Designing for Community Well-Being
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- Location
- Columbus, Ohio
About
Overview
The Columbus Foundation's Designing for Community Well-Being practice uses human-centered design processes to help nonprofit organizations and social sector partners co-create solutions to complex community challenges. Working in partnership with community members and informed by well-being research, the program focuses on ensuring central Ohio residents reach their full potential, live well, and experience meaning and purpose.
Programs Offered
- Community Lab Days: one-day immersive experiences to help nonprofits understand specific issues
- Executive Workshops: two-day quarterly workshops teaching human-centered design strategies for nonprofit leaders
- Signature Projects: multiple-week endeavors using co-design processes to deeply understand and address community challenges
The Design Process
- Empathy: Listen to residents' stories and experiences; interviewees are paid for their time
- Co-Design: Design team including community members, experts, and Foundation staff brainstorm multiple solutions
- Prototyping: Build low-resolution prototypes and test concepts with residents for feedback
Geographic Focus
Central Ohio, with partnerships involving universities, local nonprofits, city and county partners, and community members.
- Theme
- Human-centered design approaches to solving complex social and community challenges, with focus on community well-being and resident engagement in central Ohio.
- Eligibility
- Nonprofit organizations and social sector partners in central Ohio
- Audience
- Nonprofit executives and leaders in the social sector
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