How to design a course or webinar in under 1 hour.

A thread on how we take an idea and create a course from the first principles.

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Everyone approaches course building differently.

Most just write down exercises.

This approach:
- Structures your knowledge in a model
- Builds a way to use your model
- Simple

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1. Start with a promise.

Your audience has a problem.

What is your course going to help them accomplish?

Example: Have a difficult conversation with a client.
2. Choose the three main things people need to master.

In our example, these could be:-

- A. Self Management
- B. Taking the Lead
- C. Communicate Constructively

These are the three main pillars.
๐Ÿšจ This is where most go wrong because they step over it.

3. Look between the three main pillars to find 3 whys! What's the magic?

Continuing the example in this ๐Ÿงต:

- A&B: Create Safety
- B&C: Forward Direction
- C&A: Take Response-ability

Now your ROI is established.
4. Per pillar, identify the three things people need to learn.

Example:

Pillar - Self Management

Lesson 1 - Learn to Listen deeply
Lesson 2 - "It's not about me."
Lesson 3 - Learn to pause and allow ventilation.
5. Rinse and Repeat for the other two pillars.

Now you have :

- 1 promise
- 3 why's/ROIs
- 3 pillars
- 9 lessons.

Enough to structure your marketing and course design.
6. Time to package webinars:

- talk about the promise,
- the 3 ROIs,
- the 3 pillars,
- then select 1 lesson to share
- CTA to learn the rest
7. Package the training:

- Use 6 or 8 sessions
- Bookend the first and last session with an introduction to your IP and application
- Distribute your 9 lessons over the remaining sessions.
8. Time to develop your lessons.

Adopt a consistent structure.

We love experiential training with handouts, exercises and debriefs.

These can be turned into cohort-based training.
Now that you know the basic strategy, it's up to you to design your course.

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BONUS THOUGHT: Make it a Twitter thread:

1 promise
1 why it's important (roi)
3 pillars
1 example insight
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