Upcoming Events at Launch Pad
Wed Jan 8, 6:00 PM - Wed Jan 8, 7:30 PM
400 Poydras Street #suite 900, New Orleans, LA 70130
Community: Uptown New Orleans
Description
Are you interested in making a positive difference in the world but don't know where to start? Want to change direction but don't know how?
Event Details
Changemaking 101 can help!
Course description:
This is a community professional development lab for anyone looking to start a new side-hustle or even total career overhaul, and make a positive difference in the world! If you've been feeling undervalued, uninspired, stuck, maybe even demoralized by your current job, or have just wanted to make a change but have no idea what or how ... I can help!
This course will help you reconnect with your curiosities and learn how to use the design thinking process to build a pathway forward for yourself, design a career where you feel valued and empowered, and make a positive social or environmental impact. It's particularly powerful for folks who've studied in the liberal arts and/or have a career history that is non-traditional and doesn't necessarily have a 1 to 1 correlation with a specific professional pathway (like medicine, law, business, or engineering). The course will also discuss how to identify barrier fears and reframe mindsets around money that may be holding you back.
Student goals:
• Design a life that makes a positive difference in the world
• Clarify your interests, and research & define multiple professional pathways to test out your ideas
• Reframe "networking" as participating in a community
• Get resume & LinkedIn feedback, learn how to stand out
• Regain the confidence to believe you can make money AND be happy by reframing your perspectives/ approach to money, wealth, & income
Students will approach these objectives using the design thinking process, which includes:
Empathy and grounding: Excavating subliminal messages you have received about work; identifying habits to start/stop/continue
Curiosity: Identifying social issues you are curious about and may want to tackle in the next 1-10 years or beyond
Ideation: Thinking big about multiple different life paths/5-year plans
Prototyping: Creating multiple prototypes to test different changemaking pathways
Course description:
This is a community professional development lab for anyone looking to start a new side-hustle or even total career overhaul, and make a positive difference in the world! If you've been feeling undervalued, uninspired, stuck, maybe even demoralized by your current job, or have just wanted to make a change but have no idea what or how ... I can help!
This course will help you reconnect with your curiosities and learn how to use the design thinking process to build a pathway forward for yourself, design a career where you feel valued and empowered, and make a positive social or environmental impact. It's particularly powerful for folks who've studied in the liberal arts and/or have a career history that is non-traditional and doesn't necessarily have a 1 to 1 correlation with a specific professional pathway (like medicine, law, business, or engineering). The course will also discuss how to identify barrier fears and reframe mindsets around money that may be holding you back.
Student goals:
• Design a life that makes a positive difference in the world
• Clarify your interests, and research & define multiple professional pathways to test out your ideas
• Reframe "networking" as participating in a community
• Get resume & LinkedIn feedback, learn how to stand out
• Regain the confidence to believe you can make money AND be happy by reframing your perspectives/ approach to money, wealth, & income
Students will approach these objectives using the design thinking process, which includes:
Empathy and grounding: Excavating subliminal messages you have received about work; identifying habits to start/stop/continue
Curiosity: Identifying social issues you are curious about and may want to tackle in the next 1-10 years or beyond
Ideation: Thinking big about multiple different life paths/5-year plans
Prototyping: Creating multiple prototypes to test different changemaking pathways
