Our new Momentum Series short courses got a little press coverage the other day at Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal.
The article, titled “Beating the Recession 101″ mentions that Carlson Executive Education is offering 4- and 8-hour courses for $495 and $995 this spring. Our timing for this set of offerings has turned out to be pretty good, given the economic environment. We actually decided to do this back some time ago, when the general consensus was that the fundamentals of the economy were strong. At that time, we wanted to provide shorter format offerings in order to connect with a broader audience from the business community. When I reflect back on my recent experience as a corporate talent executive, I recall how difficult it was to get time out of the office for anything, especially time for my own development! So, one of the first things I wanted to do when I started at Carlson was to experiment with our program formats.
Of course, the reality is that you can only cover so much ground in 4 or 8 hours. So, these programs in the Momentum Series have a very targeted and focused set of learning objectives. These programs also need to strike the right balance between content and application. As a rule of thumb we figured that the 4-hour sessions would probably have about 1 hour of exposure to new ideas and content, and 3 hours of application and practice. So, we worked with the instructors from that starting point and encouraged them to design each session to be highly interactive, provide hands-on experience with a focused subject or skill, and deliver concrete learning outcomes–new skills, frameworks, tool sets, etc.
If you want to learn more about the Momentum Series, the program page is here , and we have short audio interviews and flash presentations here for some of the programs.
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