Self-paced course

Concepts & Summaries

Turn hours of recorded listening into material you can work with — concept by concept, in summaries that keep each person’s own reasoning intact.

Structure
4 parts · 29 lessons
Video
25 of 29 lessons

What you’ll be able to do

  • Pull the distinct thoughts out of a transcript without flattening them
  • Tell a guiding principle apart from an inner thought or a reaction
  • Write a summary someone would recognize as their own
  • Notice where you have started paraphrasing rather than listening

The lessons

Section 1: Introducing Data Synthesis

  1. 1.1 From Listening to Understanding: Data Synthesis for EveryoneIncludes video
  2. 1.2 Building Trust in Qualitative DataIncludes video
  3. 1.3 Synthesis - Resist AssumptionsIncludes video
  4. 1.4 ConceptsIncludes video
  5. 1.5 Summaries: Capturing Insights That LastIncludes video
  6. 1.6 Brainstorming Verbs for Research SynthesisIncludes video
  7. 1.7 Brainstorm EmotionsIncludes video
  8. Section One Quiz

Section 2: Finding Concepts

  1. 2.1 The Role of TranscriptsIncludes video
  2. 2.2 Understanding Quotes as Concepts: A Practitioner's GuideIncludes video
  3. 2.3 Understanding Repeated ConceptsIncludes video
  4. 2.4 Tangled ConceptsIncludes video
  5. 2.5 Understanding Implied Concepts Includes video
  6. 2.6 Prune The QuoteIncludes video
  7. 2.7 ExampleIncludes video
  8. Section Two Quiz

Section 3: Writing Summaries

  1. 3.1 Determine The Key PointIncludes video
  2. 3.2 Add Supporting DetailsIncludes video
  3. 3.3 Use Their WordsIncludes video
  4. 3.4 Tame Your Verbs: Writing Research Summaries That MatterIncludes video
  5. 3.5 Nuances of EmotionIncludes video
  6. 3.6 Review for ClarityIncludes video
  7. Section Three Quiz

Section 4: The Process of Synthesis

  1. 4.1 Confidence in Your WorkIncludes video
  2. 4.2 Pace of WorkIncludes video
  3. 4.3 Working TogetherIncludes video
  4. 4.4 Speeding It UpIncludes video
  5. 4.5 Preview of Cultivate Emergent PatternsIncludes video
  6. Section Four Quiz

Indi Young’s synthesis method, taught in her own sequence.

Follows Listening Deeply. Cultivating Patterns follows this.