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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Introduction to Personal Branding by University of Virginia

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About the Course

Though the concept of personal branding isn't new, questions remain about how to create one and, more importantly, what it means to maintain and inhabit that brand. Learners will: o Understand both what personal branding means and what it means to inhabit their brand o Establish themselves on at least three social media platforms o Create a mission statement for their personal brand o Build a board of directors for their brand o Become familiar with the basics of digital security and reputation management o Create a system for on-going brand maintenance Join instructor Kimberley R. Barker as she provides a warm, supportive atmosphere in which learners are encouraged to intensively explore themselves in order to create a personal brand that authentically and effectively communicates their values and professional gifts. Together we will build a strong community in which to provide encouragement and feedback, and support each other as learners pursue their goal of successful brand creation....

Top reviews

SS

May 10, 2020

Hi Coursera team, Thank you for offering such a unique topic. Thanks a lot to Kimberly R. She is just amazing person with lots of information and her course delivery is fantastic. God bless you.

MN

Apr 26, 2020

I think everyone should take this course! It considered all of the major aspects of an online presence. I feel empowered to expand my Personal Brand online. Thank you and keep up the good work!

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By Oxana H

May 29, 2017

It's hard to me to name it a "course". It looks like an entertainment with some useful information. The information + the links could be fit in a two-pages article. I can't believe Coursera approved this "course". Saying that I remember incredible great works of other professors who represented their courses on Coursera.

By Sholanki G

Jun 7, 2020

I thought that whatever the instructor is saying is pretty basic and obvious, like how to use twitter. We don't need to take online classes to learn that. Also I thought she was out of relevant material. And the teaching style was quite boring.

By Giulia F

Nov 6, 2017

The course was interesting but I feel I haven't really learned anything new. The teacher seems nice and well prepared but the videos looked more like ordinary YouTube videos than actual lectures. I don't want to sound rude, I just expected more

By Anais J

Dec 19, 2015

The backbone of the course was useful, but I thought the lectures were lacking depth. The quizzes were way too easy, you didn't even need to follow the course to be able to pass it.

The extra articles and links were one of the highlights.

By Igor K

Apr 18, 2020

The lecturer is very enthusiastic, but the material is extremely basic and probably more geared towards those who are not very computer savvy. This course would have been good for the general public 10-15 years ago.

By Sunny J

Apr 14, 2020

Course started of great but cn be improved greatly. Better modules and course contents needed. Also, video quality needs to be better. Had higher expectations from this course but it was obvious it lacked them.

By Mary R

Aug 31, 2019

Most of the material is not current and out of date. For example the We Are Social international data is pulled from a 2014 report, however, there is a current 2019 report published.

By Surya M

May 11, 2016

The videos were not very professional.

Depth of the subject was not there.

Very introductory and generic course where personal branding as a subject was merely cursorily touched.

By Sara

May 6, 2022

Between addressing weird issues, like being under her favourite tree to give a lecture (the only issue being the terrible sound, who cares about the rest?), the belief in Myers-Briggs, the main source of reading being linked articles (thanks, I can google as well), and generally seeming like she's selling herself more than teaching how to effectively brand yourself, this course isn't for me.

It might help people who come from different educational backgrounds, work and world experience, and beliefs though, so try it out and see for yourselves.

By Beatrice K

Aug 23, 2020

I expected this course to be focused more on strategies on how to improve your Personal Branding plan and also how to impress and grab the attention. I didn't like the course much because, the content is really basic and just one long 30 min video can explain everything. It doesn't worth the money.

By Jessica

Apr 23, 2020

While I really like Kimberley Barker teaching style, and Week 1 of the course got me really excited, I would not recommend taking this course in 2020. After Week 1, the information from 2015 seems really outdated and based on general/ common knowledge. Not worth my time,

By Aad d m

Mar 4, 2022

The whole course remained vague and there are no examples of strong personal brands. I have very little new insights (if not none) to work with. That may have been different in 2015 (when this course was recorded), but today this course is by no means relevant.

By Задойный А

May 30, 2020

Абсолютно бесполезно.

Из интересного - подписка на результаты в поиске google по поисковому запросу (например, по вашему имени). Это на 5 неделе.

https://www.google.com/alerts - вот это адрес, так что можете не заходить на курс. =)

By Ingo S

Aug 24, 2022

This course is only 50% relevant and 50% is dated materials. The format of presentation is no long acceptable and does not reflect the quality that one expects from something associated with UVA.

By Naeva O

Jul 22, 2020

Absolute waste of time, information (if any) was severely outdated and not broadly applicable. 100% would never recommend this to anyone trying to actually learn anything worth their time.

By Pedro M

Aug 4, 2022

This course do not deserve your time. It's not even basic, it doesn't have structure, it is outdated... I hope you can read this before signing in.

By Alexandre M

Jul 13, 2020

Most of the content is common sensee, there are a few take away of interest but this could be shrinked to a week of content.

By Gustavo G A

Aug 7, 2020

Totally useless, you can assume all this knowlegde. Just basic info that you can find anywhere online.

By KAVITA K

Aug 30, 2020

0.1% rating from my side. A big disappointment. Nothing to learn. An excellent way of wasting time.

By Igor A d C

Jun 9, 2022

The videos are not professional, the content doesn't help me and I hated it. Waste of time.

By Cristina D R

Oct 25, 2024

it is a very outdated course and even some of the links indicated no longer exist

By Vildan E

Nov 13, 2020

It was very unprofessional and I could learn nothing about personal branding

By Subir G

Jun 17, 2021

A lot of the stuff is either flippant or patronising.

By Patrick W

Aug 30, 2020

One star is even to much.

By Hassan b h b

Oct 27, 2023

very outdated.