Intro to Design Thinking for Youth Development Practitioners

Michele Martin, The Bamboo Project

Service Learning

Service Learning Standards

• Youth Voice

• Meaningful Service

• Link to Curriculum

• Reflection

• Diversity

• Partnerships

• Progress Monitoring

Design Thinking. . .

• Informs and reinforces service learning process and standards.

• Teaches key workplace and emotional intelligence skills.

• Reinforces the ActReflect cycle of learning.

• Empowers young people!

How might we . . .

Engage students in their

own learning? Build resilience & healthy

risk-taking?

Empathy

Stories & Sense-making

Critical Thinking

Relevance & Resilience

Prepare for this world

How might we . . .

Imagine If . . .

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Today

• Intro to Design Thinking Process

• Design Thinking Mindsets

• “How might we . . .”

Improve the

Morning Experience

Problem-Solving Approach

The Design Approach

Improve your

Partner’s Experience

Interviews

DO

• Ask open-ended questions– “Tell me about. . .”

– “Can you say more?”

– “And then what happened?”

• Probe for emotions and insights

• LISTEN!

Don’t

• Ask “leading questions”– “Tell me about what’s wrong

with your morning commute”

• Make judgments– “That sounds terrible!”

Point-of-view

Denise needs a way to wake up gently in the morning because she feels more invigorated and ready to greet the day when she isn’t jarred awake from sleep.

What happened?

“How might we. . .”

• Divide into groups by mindset.

• Brainstorm ideas for your “How might we” question.

• Post 3-5 ideas you want to try, along with how you want to test and what you would look for.

Gallery Walk

I like. . .

I wonder. . .

I’d like to try. . .

Take it Home!

Find more at . . .

http://www.michelemmartin.com/design_thinking_for_youth/