MONTREAL’S DESIGN THINKING COMMUNITY

THE VISIONwhat we want to accomplish

BREAKING SILOS

➤ The Montreal DT community will bring together artists, scientists, business people, economists…

➤ In order to create cross-disciplinary bonds & learning

➤ And help strengthen the Montreal local community

We do this through…

Learning DT

Creating Projects

with NGOs

Leadership Training for Members

Crafting OutReach Material

THE LEARNINGWhat we will learn

➤ Bootcamp : 1st Week of AugustTopic Format In Partnership With…

Welcome Speech Kick-starting the day 10 minutes introduction Host + DJ

1st Session Inspirational Talk 20 minutes presentation about the impact DT can have and our community’s vision

& objectivesFounding members

2nd Session Introduction to DT The Wallet Game (90 min) DT Facilitator : Toni

3rd Session Interactive Workshop 20 minutes presentation (overview of DT) DT Facilitator

LUNCH4th Session Our Outpost Community &

Leadership TrackPresentation on our leadership track to

recruit community leaders Founding Members

5th Session Making an Impact Presentation on areas of Identifying Community Needs

Rotary or other global organization with knowledge in areas of service

6th Session Program Overview Our upcoming activities & how our community functions Founding members

7th Session Brainstorming Causes Workshop to uncover interests & resources within DT community Corina

Closing Remarks Wrapping up the day 10 minutes conclusion Host

NETWORKING Light snacks & non-alcoholic refreshments

40 minutes cocktail Sponsor for the meal & volunteers to place catering on tables & set room

Kick-Off & Bootcamp1st week of August

HOW IT WORKS➤ Bootcamps (2x a year)

➤ Full-Day Workshops

➤ Aimed at inspiring, educating and training DT community members

➤ Brings together DT Facilitators, Community Leaders & Experts

➤ Conference & Interactive Workshop (1x a month)

➤ Crash-Course for the respective phase

➤ In preparation for community project meeting

➤ Can contain optional viewing material for home (link, videos, etc.)

➤ Community Project Meeting (1x every 2 months)

➤ Can take place on the same day as the conference, on an a separate day

➤ Participants apply their skills to a real-life problem, presented to us by our Community Partners

➤ Outreach

➤ Leadership training material produced for our DT community will be made available for other community leaders around the world

➤ Conferences, workshops and community projects will generate 1-5 minutes edited videos or interviews, and will be made available as inspiration and idea bank for other community leaders around the world

ROADMAP

Topic Conference Community Project Outreach Activities Key Resources

Human-Centerer Design

Video or Conference + Discussion Groups

Introducing community partners & choosing teams ➤ PDF List of

Resources ➤ Teaser Videos ➤ Interviews ➤ Discussion Group

Summaries ➤ Copy of

Workshop Instructions

Acumen +

Developing Empathy Interactive Format -

Gathering Insights Video or Conference + Discussion Groups

Gathering Insights with Community Partners Rotary

Engaging with Ambiguity Interactive Format - Personal Leadership (or

other tool)

Developing Ideas Video or Conference + Discussion Groups

Brainstorming ideas

Teamwork Across Functions Interactive Format -

Prototyping Video or Conference + Discussion Groups

Building prototypes of the service or product ideas

Acumen + Business Model Canvas

Communicating Complex Ideas Interactive Format -

Storytelling Video or Conference + Discussion Groups

Learn to tell a compelling story for the service

Acumen +Toastmasters

AGILE Meets DT Interactive Format - University of Virginia

THE BUILDING

What we will contribute

COMMUNITY PROJECTS EXPLAINED

➤ The DT Community will select desired projects or community partners at the beginning of the year

➤ Interactive sessions will be held with these organizations to discover their needs

➤ Organizations may then volunteer to partake in ideation and prototyping, or they may provide an ambassador which may be reached by the DT community for questions throughout the design exercises

COMMUNITY PROJECTS MEETINGS : THE FORMAT

➤ Organization will present service

➤ Breakout groups will explore need in detail

➤ Interviewers will then share insights to the entire group

➤ This allows all team members to rotate across projects for each meeting (phase)

First Meeting

COMMUNITY PROJECTS MEETINGS : THE FORMAT

➤ Process Outline

➤ Breakout groups for ideation, prototyping, storytelling, etc

➤ Summary presentation to all members at end of meeting

➤ Meeting notes from each team loaded onto DT Community’s private Google Drive

Subsequent Meeting

THE OUTREACH PROGRAM

Creating a way forward

USING TECHNOLOGY AS ACCELERATOR

➤ Many tools and documents exist for DT communities, including from IDEO, Acumen+ and Stanford.

