The well-being of our employees, students, clients, instructors, and guests is our number one priority here at General Assembly. We are monitoring COVID-19 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.
How do you start a career in social impact? How do you make the transition from a nonprofit to a social impact role at a for-profit? If you’ve ever had questions like these, the Breaking into Social Impact virtual meetup is for you. We’re bringing together a panel of high-caliber speakers to share advice and give you a peek into the day-to-day life of a social impact professional in the corporate world.
Topics we’ll cover during the event include: - The path each panelist took to get into the profession - How they see social impact in the corporate world evolving
The world has gone remote, so has your job search. In this session you will hear from General Assembly Career Coaches on how job searching has changed due to COVID-19. Whether you are on an active job search or curious about what the US job market is like at this time, you will gain valuable insight from our coaches during this panel. We plan to discuss how job seeking has changed and how to stand out in the current market regardless of what industry or level of experience you have.
This single day bootcamp will run through the analytical workflow -- from collecting, cleaning, analyzing and presenting insights from public data sets. We will introduce important tools used in this process such as Google Sheets and Tableau.
Translate user wants and needs into intuitive digital experiences that power revenue, loyalty, and product success. Build confidence and credibility to tackle complex design problems on the job.
The average time recruiters spend reviewing your resume is 6 seconds. Yes, 6 seconds. And LinkedIn? 94% (maybe more) of recruiters vet candidates using LinkedIn. So, what does this mean for you?
You need your Resume and your LinkedIn Profile to be strategically crafted when you’re job hunting or even just networking. Maybe you’re trying to make a transition, explore new opportunities, or just want materials that show who you are and what you’re best at. One thing is for sure. You need a compelling and clear story.
Harness Excel, SQL, and Tableau to drive powerful analysis and insights. Build confidence and credibility to apply this versatile skill set to countless jobs.
Together we will learn the basics of the Sketch 4 program, how to work with the key tools and workflows for UX and visual designers, and how to create outstanding visual design such as websites, wireframes, mockups even branding and logos.
Through our personalized workshop you will be able to hit the ground running with creating and efficiently working with artboards, text and typography design, object styles, symbols, and vector drawing for icons, symbols and logos. Lastly, we will use Sketch’s powerful and smart export features to create SVGs, PNGs, JPEGs, and even PDFs.
Digital forces are changing the skills an executive needs to manage organisations. In a world that’s become increasingly digital, energy companies can sometimes find it hard to adapt. Whether it's in a traditional corporation, or startup, organisations that will thrive will be led by executives who have an understanding of the forces shaping their environment and an awareness of the skills necessary to master those forces.
80% of men believe it’s important to fix issues women face in the workplace. For well-intentioned men, gender bias at work must be made explicit and personal in order to rewire tendencies and get men actionably supporting female colleagues. In this experiential workshop, male employees increase awareness of the difficulties faced by women in their workplace – and across all workplaces and industries – and learn methods for becoming allies to female colleagues.
The last decade has seen blockchain technology grow from an anarchic financial experiment to a global engine for organizational and societal revolution.
Learn the keys to driving product success. Step into the world of product management with General Assembly. During our online introductory workshop, explore how product managers use leadership and versatility to launch products people love. Touch on key tools and techniques for testing, designing, and improving products. Plus:
Today’s hyperconnected world requires brands to be more and more interactive—gone are the days when simply a logo and catch phrase will do. With a click of a button, customers can easily facilitate a dialogue—whether positive or negative, in 140 characters or more—with companies both large and small. This comprehensive workshop dissects the key components of building a successful brand strategy and its application including: - brand definition, origins and evolution - types of branding; Consumer, Corporate, Place, Personal
Explore the programming languages that power the web and write your first line of code.
During our online introductory workshop, explore the building blocks of the web — HTML and CSS — and learn how you can apply these programming languages to develop your own simple sites.
As technology changes and more media outlets compete for customers’ time, providing an enjoyable experience is critical to both attracting and keeping users. This class aims to demystify UX by giving a practical and simple introduction to what UX is while also explaining some of its core concepts of usability. This is a field that affects all areas of business — prepare to dip your toes into an ocean of new concepts and ideas that will enlighten your perspective on the human-computer interaction experience.
This workshop will be hosted online (Livestream) 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 workshop.
The Excel at Excel workshop is designed for students who are relatively familiar with other office productivity software, for example, Microsoft Word. (The students who succeed the most are comfortable using a computer and navigating around desktop programs on their own). It introduces a range of Excel topics giving students a taste of the potential that can be achieved with Excel and touches briefly on everything from navigation and layout to using functions and charts. This workshop was not designed to go over any topic in extreme detail, but more as a "sampler" of topics.
Whether you have experience in social media or are looking to get started for the first time, this workshop will put you on the fast track to honing your social media skills. In this bootcamp, students will be introduced to the current social media landscape and explore how it can be used for maximum results for brands. Are you ready to learn the tricks, tips and techniques businesses are using to build brands and sell more on social?
Data analytics is in the midst of an evolution. In today’s digital world, the practice of decision makers relying on information to be delivered to them is no longer sufficient to keep pace. Tableau is software that puts access to data, and the insights it can unlock, directly in the hands of those who need it. The software is designed to help people see and understand data and offers a powerful yet intuitive and easy to use method of visually exploring & analyzing data for more effective decision making and strategizing.
The wellbeing 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.