We’re so excited that you’ll be joining us on our 10 day social media and content creation retreat. We’ve structured this program to help you really make the most of your time – by learning tangible, practical skills fast.

To maximize your time and your learning, we’ve broken up the content into two parts. First, there is the content that’s really easy to learn yourself – you just need to spend some time familiarizing yourself with it. That content is featured throughout this pre-coursework. It should take you around 15 - 25 hours to complete the pre-coursework, depending on your previous experience and how much time you spend actually practicing (not just watching the videos)!

This pre-coursework will help you to familiarize yourself with some of the broader ideas and terminology and will make learning on the course that much easier. There are a few sections, with a few videos and activities in each – it won’t take long to get through it, but if you can we recommend watching the editing videos twice and testing it out on your own computer. 

Then on the retreat, we’ll focus on taking this theoretical knowledge and building real skills. Social Media is an industry where all of the skills work synergistically - what you learn about branding and marketing strategy, doesn’t just apply in the early stages but is woven through any social media management or content creation work that you’ll do. 

We’ll teach you the practical skills and industry best practices as well as all the things that we as your mentors wish that we knew when we were starting out. By the end of this course you’ll be able to start working on real client projects, not pass some arbitrary test.

Our Teaching Philosophy

We believe that you learn best when you are ‘getting your hands dirty’ so unlike most courses, you won’t be spending all of your time sitting in lectures being talked at. Our lessons are interactive, practical and we want to encourage you not to try and memorise a list of key terms or facts but really understand and apply them to real case study projects. 

On this course, you’ll be mostly learning from doing, creating brand strategies and marketing funnels, planning, photographing and editing stunning photos, and pulling it all together into mock instagram grids. We’ve tried to condense what took us years of trial and error into a 10 day intensive course.

We know that everyone has a different learning style, so we cater to that by providing a rich variety of materials. We have summary notes for you to practice key concepts in the pool, video lessons to refresh the content you have learned, and lot’s of small group and one-on-one time. With 4 experienced instructors to only 16 students, we know you’ll have all the attention you need to thrive.

I guarantee this course will be different to anything you have ever experienced before.

Getting you in the ‘Flow’ State

When people first hear about our concept, learning to code in an all-inclusive retreat environment, there can sometimes be a bit of skepticism - feeling like the concept is ‘gimmicky’ and that we’re just making an intensive bootcamp into a cushy experience.

We get that – if you are innovating a stagnant industry, there is always going to be some kickback. Lots of experts said that we would never go to the moon, that personal computers would never gain traction, or that nobody would ever want to buy a smartphone.

But here’s the thing. When we created Institute of Code, we tried to forget everything we knew about what a school was and re-imagine what a school could be. We dove deep into educational psychology, motivation, and mindset as well as drawing on our own experience looking to create an environment that get’s you in that flow state – the one where you feel motivated, and focused and inspired and you power through content faster than you ever thought possible.

Every single decision we’ve made is around this goal – how can we create an environment that sets people up for success and helps them develop tangible skills fast while creating an experience that they will cherish forever.

And based on the feedback we’ve been getting from past students, it seems to be working!

This pre-coursework is to help prepare you for your upcoming course, and cover some of the basics. Make sure you allocate the time to not only watch the videos but complete all of the practical activities and have a think about your goals for the program before you arrive in Bali.