# Classes Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 32 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by Date AscendingDate DescendingAlphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-A sort list grid\_view ## 32 results [### The Writing Process: Beginning the Work ](/class/writing-process-beginning-work) **Year offered:** 2020 This lecture gives students the basic skills to begin a first draft, including writing a precis, finding a model for your paper, gathering and organizing evidence, and shaping a good thesis question. Our goal here is not perfect, just planned out. These valuable writing... [### The Writing Process: Building the Draft ](/class/writing-process-building-draft) **Year offered:** 2020 This lecture will focus on the task of filling out a paper and employing editing skills. We will introduce three skills with the intention of building the early draft to a more finished form: refining the precis into an introduction, writing a “goosebumps” conclusion, and... [### How To Present Your Ideas With Confidence ](/class/how-present-your-ideas-confidence) **Year offered:** 2020 This seminar highlights the many ways faculty and students can present their ideas with confidence. Whether you're a working professional or a full-time student, your ideas and voice have a platform waiting to be used. This lecture focuses on taking past and present... ### Fall, 2020 [### The Writing Process: Presenting Your Work ](/class/writing-process-presenting-your-work) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2020 This lecture will focus on how students can take their finalized paper and present their piece to a crowd, whether in-person or online. Presentation methods such as planned vs. impromptu speech techniques, self-confidence in front of an audience, and presenting your paper in... [### Becoming a Broadcast Journalist ](/class/becoming-broadcast-journalist) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2020 This lecture focuses on how students can develop their writing and on-camera presentation skills in the hopes of becoming a broadcaster. Methods such as breaking into the industry, standing out from the pack, and focusing on your broadcast writing skills are discussed in... [### How to Speak with Confidence Online and In-Person ](/class/how-speak-confidence-online-and-person) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2020 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://carc.extension.harvard.edu/event/speak-with-confidence?delta=0) This seminar highlights the many ways faculty and students can present their ideas with confidence; focusing on in-person and online elements. Whether you're a working professional or a full-time student, your ideas and voice have a platform waiting to be heard! This lecture... [### Harry Potter and the Master of Death ](/class/harry-potter-and-master-death) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2020 | **Link:** [Course Website](http://www.harrypotterconference.com/home.html) The Harry Potter Conference is a non-profit annual academic conference hosted by Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia, PA). This interdisciplinary conference provides a forum for scholarly presentations arising out of J.K. Rowling's literature. ### Spring, 2020 [### Writing And Presenting At Your Best: An Overview ](/class/writing-and-presenting-your-best-overview) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2020 This seminar gives students the basic skills to begin a first draft, including writing a precis, finding a model for your paper, gathering and organizing evidence, shaping a good thesis question, and employing good editing skills. These valuable writing skills can be used to... ### Fall, 2021 [### Harry Potter and the Wizarding Cuisine: Cultural and Character Performances Encompassing Food in the Harry Potter Series ](/class/harry-potter-and-wizarding-cuisine-cultural-and-character-performances-encompassing-food) **Semester:** Fall | **Year offered:** 2021 | **Link:** [Course Website](http://www.harrypotterconference.com) The Harry Potter Conference is a non-profit annual academic conference hosted by Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia, PA). This interdisciplinary conference provides a forum for scholarly presentations arising out of J.K. Rowling's literature. ### Spring, 2021 [### Advanced Tips for Public Speaking and Presentations, Both Online and In-Person ](/class/advanced-tips-public-speaking-and-presentations-both-online-and-person) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2021 | **Link:** [Course Website](/carc.extension.harvard.edu) This advanced webinar expands on the basics of public speaking and professional presentations for both in-person and online use. From crafting your outline for professional or academic purposes to setting the scene for your big debut, this seminar coaches you to frame your... [### Writing and Presenting: Beginning the Work ](/class/writing-and-presenting-beginning-work) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2021 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://carc.extension.harvard.edu/event/writing-and-presenting-beginning-work?…) This seminar will give you some basic skills to begin a first draft, including writing a precis, finding a model for your paper, gathering and organizing evidence, and shaping a good thesis question. Our goal here is not perfect work, just a first pass. These valuable... [### Writing and Presenting: Building the Draft ](/class/writing-and-presenting-building-draft) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2021 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://carc.extension.harvard.edu/event/writing-and-presenting-building-draft?…) This seminar will focus on the task of filling out a paper and employing editing skills. As we approach the end of term (and with that, final papers and essays becoming due) we will introduce three skills in this seminar with the intention of building the early draft to a... - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")