Early Bird Discounts to SDN Masterclass and Product Design Week
Hi folks,
I’m breaking out of the usual Doctor’s Note format because I have two discount codes for events I am involved in that are time sensitive. I’ll be back with some thoughts about design, leadership and batch of interesting links next time.
SDN Academy Service Design Masterclasses Series
Apart from keynoting at the SDN Global Conference in Helsinki (2-4th Oct), I mentioned last time that I’m going to be teaching two modules of the Service Design Network’s Service Design Masterclass Series (20th Sep - 22nd Nov).
It is an 8-week course in which you’ll learn from me and other experts designed specifically for service designers with 2+ years experience.
You can save €520 off of the normal price by using the code (please DM/mail me) when you register. This is only available until 5th August.
What I’m teaching:
I’ll be teaching Prototyping and Successful Implementation, exploring the challenges of prototyping for services, using blueprints as a “sketching” format and moving through to prototypes, demos, and micro pilots. At the heart of prototyping should be questions to be answered and we will dive into those, too.
My second module is Pitching, Selling and Getting Buy-In. Whether pitching a client or gaining buy-in from stakeholders, telling the story of your ideas and work and landing it with the audience is essential. Great ideas go nowhere if the people who can enable them don’t understand why they should bother. Whether you’re in-house, in public services or working in an agency, I’ll be giving you some simple structures you can easily apply to your work.
Product Design Week
For Product Design Week’s Design Leaders+ conference in London on 11-12th November, I’ll be talking about Navigating the Design Leadership Dip and to assure you that it’s not just you — moving into a management and leadership role can trigger a professional and personal crisis of confidence, not to mention loneliness at the top.
Use the code ANDY10 you’ll get a 10% discount on individual tickets.
I hope that’s helpful to your wallets if you were thinking of taking part.
Normal Doctor’s Note service will resume soon. For those of you taking some time off in August, I wish you an energising break!
Cheers,
Andy