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What is the workshop about?

The Design Thinking for Social Impact workshop equips participants with the tools and methodologies needed to address complex social challenges through a user-centered approach.

This workshop emphasizes collaborative problem-solving and creative thinking, enabling teams to develop innovative solutions that genuinely meet the needs of communities and stakeholders.

By leveraging empathy and insight-driven strategies, participants will learn to design impactful interventions that promote social change and drive meaningful outcomes.

By the end of the workshop, attendees will be prepared to initiate projects that create lasting positive effects on their target populations.

Who is the training for?

Nonprofit Professionals: Individuals working in the social sector, including program managers, community organizers, and impact strategists, seeking to enhance their approach to social program design.
Government and Policy Makers: Decision-makers and public service professionals looking to incorporate design thinking into policy development and community engagement efforts.
Social Entrepreneurs: Those interested in launching or improving initiatives that foster social change and drive community impact.

What will you learn?

Techniques for applying design thinking methodologies to identify and frame social challenges effectively

How to engage and empathize with users to understand their needs, experiences, and priorities

Methods for ideating and developing innovative solutions that address social issues and enhance community engagement

Strategies for prototyping and testing interventions to ensure their effectiveness and adaptability

Insights on measuring impact and scaling successful solutions to maximize social benefit

Benefits

Increased Empathy & Understanding

Develop a deeper connection with the communities served, ensuring that interventions are relevant and impactful.

Innovative Problem-Solving Skills

Learn to navigate complex social problems with creative thinking and design-driven innovation.

Enhanced Collaboration

Foster teamwork and collaboration between diverse stakeholders to generate more comprehensive solutions.

Scalable Impact Strategies

Gain insights on creating sustainable solutions that can be scaled to benefit larger populations.

Measurement & Evaluation Techniques

Understand how to evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives and adapt them to changing community needs.

Empowered Organizations

Equip teams with the skills and confidence to implement design thinking within their organizations, driving continuous improvement and social impact.

What will you discover?

This modular structure emphasizes key concepts and practical applications, ensuring participants are equipped to initiate impactful projects that create lasting positive effects on their target populations.

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

Understand the fundamentals of design thinking applied to social impact.
Identify social challenges and develop initial prototypes for solutions.
Gain insights into user needs through empathy mapping and collaboration.
Have created and refined innovative prototypes ready for testing and implementation.
Develop a detailed roadmap for addressing social issues with actionable strategies.
Establish a framework for measuring social impact and sustaining community engagement.
Foster a culture of innovation and cooperation focused on social benefit within their teams.

Agenda overview

Module 1: Introduction to Design Thinking and Customer Journey Mapping

•Introduction to Design Thinking and Customer Experience: 
Overview of design thinking principles and their relevance to enhancing customer interactions.
•Mapping the Customer Journey: 
Techniques for visualizing customer journeys, identifying critical touchpoints, and understanding their impact on perception and satisfaction.
•3 days before the workshop - Materials preparation: 
Confirm procurement of necessary workshop materials such as flip charts, markers, post-it notes, and any additional items outlined in the materials list.

Module 2: Empathy and Insights

•Empathy and User Feedback: 
Exercises aimed at fostering empathy for customers, gathering, and interpreting user feedback to inform design processes.
•Identifying Pain Points and Opportunities: 
Analyzing journey maps to pinpoint friction areas and collaboratively identify innovative solutions to enhance customer interactions.

Module 3: Prototyping and Feedback

•Prototyping Customer Experience Solutions: 
Development of low-fidelity prototypes of proposed solutions, visualizing ideas for improved customer engagement.
•Feedback and Iteration on Solutions: 
Presenting prototypes for group feedback, encouraging discussions that refine solutions based on collective insights and suggestions.

Module 4: Strategy Development and Continuous Improvement

•Data-driven Insights for Experience Enhancement: 
Leveraging customer data and analytics to anticipate needs, measure effectiveness, and explore tools for data-informed decision-making.
•Implementation Strategies and Sustainable Experience Planning: 
Developing actionable plans for deploying solutions, discussing resource requirements, stakeholder involvement, and strategies for long-term customer experience.
•Planning for Continuous Improvement: 
Establishing mechanisms for ongoing evaluation and adjustment of customer experience initiatives to ensure lasting impact and relevance.

Trainings

Module 1: Introduction to Design Thinking and Customer Journey Mapping

Module 2: Empathy and Insights

Module 3: Prototyping and Feedback

Module 4: Strategy Development and Continuous Improvement

What we do

Implement change.
Automate smarter with AI. 
Be on top of global trends.

Trainings

Module 1: Introduction to Design Thinking and Customer Journey Mapping

Module 2: Empathy and Insights

Module 3: Prototyping and Feedback

Module 4: Strategy Development and Continuous Improvement

What we do

Implement change.Automate smarter with AI. Be on top of global trends.

Implement change.
Automate smarter with AI. 
Be on top of global trends.