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What is this course?

What is this course?

This course is a half-semester elective, taught in the Carnegie Mellon School of Design but open to students from any degree. The…
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Sessions
1. Who’s here? How do we see the world? Why does this matter?

1. Who’s here? How do we see the world? Why does this matter?

We start by listening.
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2. How systems and people shift

2. How systems and people shift

Seeing systems, groups, and people as living processes.
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Hannah du Plessis
3. Convening: listening and gathering

3. Convening: listening and gathering

Including birds of all feathers
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4. Conversation: the heart of “social”

4. Conversation: the heart of “social”

“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.” - Jane Goodall
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Hannah du Plessis
5. Creating intentions, extending invitations

5. Creating intentions, extending invitations

Why do we engage, and why should people care to come?
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6. The creative process, together

6. The creative process, together

Listen, Reflect, Make
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Hannah du Plessis
7. How to plan a good group session

7. How to plan a good group session

The details of planning and preparing for engagement and dialogue
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8. Conversations for connection

8. Conversations for connection

Conversation: a tool for control or connection?
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Hannah du Plessis
9. How to host a good group session

9. How to host a good group session

The stance and details of holding open creative space
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Marc Rettig
10. Review of workshop plans

10. Review of workshop plans

Let’s get you ready
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Hannah du Plessis
11. Practicing creative work in uncertainty

11. Practicing creative work in uncertainty

Advancing together through the fog
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12. Collective creativity in practice

12. Collective creativity in practice

Stories and examples from the landscape
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Hannah du Plessis
13. Organizations as social systems

13. Organizations as social systems

Most of the students in this class are likely to take jobs in companies and institutions after graduation. Organizational life is an…
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14. Participating in your own process

14. Participating in your own process

When you change, so does the world
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Hannah du Plessis
15. Final presentations

15. Final presentations

Eight minutes of glory
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