hi it's Sara here and welcome to day one of our five day challenge which is all
about creating your first online course I'm so excited that we've actually got
started so what we're doing today is we're going to be breaking down your
idea and we're actually going to be mapping out your course outline boss
now I feel that I do need to say if you don't feel that your idea is fully
crafted yet that's okay I still want you to go through this process because one
thing I have learned is that when you take action the steps unfold before you
and it all starts to come to get together so I've also put together in
the group there's a couple of resources to help you you know come up with your
first idea for your course and be open to inspiration as we go through it's
gonna be okay if you change and develop your idea as you go through but I want
to take you through this process so that when you do get your idea you are
crystal clear on the next steps you need to take to create your course so let's
stop chatting and let's get stopped so today we are going to be jumping right
into creating your curriculum this is the most exciting bit of the whole
process of creating your online course and so I want you to really feel that as
you make a start get excited this is the bit where your idea comes alive and take
shape we're talking about creating the exact content that is going into your
course it's really important that your passion for what you're doing
comes through right here now we're delving into this as an introduction I
want to show you the process and I urge you to just go with the flow of follow
my steps and you'll have the full outline in no time at all if you can
dedicate more time to this please do but I don't want it to become a brilliant
excuse for you just not to get started so just give it ten minutes and make a
start here are the three steps one begin with the end in mind
to brainstorm and brain dump and three take the best route you have to get into
the head of the person you want to help and really understand the results that
they will want by completing your course so you begin with the end in mind once
you know where you're going you can start to plan the journey and show them
the most efficient or the very best route that they can take to get the
results that they want let's go through an example just to show you how simple
these steps are and why they work let's take making a cup of tea when you make
yourself a cup of tea before you put the kettle on you know exactly how you want
your cup of tea to be you begin with the end in mind then you set about making it
if you like your tea with milk and sugar serfs hot in a mug with a chocolate
biscuit then that's the result that you are going to be wanting to create so
once you've decided how you want your cup of tea the next thing you do is get
everything together and you start thinking about what you need in order to
make that cup of tea just how you want it that's the brain storming and brain
dumping bit it's quickly thinking about everything you'll need in order to get
the cup of tea just how you want it then you've set about making your cup of tea
in your own way the method that works best for you so for me it would be that
I'd put the kettle on I'd then get the mug out of the cupboard I'd grab a tea
bag and put it in the mug while the kettle is still boiling I get the milk
from the fridge and I've probably looked for the biscuits I might even have one
at that stage right then pour in the hot water but I like to pour it over the tea
bag ensuring that all the water is flowing through the back and then I'll
add in the milk then I like to squish the tea bag against the inside of the
cup with a tea spoon until I get the color of the tea just how I want it then
I just take the tea bag out with the spoon and put it in the bin I
go back I add in the sugar give it a stir grab the biscuit
and dunk it in and that is how I like to make my cup of tea
now this is clearly the best route that I've devised for me
you however may have been listening to that thinking that's not how I would do
it and you would go through your own method
as to exactly how you like your tea and how you like to make it
I think this beautifully illustrates the simple process of making a cup of tea
shows us just how different we all are and yet we all end up with the same
result a cup of tea so it's the same when you're producing different courses
even those are effectively getting the same results me with my cup of tea
course I'd be attracting people who want to do it the way that I do it and who
resonate and connect with my methods you however would be putting together a
different program and you would still be ending up with making a cup of tea
however you would attract clients that wanted to do it in the way that you do
it so let's get down to the nitty-gritty it's really important that you are clear
and then you actually write this down or get it down in some form of document so
the first thing you're going to do is be really really clear about the results
that your clients are going to be wanting as a result of completing your
course next we move into the brainstorming session now what I want
you to do is I want you to completely brain dump everything that is in your
head about your course and don't worry about the order just yet
just get everything down and don't dismiss anything that comes to mind what
you will want to do is brainstorm everything everything you think they'll
need to have and they'll need to do you want to think of examples and stories
and tips your strategies any case studies any experiences or personal
stories that you've got anything that you can think of that you want to go
into your course get it all down next we're going to be route planning and
what you're going to be doing here is getting your journey into the right
secrets and delivering the information in the right order so now we're at a
stage where we're going to start to plan the modules personally I like to start
with the overall end result and then break it down into the modules that were
the main subject areas that will get them there and then I like to break down
each module into the individual lessons that all go within that module now don't
forget to keep the end result in mind throughout the whole process and you can
filter this process through each module what is the purpose of that module and
do the lessons that you're including in into it reach your desired result okay
so let's have a look at some helpful tips and a little bit of advice think
about how this is going to work best for you and do it that way so the three
points that we're making here of being crystal-clear on what the results are
that you want to achieve for your participants in your course secondly go
through the brainstorming and brain dumping in a way that really works for
you and I'll expand on that in a second and then thirdly make sure that you are
really being authentic with how you're going to get these results so the
journey that you're going to take your clients on from solving the problem that
they have all the way through to them getting the end results that they really
want so I've got a few brainstorming tips here some preferred methods so
you've got to think about how this is going to work best for you and do it in
the way that gets your best results so for example I love post-it notes I'm a
very visual person and I like to see a big picture and get everything laid out
in front of me and post-it notes really allow me to kind of play and be creative
I love using post-it notes there are such a good way for me to get ideas out
of my head into neat little packages and if you have a blank wall or a large
table I like to use my wall you can write everything down on each of the
notes and then stick get on the wall you can just randomly
put them anywhere it doesn't matter to start with but then as you start to put
your modules together and your lessons that you're going to have within those
modules you're able to move the post-it notes and rounds and create your course
another way I like to work sometimes depending on my mood is mind mapping and
I like doing this both digitally and also with good old-fashioned colored
pens and paper depends on how you feel I put the M result in the middle and
then I just dump everything around the page pop little arrows and draw lines so
that you can connect all together it doesn't matter how messy it gets it's
about getting it all down on paper or in a document and then you can take it
further so the final way that is useful and lots of people use this are bullet
points and jotting ideas down in in written form if you want to document or
digitally which is a really good idea I have ever known I have it on my phone
and I have it on my desktop so if you're out and about and I've got an idea which
often happens I can just pop it into my Evernote app and when I get back it's on
my desktop great little app highly recommend it
or you might prefer to use something like word or you know get a journal get
a beautiful notebook and write all of your ideas down in there it really
doesn't matter how you do it just get it wolf down and get it in
order no we're doing this quickly for the challenge and ideally you would do
this over a longer period of time so that you can come back to it and add to
it or simplify it but once you've got everything down you need to step into
your clients shoes and you need to see if the whole flow and all of the modules
and all of the lessons actually make sense so go through it and fill in any
knowledge gaps that you uncover or take some modules or lessons out if you think
it can be simplified you don't want to overly complicate something or make it
too long and wofully what you want to be doing is delivering the solution as it
most efficiently in the best quality you possibly can so
over to you what have been the main takeaways that you've had from today
I've picked you're raring to go and start mapping out your curriculum I
can't wait to see your results so do come over to the Facebook group and pop
in your comments and let me know how you're getting on so I'll see you in the
group and I can't wait to show you tomorrow session
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