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    This document provides an introduction and syllabus for an online course on human-centered design taught by IDEO.org and +Acumen. The course teaches the human-centered design process through hands-on activities and challenges students to apply the skills by taking on a real-world design challenge. Upon completion, students will earn a statement of accomplishment. The document encourages students to continue applying human-centered design skills through additional courses, programs, and by connecting with the +Acumen community.

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    IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

    Introduction to THANKS TO OUR KEYSTONE


    FUNDING PARTNER

    Human-Centered
    Design
    ONLINE COURSE SYLLABUS
    INTRODUCTION TO
    HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN

    Learn from IDEO.org to use human-centered design for social innovation

    Course Description What You’ll Learn


    Human-centered design (HCD) is a creative + Master the 4 steps of the human-
    approach to problem solving pioneered by centered design process to create
    the design firm IDEO. innovative solutions to real-world

    +ACUMEN Business Models for Social Impact


    challenges
    This is an intensive, hands-on learning
    + Build an effective interview guide
    experience that will challenge you to get
    to learn and document your use
    out of your chair and out into the real
    research
    world to talk to people and test your ideas.
    You’ll leave this experience equipped and + Gain strategies for synthesizing
    energized to apply the human-centered your user research and identifying
    design process to challenges across opportunities for design
    industries, sectors, and geographies to + Practice creative techniques to
    generate breakthrough ideas. build rapid prototypes and make
    your ideas come to life
    Course Format
    + Learn to effectively test your
    This is an online course. You can view and
    prototypes with real users and
    access all course materials at your own pace
    identify promising solutions to
    during the period that the course is open.
    begin implementing
    There are no live sessions or specific times
    you need to log in.

    Statement of Accomplishment
    Upon completion of this course, you will
    earn a Statement of Accomplishment
    signed by the Director of +Acumen and the
    Executive Director of IDEO.org that you can
    share with your professional networks.

    2
    +ACUMEN Business Models for Social Impact
    + Introduction and the Beginner’s + Discussion: Introduction to
    Mind Human-Centered Design

    + Icebreaker: Visual Telephone + Activity: Mini Design Challenge to


    Design a Better Commute

    + Activity: Choose Your Design + Activity: Plan Your Research


    Challenge
    + Activity: Build an Interview Guide
    + Discussion: Team Knowledge and
    + Activity: Conduct Your Research
    Key Assumptions

    3
    +ACUMEN Business Models for Social Impact
    + Discussion: Share Stories and + Activity: Create Insights
    Learnings from User Research Statements

    + Activity: Cluster Insights into + Activity: Create ‘How Might We’


    Themes Questions

    + Activity: Brainstorm + Discussion: Determine What to


    Prototype
    + Activity: Select Your Best Ideas
    + Activity: Start Prototyping
    + Activity: Gut Check
    + Activity: Test Your Prototype and
    + Activity: Create a Storyboard
    Get Feedback

    4
    +ACUMEN Business Models for Social Impact
    + Activity: Create an Action Plan + Reflection

    + Activity: Create a Pitch + Discussion: Moving Forward

    + Activity: Share Your Solution

    5
    WHERE WILL
    YOU GO NEXT?

    +Acumen is a vibrant community of change Take Another +Acumen Course


    leaders around the world. We believe that With the largest offering of online education
    by working together to amplify the impact in the social impact space, we’ve got courses
    of each other’s work, we’ll create a world in personal development, leadership and
    beyond poverty. When this course wraps up, social entrepreneurship. As you have just

    +ACUMEN Business Models for Social Impact


    how will you continue to stay connected? experienced, our hands-on courses offer
    a practical and collaborative environment
    Amplify to move your work forward. Check out our
    Consider taking on a new design challenge calendar of upcoming courses.
    or bring a prototype to your next meeting
    to move your work forward. You could also If you’re interested in learning more about
    get a team together to submit ideas and human-centered design and social impact,
    prototypes to IDEO.org’s Amplify program to check out:
    help solve some of the world’s most pressing + Human-Centered Design 201:
    problems. Prototyping: Learn from IDEO.
    org designers to make your ideas
    Design Kit come to life
    Sign up on Design Kit to receive updates
    + Facilitator’s Guide to Human-
    on new content, download or get your own
    Centered Design: Lead others
    Field Guide to Human-Centered Design,
    through the human-centered
    add your favorite Methods to your own
    design process
    personalized online toolkit, and share
    stories of how you’ve used human-centered + Social Entrepreneurship 101:

    design in your own work! Discover Your Passion and Path to


    Change the World

    CONNECT WITH +ACUMEN courses@plusacumen.org

    6
    WHERE WILL
    YOU GO NEXT?

    Learn from the Best Become a Catalyst


    At +Acumen, we’re fortunate and grateful Catalysts are current and former students
    to work with some of the world’s most who care deeply about helping others
    incredible thought-leaders. They are unlock their potential. They enrich the
    masters of their craft who have generously course experience as guides -– answering

    +ACUMEN Business Models for Social Impact


    given their time to create courses based on questions, helping students get unstuck,
    their work. +Acumen Master Classes include and encouraging them to go beyond their
    instructors such as Chris Anderson (Head of limitations. Apply what you’ve learned in
    TED), Angela Duckworth (an award-winning the course in a new way by coaching others
    psychologist and MacArthur genius), Krista through the material, engage deeply in the
    Tippett (an NPR Radio Host) and Dan Ariely work of others and meet students from
    (a professor of behavioral psychology from around the world. Apply to be a catalyst.
    Duke University). If you’re interested in
    learning more about impact and business, Join the +Acumen Corps
    check out: We launched the +Acumen Corps to bring
    individuals together to collaborate and
    Adam Grant connect. We all know that driving social
    on Developing change is hard work and that in order to
    Original Ideas: create the change we seek in the world, we
    How to become an need each other. Corps members are bonded
    original thinker by our shared goal of creating a world
    capable of driving beyond poverty and that it will take all of us
    creativity and to achieve it. To join the +Acumen Corps you
    change in the must participate and complete a +Acumen
    world Challenge. Check out the +Acumen Corps
    website to learn about and apply for
    Elizabeth Gilbert’s upcoming challenges.
    Creativity
    Workshop:
    Jumpstart your
    creative journey
    with coaching
    from a bestselling
    novelist
    7

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