Storying the Self: Telling our Stories

Storying the Self: Telling our Stories

This course is part of Storying the Self for Leadership and Creativity Specialization

Instructor: Linds Roberts

Access provided by ExxonMobil

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

6 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

6 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Ask for and receive feedback on our work.
Reflect on the ways narratives shift over time and evolving life experiences.
Be ready to share our stories publicly.

Skills you'll gain

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Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

Ask for and give constructive feedback on your work, and consider venues for sharing your stories as both a leader and creator. In leadership contexts, this translates to authentic purpose, vision, and values. You’ll engage with a creative assignment with the intention of creating and polishing a story from your life that can be shared, reflecting on how stories evolve over time, through different media, and through retellings for and with different audiences.

Many factors go into whether and how we share aspects of ourselves. This week we'll explore the concepts of a 'soft launch' and 'soft landing' that can encourage meaningful growth and risk-taking in the ways that will help you move forward in leadership and creative contexts.

What's included

2 videos4 readings1 discussion prompt

2 videos Total 8 minutes

Welcome to Storying the Self! 2 minutes
Public and Private Stories: Soft Launch and Soft Landing 5 minutes

4 readings Total 31 minutes

Course Updates and Accessibility Support 1 minute
Course Assessment 10 minutes
Glossary of Identity Terms 10 minutes
Glenn Copeland and Keyboard Fantasies 10 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Your Story 10 minutes

Our stories are re-shaped and evolving all the time, both personally and culturally. We’re not fixed and neither are our experiences. This week we'll hear about the ways stories passed down through generations shift and evolve, and consider these shifts in our own lives.

What's included

1 video3 readings1 discussion prompt1 plugin

1 video Total 68 minutes

A Conversation with Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders 68 minutes

3 readings Total 30 minutes

Background for Conversation with Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders 10 minutes
Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders: "Removing Lost Cause Monuments" 10 minutes
Video of Fannie Lou Hamer Speech 10 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

How Your Perspective Has Changed 10 minutes

1 plugin Total 15 minutes

Adding Context to Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders Conversation 15 minutes

Giving and receiving feedback can be vulnerable, joyful, and can deepen relationships, even when there is room and respect to navigate conflict or differences. This week we are exploring micro-strategies for giving and receiving feedback in leadership and creative contexts in ways that are mindful of social identities and exisiting relationships.

What's included

1 video2 readings2 discussion prompts1 plugin

1 video Total 5 minutes

The Practice of Giving and Receiving Meaningful Feedback 5 minutes

2 readings Total 15 minutes

Examples for Giving and Receiving Feedback 10 minutes
Tanaya Winder — Thirteen Ways of Loving a Blackbird 5 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

Improve Your Feedback 10 minutes
Caring For Yourself 10 minutes

1 plugin Total 15 minutes

What Makes Us Hesitant to Share? 15 minutes

As the final course project, you'll choose one of your creative pieces or leadership stories to develop further and share publicly. This could be a story or piece you have developed on your own, or something you created based on one of the course prompts. The final assignment guides you through the process of planning to share this story of yourself with others in ways that feel supportive and meaningful.