3-Week Online Design Thinking Facilitation Course by DesignThinkers Academy

6 Live Sessions

English Spoken

3-Week

3-Week Online Design Thinking Facilitation Course Join us in our Virtual Studio!

Key Benefits

This interactive online course will equip you with the skills to confidently guide a Design Thinking Session in an online environment. In live Online Classroom sessions combined with

personal coaching by our experienced facilitators, you will learn how to create an environment where participants feel confident to be creative and drive innovation.

Grow your facilitation skills in Design Thinking sprints

Live & personal guidance from our expert facilitators

Learn how to deal with disturbance types and how to use mindsetters

Develop your personal presence in guiding a group

Increase your confidence for leading remote collaborations

Experiment the fine balance between group dynamics, natural guidance and a strong flow of activities. Test each in the different facilitation opportunities.

Our expert facilitators will share their experience on how to guide Design Thinking sessions and coach you in personal coaching calls.

Creativity and innovation thrive in multi-disciplinairy teams. Creating optimal group dynamics is essential to create an optimal synergy.

You will receive personal feedback on your facilitation style, enabling you to develop your strengths and close the gaps in your Design Thinking toolbox.

Working online provides great opportunities to co-create and innovate. Boost your sessions and meetings with global teams in an online environment.

At a glance

The 3-week course consists of 6 sessions, focusing on the key elements of becoming a skilled facilitator. Each week consists of interactive Online Classroom sessions, followed by group work.

After the course, you will share your experience and receive tips & tricks from our expert facilitators in the Coaching Session. You will work closely with your fellow participants to practice facilitation.

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Global Alumni

Alumni recommend this course

“I’m thrilled to start my transition into innovation consulting thanks to this fantastic facilitation course!” DIMA GHONEIM, COMPANIES CREATING CHANGE 3

Discover the program With a combination of live classroom sessions, group assignments and homework you will gain practical knowledge and experience to guide Design Thinking (DT) sessions. The course consists of 3

modules, focusing on the three pillars of Facilitation: Guidance, Conduct, Catalyze. After a Personal Assessment of your Facilitation Strengths, you will work on developing your skills throughout the program.

Onboarding & Kick-off

Assessment & Empathy

Mindsetters & Appearance

Deliver & Implement

Coaching Session

Getting started online

Session 1&2 2x2.5 hours

Session 3&4 2x2.5 hours

Session 5&6 2x2.5 hours

Free session 1x1 hour

Meet the team and familiarize yourself with the online tools, so you’re set to get started.

Self-assessment, facilitation pillars, double diamond facilitation opportunities.

Mindsetters, Energy Management, Personal Appearance, Facilitation Opportunities.

Managing group dynamics, final facilitation opportunities, personal plan.

Get one-hour Personal Coaching session with one of your trainers to get an answer to all your doubts.

Who is it for? To participate in this course we expect you to be familiar with the Double Diamond and typical tools you use in a DT process. You know the tools, and want to learn how to guide teams in using DT; you have experience in guiding DT sessions, but want to grow your confidence; you know that DT can help your team, but need advise on how to use it in projects.

“You know it is a good training when you don’t only grow professionally but also personally because you are invited to relfect on yourself and the method in every session.” Felicitas Kilga, Ambuzzador

“Great people, good facilitating coaches, important theory. Stuff to know if you work in innovation”

“What a great example of making an online course feel connected, vibrant and resourceful. I cannot wait to apply it in the workshops that I run!”

Participant, Online Facilitation Course

Meet the Team

Our expert facilitators will share their experience and tricks on how to implement Design Thinking in projects and organizations. That way you can start applying Design Thinking straight away in your daily working environment.

Tim Schuurman

Jeroen v/d Weide

Alwin Put

Tim is a motivated and energetic senior facilitator within Business Strategy, Change Management and Design Thinking.

Jeroen has a MA in Dutch Theatre, Film & Communications, facilitating teams and designing creative processes and environments.

Alwin is an experienced facilitator across the Benelux. He has years of experience in corporate environments and the hospitality industry.

Co-Owner, DesignThinkers Academy Amsterdam

Senior Partner & Facilitator, DTA Amsterdam

Creative Strategist & Senior Facilitator,

Marjolein van Eersel Thomas de Bresser Senior Facilitator, DesignThinkers Managing Director, Academy Amsterdam DesignThinkers Agency

Marjolein has a solid expertise in embedding innovative ways of working in corporates and brings tons of energy to our sessions. 6

Thomas has launched Innovation Hubs with a focus on human-centered innovation in corporates and facilitates Design Sprints.

Clients

Facts & Figures

About the Design Thinkers Academy

More about Design Thinking

Incompany programs

DesignThinkers is one of the leading design driven innovation agencies helping organizations around the world making the transition from being strictly product orientated and sales driven, towards being service oriented and humancentered. We are represented in +25 countries and train, develop and facilitate multidisciplinary teams and communities of change.

Organizations that want to stay competitive in an ever-changing world, need to reassess the way they are structured and function. Most of all, it is important to build lasting relationships with your customers. While these organizations are pushed to differentiate themselves, DesignThinkers Academy makes it their mission to reach out to these people and help them.

Our mission is to empower teams & professionals to adopt human-centered design to kick-start bold innovation and drive positive change.

Closing the ‘reality gap’ between organizations and people should be the number one priority of any innovative company. Design Thinking delivers the innovative ideas and solutions needed to solve these problems.

Our approach is not cookie cutter or dogmatic. We invest in building a relationship with you, gaining an understanding of your organization, your stakeholders and the broader context of the problem. Together, we design a customized approach to your challenge, with a constant focus on tapping into the existing creativity and knowledge the people in your organization.

We deliver high-energy courses worldwide from Brussels to New York, from Dubai to Amsterdam for diverse clients such as SAP, Coca-Cola, Cartier, Philips, P&G, MasterCard, Bacardi, ING, PwC, Gucci, Samsung, GE Healthcare, Nike, L’Oréal and many more.

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Tickets Your ticket includes access and use of the online environments (Miro & Zoom) for the duration of the course. All tools and materials are available after the course for personal use. A certificate from DesignThinkers Academy is awarded to participants who successfully complete the course. 9

Early Bird Ticket

(Please check our online calendar for specific dates) €1.095

Regular Ticket €1.195

Prices are excluding VAT. We charge 21% VAT to Dutch based companies, NGO’s and selfemployed. We also charge 21% VAT to international companies, NGO’s and self-employed based in the European Union without a registered VAT number. If you are based outside the European Union we will not charge you with VAT. If you have any other questions regarding this online course or its ticketing, we kindly as that you contact us through email.

Certificate After successful completion of the 3-Week Online Design Thinking Facilitation course, participants are awarded with a DesignThinkers Academy Certificate. Display your DesignThinkers Academy Certificate on your Linkedin profile under the section Licenses & Certifications.

6 Live Sessions

English Spoken

3-Week

Questions? Just ask. info@designthinkersacademy.com

Global Head Office

Nieuwe Leliestraat 13, 1015SH Amsterdam info@designthinkersacademy.com +31 (0)20 471 00 70