After Effects! In this workshop, you'll learn about the possibilities available when animating with After Effects, as well as the program’s general layout and basic functions. We'll spend the majority of the workshop practicing the tools and techniques with a supplied...

(2637) Beginner 18 and older
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