Frameworks templates to help students master your content
Acronyms
- S.M.A.R.T: Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time bound: 5 traits of a well-designed goal
- S.U.C.C.E.S: Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible Emotional, Stories: from Made to Stick, to remember traits of good storytelling
- B.E.D.M.A.S: Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement: a negotiator’s position if they reach impasse
- P.E.M.D.A.S: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiply, Divide, Add, Subtract: order of operations in mathematics
Graphs
- Distribution curve: Outlines the expected distribution of statistics.
- J-Curve: Demonstrates a loss in value in the short-term and growth in the long term.
- Hockey stick: Often used to show exponential growth after a long period of slow/no growth.
Shapes
- Concentric circles: A core idea or focus, within a greater context. Example: Concentric Circles of Customers (Wes Kao)
- Hub and Spoke: When a central idea has contributing ideas or factors that aren’t dependent on one another. Example: Hub and spoke distribution paradigm
- Pyramid: Knowledge or ability that can be built upon. Examples: Content Hierarchy of BS (Wes Kao), Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, and Content Triangle (David Perell)
- Venn diagram: Demonstrates how different concepts are similar and dissimilar. Example: Ikigai
- Hierarchy: Demonstrates structure and dependency between factors. Example: Minto Pyramid Principle
- Steps: Shows a linear sequence. Examples: Sales funnel, Jake Knapp's Design Sprint
- Flywheel: Shows how actions/outcomes fuel further action. Examples: Marketing flywheel, Nir Eyal's Hooked Model, and Charles Duhigg's Habit Loop
- Canvas: Visualizes complexity in a concise, single view. Example: Course Mechanics Canvas (Wes Kao)
- Matrix: A grid that demonstrates 2 intersecting spectrums, usually a 2x2 or 3x3. Example: Eisenhower Matrix, Growth-Share Matrix, and SWOT
- Triangle: Demonstrates the relationship between 3 traits. Example: Lean Startup Engines of Growth and Project Management Triangle
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