Design thinking is a discipline that uses the designer’s sensibility and methods to match people’s needs with what is technologically feasible and what a viable business strategy can convert into customer value and market opportunity.
Young people can participate in a Design Thinking Crash Course to come up with gamechanging prototypes for every aspect of their lives and then push through to make their disruptive new products and services real. The Design Thinking Crash Course can be held locally or virtually.
Design Thinking Workshop Components:
- Design Methodology
- Empathy & Insight
- Point of View
- Ideation
- Visualize & Prototype
- Iteration & Testing
- Business Launch
Resources:
Stanford Design Thinking Virtual Crash Course
PBS Extreme By Design - Watch & Do
Acumen Human-Centered Design for Social Innovation Course
IDEO Human-Centered Design Toolkit
IDEO Design Thinking for Educators Toolkit
Stanford d.school Ramen Experience Design Project
Stanford d.leadership Design Thinking Workshop
How To Conduct Your Own Google Ventures Design Sprint
Personal Design Sprint II: Food Tracking
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