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Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector
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University of Virginia
About Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector
Do you work for a nonprofit or in the social sector? Are you struggling to solve the problems and meet the needs of the people you serve? Come learn more about how design thinking, a human-centered approach to problem solving, can help you truly understand an issue, generate ideas worth testing and iterate to find solutions that make a real difference. Through global stories from areas as diverse as government, health care, and education, we’ll show you the tools, techniques and mindset needed to use design thinking to uncover new and creative solutions in the social sector.
The development of this course was supported by the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. For more about the Batten Institute, see: http://www.darden.virginia.edu/batten-institute/ @BattenInstitute @DesignatDarden
What You Will Learn?
- What design thinking is and when to use itHow to prepare to see and take action when opportunity arises How to use design thinking to generate innovative ideasHow to take the many ideas you generate and determine which ones are likely to produce specific, desired outcomes.