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Design Thinking for the Greater Good

Do you work for a nonprofit or in the social sector? Are you struggling to solve the problems and meet the needs of the people you serve? Come learn more about how design thinking, a human-centered approach to problem solving, can help you truly understand an issue, generate ideas worth testing and iterate to find solutions that make a real difference. Through global stories from areas as diverse as government, health care, and education, we’ll show you the tools, techniques and mindset needed to use design thinking to uncover new and creative solutions in the social sector. The development of this course was supported by the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. For more about the Batten Institute, see: http://www.darden.virginia.edu/batten-institute/ @BattenInstitute @DesignatDarden
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Rating 4.2 based on 27 ratings
Length 5 weeks
Effort 4 weeks of study, 2-4 hours/week
Starts Jul 10 (42 weeks ago)
Cost $59
From University of Virginia via Coursera
Instructor Jeanne M. Liedtka
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Language English
Subjects Social Sciences Business Education
Tags Social Sciences Business Education Leadership And Management

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webinar sessions atleast once

and exposure to the various design thinking tools.More reading material (case studies), option to gain deeper grasp of the DT Tools and interaction with the Course Faculty (like an open Webinar Sessions atleast once during the Course Term) would have made me give it a 5 star.Nevertheless, this is good introduction to the idea and concept of Design Thinking Great course!

short useless excerpt from

Other than videos, there are no other materials except a short useless excerpt from the book - no accompanying handouts, nothing put into a nice table or graph or anything to take away.

whose offered us having

Thanks for Coursera and the University of Virginia whose offered us having quality education on our destinations.

examples ran too long

Examples ran too long, I prefer courses that are more practical in nature.

stories helped me understand

The stories helped me understand its application into the social sector.

develops some linkages

Let's just call Design Thinking a management jargon at this point and hope it develops some linkages to real management concepts and theby becomes an implmentable practice.

gain deeper grasp

implement my cv

Course could do with more practical examples but a great course nonetheless much needed to implement my cv!

might appear obvious

Though a good course, much of the content might appear obvious to anyone who has worked in the non-profit sector.

other materials except

pick up projects

Looking forward to pick up projects in the social sector for goals that are larger than life.

seems minimal effort

It seems minimal effort was put into making this into a course separate and built on the book this course is based on.

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Member of the Strategic Thinking Advisory Committee $60k

design/drafting 2 $61k

Design Team $72k

Design & Production $72k

Design-Build Design Coordinator $73k

Industrial Design/Product Design $104k

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Merchandise design $167k

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Rating 4.2 based on 27 ratings
Length 5 weeks
Effort 4 weeks of study, 2-4 hours/week
Starts Jul 10 (42 weeks ago)
Cost $59
From University of Virginia via Coursera
Instructor Jeanne M. Liedtka
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Social Sciences Business Education
Tags Social Sciences Business Education Leadership And Management

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