Experience Design for Collective Impact – Part 1: Designing the Operating Model Behind the Process
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This post is written in collaboration with Virginia Carlson. Faced with seemingly intractable social problems—restructuring a workforce training system, addressing health concerns for under-resourced neighborhoods, serving the needs of immigrant communities—the social sector is increasingly turning to Collective Impact as a problem-solving framework. Various dimensions of...

Behind the Scenes with Br(OK)en Genius

‍Quality & substance must mark the artists of tomorrow as we prepare to be such today. Artists feed off of the worlds around them so be sure to observe the debates that they are sharing as the Br(OK)en Genius collective has a lot of details...

Marketing Yourself as an Artist: An Interview with Niki Johnson

‍Lab Notes: A Preview of Our December 18th Lab, "Marketing Yourself as an Artist with Niki Johnson." To register for the Lab, click here.  Niki Johnson has enjoyed much deserved success in Milwaukee's art world. A smattering of Johnson's recent accomplishments includes: Johnson is the 2014 Pfister...

The MVB – Minimum Viable Brand
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The startup world is all a twitter (see what I did there?) with the utilization of the MVP (minimum viable product) approach to launching new ideas. Often the MVP is solely focused on the product itself...

The UX of Innovation
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‍What does it take to infuse innovation into an organization? Many attempts are made, few are successful. Why? Perhaps we are focusing on a narrow set of criteria. The activities of participating in innovation are important but designing the experience of participating is critical to...

Your business needs social media.
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We hear it all the time, the absolute requirement of social media for a successful business. It may be an important part...