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Adobe Illustrator Bootcamp
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Bring your creative ideas to life with Adobe Illustrator, the industry-standard vector graphics software, used by designers and illustrators who want to create digital graphics, logos, illustrations, and original typography. This workshop is designed to get you up and running with Adobe Illustrator in just one day. The focus will be on step-by-step...
Saturday Dec 1st, 10am - 5pm
Drupal Basics Bootcamp
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Drupal is one of the most popular and technically advanced content management systems on the market and powers an estimated 41 million websites. It is especially popular in the federal and non-profit space. Why? Drupal is free, flexible, secure, and easy to maintain. As a result, demand for Drupal developers is growing – especially in DC. In this...
Saturday Dec 8th, 10am - 5pm
Project Management Essentials
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
We'll cover the fundamentals of project management, dissecting the differences between waterfall & agile project management. We'll then take a deeper dive into agile project management, highlighting best practices for proper planning and execution. By the end of the class, you'll be equipped with the techniques and know-how to manage multiple...
Tuesday Dec 11th, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Front-End Web Development
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
This is a part time course Unit 1: The Basics HTML Basics Apply HTML tags: <head>, <link>, <script>, <style>, <meta> to web pages Apply tags to HTML documents to effectively section content Differentiate between the various image file types Predict image paths and apply relative paths to img src tags Describe how...
Monday Nov 26th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
(22 sessions)
Crafting Stories with Data
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Data visualizations help us compress and make decisions using data. It is often cited that we are trying to tell stories through them. Crafting stories with data requires us to be a visual designer, coder, statistician, and storyteller. It is both a science and an art. This workshop serves as an introduction to the visual and story techniques that...
Tuesday Nov 27th, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Web Scraping with Python
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Have you ever visited a website rich with the data you want, but the website provided no "download" button for you to retrieve it in a convenient way? Or have you ever found the perfect source for the CSV or other data files you need, but you must tediously click the "next" and "download" buttons dozens or even hundreds of times to get what you need?...
Wednesday Nov 28th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Adobe InDesign Bootcamp
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Bring your creative ideas to life with Adobe InDesign, the professional page layout standard, used by designers and production professionals to design, preflight, and publish a broad range of documents such as brochures, catalogs, magazines and books. This workshop is designed to get you up and running with Adobe InDesign in one day. The focus will...
Saturday Dec 8th, 10am - 5pm
Social Media Marketing 101
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Social media is an essential part of marketing and growing your brand. Join us as we explore this digital marketing landscape and discover your social media potential. This workshop will provide an in-depth overview into the 4-5 major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Youtube). We will look at use cases from non-profits,...
Thursday Nov 29th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Data Analytics Bootcamp
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Data drives decisions; are you part of the conversation around data? Regardless of your industry or role, fluency in the language of data analytics will allow you to contribute to data driven decision making. This bootcamp will put you in the driver’s seat to understand, analyze, and interpret data so you can join the data conversation. We will...
Saturday Dec 1st, 10am - 3pm
Code in One Day: HTML & CSS Crash Course
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
HTML and CSS are the fundamental building blocks of the web. Whether you're a beginner who wants to get started in web development, a designer looking to hand-code your concepts, or a marketer who wants a little more control over your CMS, you'll need to know HTML and CSS to get the job done. This one-day workshop is the quickest way to get...
Saturday Dec 1st, 10am - 5pm
Python Programming
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Python is shaping the world as we know it, with applications spanning web development, data science and analysis, game development, and more — even NASA contractors leverage its data management capabilities for shuttle missions. Here are just a few examples of modern Python-powered innovations. Get Ahead With Today’s Essential Skills Discover...
Monday Dec 3rd, 9am - 5:30pm
(6 sessions)
The Technical Side of Product Management
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
So you have your problem statement, hypothesis, customer interviews, and some sort of prototype out of the way – now, what's next? All eyes are on the Product Manager to lead a product across the ever-evolving world of technology. In this interactive and hands-on workshop, we will build the “Technical Product Manager” in you through group exercises...
Monday Dec 3rd, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Introduction to R
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Explore the intersection of coding and data with General Assembly. During our R-focused introductory workshop, you’ll learn to harness the power of an essential programming language for data scientists and use it to drive accurate business insights. If you want to level-up your skills and learn a new way to process, analyze and visualize data, join...
Tuesday Dec 4th, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Public Speaking: Finding Your Authentic Voice
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Everyone can master the art of public speaking and easily leverage the secrets the best speakers in the world use to elevate your public speaking performance, forget the fear, and learn to love the spotlight. Public speaking is the most common #1 phobia in today's society, and at the same time, our abilities to strongly represent ourselves are becoming...
Wednesday Dec 5th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Introduction to Game Design
at General Assembly - Downtown, Washington, D.C. 1133 15th St NW 8th Fl, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Games and game mechanics are becoming ubiquitous in our culture as they flow onto our computers, TVs, tablets and phones. Whether you are creating a traditional game or a consumer-facing software product, it is more important than ever to be able to create a great experience. The art and science of game design is driven by creative problem solving,...
Thursday Dec 6th, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
