Course description

This course, Organizing from the Bottom Up, provides much-needed instruction. It teaches bottom-up thinkers to organize their thoughts in the way their brains think: from part to whole. The course’s innovative methodology encourages students to embrace their many thoughts and, much like a sculptor, find their form in them. Specifically, students are taught to look at the details, see connections, create an organizing principle, check their work, and ensure that the organization of their idea reflects their intended goals. Then, after acquiring the foundational knowledge of this approach and having practiced for skill development, students can start applying organization to their most pressing challenges: from writing their dissertation to sorting their sock drawers. With their ideas now ready to shared, bottom-up thinkers can finally express their authentic selves via a dedicated approach to organizing their thoughts. 



Organizing from the Bottom Up is an engaging, independently guided online course delivered over the course of six weeks and designed to be completed within three months in order to promote learning. This empowering course meets you where you're at and move you forward.

It’s time for you to be heard. 
Learn how to organize from the bottom up and start sharing your ideas with the world.

Course curriculum

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    1. Hello!

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Welcome Survey

    3. Welcome!

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. Nuts and Bolts

      FREE PREVIEW

    5. Activity: Getting Set Up

    6. Review

      FREE PREVIEW

    7. Got it?

      FREE PREVIEW

    8. Your People

    1. Hello!

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Organization is All Around

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Activity: Organization in Life

    4. One of Many Stories

    5. Activity: Your Story

    6. Review

    7. Got it?

    8. Your People

    1. Hello!

    2. Your Toolbox

    3. Activity: Your Working Memory

    4. Review

    5. Got it?

    6. Your People

    1. Hello!

    2. You Are Not Disorganized

    3. The Exercise: Part 1

    4. The Exercise: Part 2

    5. The Exercise: Part 3

    6. Food for Thought

    7. Let's Take a Look

    8. Activity: Do you have a Method of Organization?

    9. Review

    10. Got it?

    11. Your People

    1. Hello!

    2. Bottom-up and Top-down Organizing

    3. Bottom-up and Top-down Approaches to Writing

    4. Activity: Your Approach to Organization

    5. Review

    6. Got it?

    7. Your People

    1. Hello!

    2. Your Map and Compass

    3. Tips for Labeling Your MO

    4. Assemble Your Members

    5. Analyze Your Approach

    6. Build Your System

    7. Organizing from the Top Down

    8. Top Down: You have a common theme

    9. Top Down: You have a common theme, and it's a this-or-that

    10. Organizing from the Bottom Up

    11. Bottom Up: You do not have a common theme (and your subcategories do not have anything in common)

    12. Bottom Up: You do not have a common theme (and some of your subcategories have something in common)

    13. Bottom Up: You have more than one idea per subcategory

    14. Check Your Work

    15. Activity: More Hikes

    16. Review

    17. Got it?

    18. Your People

Organizing from the Bottom Up

Instructor

Kimberly Stewart

Kimberly Stewart, MS CCC-SLP is a cognitive-linguistic therapist and speech-language pathologist with expertise in the diagnosis and treatment developmental language disorders. She specializes in the impact of executive function difficulty on communication (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and on day-to-day function (materials management, time management, and project planning). Kim works with adolescents and adults whose struggles with organization are often missed due to their strong cognitive abilities. She has expertise in helping people develop skills to find structure independently and create organizational systems that are personally meaningful and sustainable. Before opening a private practice in 2007, Kim worked as Senior Speech-Language Pathologist and Clinical Specialist at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She received hospital-wide recognition for her clinical work, being honored with the Stephanie M. Macaluso, RN Excellence in Clinical Practice Award. Prior to her work in the field, Kim received a Bachelor's degree from Mount Holyoke College (German), a Master's degree from the MGH Institute of Health Professions (Communication Disorders), and scholarships from the Fulbright Association and the German Academic Exchange Service. She also worked in the Literacy Division of World Education, a nonprofit organization focused on basic education and healthcare for adults, supporting the organization's Literacy Division. Kim has presented at the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, provided in-services to teachers, speech-language pathologist and psychology graduate students, clinicians, interns, and staff, and has provided specialized trainings to numerous groups ranging from elementary school staff and dissertation-writing graduate students to faculty looking to improve the organization of their course content. She is a professional member of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. In her free time, Kim likes to travel, sail, hike, bake, garden, make art, and go on adventures with her awesome daughter and dog.