The Communication Leadership graduate program is offering some exciting classes in Summer 2019, and we are happy to open up available spaces to other UW graduate students. The classes below all currently have availability. Please note that Comm Lead is a fee-based program, so tuition and fees are paid per credit directly to UW Professional & Continuing Education and are not covered by any ASE or other tuition waiver. Summer 2019 tuition is $729 per credit. Note from Lin – EDP students will pay their usual per credit fee (so no extra) for these credits and can use up to 3 credits out-of-dept toward their elective requirement (and may request up to 3 more out-of-dept credits by emailing Lin AFTER you’ve registered.)
Please contact Heather Werckle at commlead@uw.edu for add codes if you would like to register for one of these classes.
COMMLD 535: Foundations of Audio Storytelling
(Partnow) 5 Credits, Intensive, Monday-Friday, 6/24-6/28 | 9:00am-5:00pm | SAV 132
Whether gathered around a radio in a living room or walking plugged in with headphones, the medium of audio storytelling has always offered the opportunity to build mindset-shifting community around content. This course traces the evolution of audio storytelling from radio to podcasting that links to communities for various purposes: to educate, to entertain, and to inspire action — and the new golden age of podcasting that we find ourselves in means that audio storytelling has the potential for broad reach and powerful impact. Consideration is given to the core characteristics of strong storytelling, observed through an auditory filter. Class materials are twinned with a selection of cross-sector guest speakers who bring their own craft perspective. Students will experiment with designing their own short audio pieces.
COMMLD 530 B: Intensive Video Storytelling: Conceptualizing, Shooting, and Editing
(Keller) 3 Credits, Intensive, Wednesday-Sunday, 8/7-8/11, 9:00am-5:00pm | CMU 126
Media creation is a multi-step effort, with thoughtful decision-making involved throughout the process. How do the choices you make in the telling and delivery of your story affect the reception of your message? This course is aimed at expanding thought about how online media is affecting storytelling. Additionally, students will gain hands-on practice in producing online video stories. The skills-based aspect of this course is designed to familiarize students with the technologies associated with storytelling. Specifically how to refine, shoot, edit, and distribute their online video.
COMMLD 530 A: Storytelling and Communication for Mission-Driven Organizations
(Melograna) 5 Credits, Full Term, Saturdays 6/29, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27, and 8/10 | 9:00am-5:00pm | SAV 130
Nonprofits, NGOs, campaigns and social enterprises are driven by their desire to make the world a better place. As their storytellers, our job is to make sure their messages reach the right audiences and recruit those audiences to the cause. Keeping in mind that mission-driven organizations will often work on complex issues involving vulnerable populations, our job is to pursue this work within an ethical framework that centers the concerns and desires of the people whom our clients serve. Upon completing the course, students will be able to work with mission-driven organizations as their primary storytellers.
COMMLD 543: Leadership Approaches to Equity Initiatives in Organizations
(Ross) 5 Credits, Full Term, Wednesdays 6/26-8/21 | 6:00-9:50pm | DEN 258
This course challenges and supports students to develop deeper self-awareness, hone stronger skills for learning across difference, and prepare themselves as organizational change-makers for diversity, equity, and inclusion. For better or worse, organizational change initiatives impact individuals, groups, organizations, and ultimately societies. Thus, courageous leaders throughout organizations must learn how to improve their relevant knowledge, skills, and awareness iteratively, in order to contribute effectively to genuine change-making. The course is designed to meet students where they are and coach them toward significant growth in self-awareness, skills, and understanding. Students learn collaboratively together in order to explore interconnections among the dimensions of our intersectional identities. Those who complete this course gain confidence in their ability to learn about uncomfortable topics and expand their understanding of the roles of individuals, groups, organizations, and societal structures in making real system change.
