Design Thinking: Craft powerful stories about your libraryDo you struggle with how to tell impactful stories about the great work you do with your communities? Design thinking is a creative problem-solving model that has a broad range of applications for libraries, including communicating your value to stakeholders in the community. The process begins with strategies that will help you understand your community more deeply and discover the interests and aspirations of target audiences. Design thinking offers an array of tools that will expand your possibilities and foster iterative experimentation with solutions.
In this lively, interactive workshop led by OCLC’s WebJunction, you will learn design thinking principles and practice the innovative techniques and reflective strategies that can lead to crafting powerful stories that communicate your value to community members and key stakeholders.
As a result of this workshop, you will:
- Gain familiarity with design thinking principles and recognize their versatility for application to libraries
- Practice some design thinking techniques and experience the creativity and collaboration that result
- Develop plans to take back to your library to apply design thinking techniques in targeted situations to acquire fresh insights into your community stakeholders and to develop impactful stories about your library’s value
