Question of the day
Tuesday, Sep 5, 2023 - Posted by Rich Miller
* WBEZ…
Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is officially a college lecturer — at least for a semester — as her graduate-level class on “health policy and leadership” at Harvard University got underway last week.
In an interview with WBEZ, Lightfoot said she’ll use a mock press conference, a simulated community meeting and guest speakers to teach in part about the dangers of politicizing a pandemic and how to interact with the media, drawing on the lessons learned from running a city amid COVID-19.
* The Question: Your suggestions for the class syllabus?
- Jocko - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 11:24 am:
Required reading:
‘How to lose friends and alienate people’ by Toby Young.
- OneMan - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 11:26 am:
– the lecturer will only answer questions from some students in the class, not others.
– After the first week, office hours are not going to be happening, just accept that.
– The lecturer will be happy to help you with other lecturers, the lecturer gets along great with teachers.
– Anyone wearing CTU logoed clothing will be asked to leave class.
- Moe Berg - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 11:28 am:
Theory & Practice Case Study: Beginning an administration declaring “…get ready, because reform is here” while spending most of the term
stonewalling a Freedom of Information Act request that would expose significant wrongdoing by one of your political allies.
- Roadrager - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 11:29 am:
“How To Build Bridges - And Keep Them Raised.”
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 11:36 am:
9/5/2023
Hon. Lori Lightfooot, Esq.
Harvard University
Health Policy & Leadership - 531
Syllabus
This class is graduate level, a discussion towards handling policy and emergencies in city-level governing, including health emergencies and the press challenges in governing.
Readings
I have a workbook available only through a FOIA type request you must make to me, and after consideration a decision will be made to it’s distribution to you, rejection(s) can be appealed, notes during class are encouraged, transcripts will be available through the FOIA process described above.
Grading
Your grading will be divided along this scale;
50% on how well you agree with my assessments and lectures with verbal cues and participation. If you agree, and the ferocity of that agreement, you will be rewarded with a grade that will reflect your understanding to where I am right.
25% will be awarded to actual papers you will be assigned where your agreement with me is written and your use of the facts I give you to agree are applied. Citing third party praise of me will be rewarded in these papers.
25% will be a 5 minute oral presentation. In this presentation you will cite my own words, along with the praises I received. Rebuffing criticism will be equally weighed in the presentation with an emphasis on where the criticism is too personal and too political towards me.
Extra Credit will be given in two ways, the attacking of where the press got it wrong during my term, with a strong emphasis where I was a victim of targeted bad press. Also for extra credit will be going after fellow students that disagree with me so I don’t have to, with a strong emphasis on personal attacks and those must include snide and degrading remarks toward those students.
Keep in mind, extra credit done in a costume, or dressing up in a character to prove a point to policy will be given greater weight.
Questions are only encouraged if they can highlight where policy is seen as a win for me, any questions that seem to see policy as unhelpful or counterproductive to citizens will be graded down to reflect how my feelings are or could be hurt.
There are no office hours. I’m unavailable. I will decide your access.
Do NOT email me. Ever
- We've never had one before - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 11:37 am:
How to respond when the street urchin that you asked (during a press event) to go home, and he replies that you should go home.
- twowaystreet - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 11:39 am:
Weeks 1-2: The art of doubling down
Weeks 3-4: The art of dismissing criticism
Weeks 5-6: The theory & practice of “rule for thee and not for me”
Weeks 7-8: Mock press conference exam
- Norseman - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 11:43 am:
Perfect class for students wanting careers in government which will require dealing with the public in a high risk, low trust communication environment. The lecturer will provide real world examples of how not to handle this crisis communications.
- Friendly Bob Adams - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 11:43 am:
All of her press conferences were mock press conferences.
- Regular democrat - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 12:03 pm:
For extra credit we will examine the foia process and how to ignore the law to cover up for a politcal ally that was crucial in your potential re election.
- ChicagoBars - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 12:07 pm:
Being fair…
Week 5: How to leverage fiscal discipline into improved municipal bond ratings and still earn almost no favorable press for it.
Week 8: How to get a once a generation amount of Federal social services grants to hand out and still finish third.
- MOON - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 12:08 pm:
Do not waste your time
- New Day - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 12:14 pm:
Class Title:
The Biggest D in Chicago
Subjects include:
- Things to avoid putting into a text
- How to take 74% and turn it into 17%
- From consensus to anti-consensus
- NIU Grad - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 12:25 pm:
She’ll have to go back to the drawing board on her “How to block information” workshop, because the long-blocked story about the City Treasuer just came out…
“How To Build Bridges - And Keep Them Raised.”
Nearly choked on my water from that one…well played.
- Excitable Boy - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 12:43 pm:
If these students want to have successful careers I suggest she sit in silence during the lectures.
- Huh? - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 12:53 pm:
“… Lightfoot said she’ll use … guest speakers to teach …”
So Lightfoot won’t has very much to say? /s
- Dunwich Snorer - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 12:59 pm:
Course description: “Using the same approach as author Patrick Lencioni in his book, ‘The Five Dysfunctions of a Team’…”
- Anon E Moose - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 1:00 pm:
I need office time every day[.] (16x)
- Suburban Mom - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 1:25 pm:
-Have some high-quality meme-makers in the state who take joy in creating Chicago-centric Covid memes starring you telling people to go home and wear masks.
- Nery - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 2:25 pm:
How to even p*** off the Chicago NFL franchise.
- Stuck in Celliniland - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 2:46 pm:
How to Bring NASCAR to Your Community Even Though Your Residents Don’t Want It
- Chicago Fan - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 3:52 pm:
Elections have consequences.
- Captain Obvious - Tuesday, Sep 5, 23 @ 4:03 pm:
This why liberals are so much fun. Complete lack of self awareness. To engage Lightweight to teach a class in leadership is high comedy indeed. At Harvard no less. Stop it, you are killing me.