➤ Whenever possible, we will use existing material

➤ Any time we face a knowledge gap and feel our experience could contribute to the community, we will issue a ppt, blog article or document to share with the global DT Community

➤ We will use podcasts, videos, photography, blog articles and any other medium throughout our adventure to encourage community building, identity fostering and branding for our DT community in Montreal

THE PEOPLELeadership & Sustainability Plan

“Our main objective is building a sustainable DT community over time.

THIS MEANS...

➤ Early identification of members' current and latent skills

➤ A community model based on co-creation

➤ A strong culture of Intrapreneurship

OUR VISION FOR FOSTERING INTRAPRENEURSHIP IN OUR DT COMMUNITY

➤ Have Intrapreneurship Sponsors

➤ Founders, advisors and board members must actively encourage and promote intrapreneurhsip

➤ When someone volunteers, keep the intrapreneur involved in the project from A to Z

➤ Promotes sens of ownernship,

➤ Intrapeneur = driving force

➤ Give your DT Community intrapreneur autonmy

➤ Can access resources and exchange information without going through someone ‘’official’’

➤ Tolerate risks, failures & mistakes

➤ Celebrate failures as opportunities to learn and grow

➤ Let people fail so they can learn

➤ Have a long-term philosophy towards success

➤ 1-3 years for an idea to completely develop; don’t expect immediate results for some initiatives

➤ Have smaller milestones (quick, frequent iterations) to keep team motivated and celebrate the journey

➤ Give the teams the resources they need

➤ Limited budget & number of volunteers you can allocate

➤ Free the intrapraneurs up from other DT Community obligations if they have to focus on something big ➤ Reward according to dual promotion system

➤ Not everyone wants to become an executive member

➤ Find different, relevant ways to reward different kinds of contributions, from the small to the big ones

➤ Every bit of help is useful and makes a difference ; we each contribute what we can! ➤ Be generous with praise and honest with coaching feedback to help members develop their potential as leaders

COMMITTEES

Sponsorship

Outreach & Media

DT Community Communication

Program Development

Strategic Advisors

Community Partners

Coordinator

Chair

Community Partners

Sister Organizations

Advisory Board

Executive Committee

Angels

Sponsors

Facilitators

TRAINING THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE➤ A half-day training will be offered to incoming leaders in the DT Community

➤ The first year, the training will be peer-based and created as a brainstorming and discussion facilitation workshop

➤ On subsequent year, the training will contain common core sections, followed by one-to-one knowledge transfer from outgoing to incoming executives

➤ Documentation from existing sources as well as documentation created through the Outreach initiative will be made available to leaders on the platform

➤ A portion of the training day will focus on Experential Learning - teaching the steps for leaders to learn by doing, and improve their knowledge without extensive formal training. This is coherent with the entrepreneurship model used throughout the DT community.

➤ The first year, a small group of people may fulfill some of the roles. As the community grows, more and more tasks will be delegated.

➤ The Bootcamp period will be a prime moment for current leaders to identify the leader potential within the community, and approach members for positions in the executive committee.

FUNDING, TOOLS & PARTNERSGaining support of our community

RESOURCES DASHBOARD

in progress

Conference Venue

Finance & Sponsorship

in progress

Advisory Board

Community Partners

Community Members

Sister Organizations

in progress

in progress

Strategic Direction & Program Development

needs additional

actors

Executive Committee

STRATEGIC COMMITTEE(The names of our strategic committee will go here, with a short description of respective competencies)

PROJECTED EXPENSES

Per month One-time Cost Total Yearly (10 months)

Bootcamp Cocktail 12$ per person $240

Conference Material +

Meetup$40 $400

Collaboration Tool $30 $300

Email automation for reminders and

new$5 $50

Estimated Total $990

Can be supported by

participants at first

Sponsorship can be

requested for software

SPONSOR IDEAS

➤ Apple Store

➤ One tablet loaned per team for the community partner project

➤ Possible one-hour training with photo and video editing apps for iPad (ex. iMove and Aperture)

➤ Private Companies, Young Chamber of Commerce or Government

➤ 40$ per month to cover costs for Meetup & Material

➤ Collaboration Tool (exo, Basecamp, JIRA or other)

➤ Allow documents sharing and task follow-ups for executives, as well as document storing for members

SISTER ORGANIZATIONS

➤ The Design Thinking Community’s main objective is to break down the barriers amongst silos and organizations ➤ One of the ways it does so is by gathering professionals of all fields

➤ Another way is by helping the community through community partners

➤ Another is through collaboration with sister organizations

➤ Benefits of Sister Organizations Collaboration

DT Community Sister Organization

Learn new Skills Recruitment (Possibility for joint-program memberships)

Establish ties with other industries & complementary

areas of knowledgeFulfill educational mandate

Knowledge exchange & transfer between both organizations

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* Example:

The Toastmasters Competent Communicator Program could easily be done with a focus on preparing presentations for the DT Community

Similarly, the Rotaract Club could join the group for a semester as part of their vocational training & community service program.