Translational Design Workshop

Welcome to the Institute for Child and Family Well-being (ICFW) online Translational Design Workshop!

Do you have a longstanding problem facing the families in your community? Is your agency or organization seeking innovative ways to influence the narrative surrounding child welfare, poverty or other systemic issues in your community? If so, this workshop is for you!

This workshop will strengthen your ability to translate the latest science and evidence into innovative solutions, work across sectors to identify points of convergence and foster the community collaboration essential for widespread implementation. It will ultimately serve as a structured space to connect, ideate and tackle challenging problems together to produce solutions that will uplift families and your community.

Learning Environment:

The Translational Design workshop is a 6-week training course that is structured to meet the needs of busy schedules. At your own pace, you will complete weekly activities and exercises that are focused on creating tangible opportunities for knowledge application. Each workshop is customized to meet the needs of the attendees, with relevant activities that promote thinking about your “big question” and help you prototype solutions.

Each weekly session will be supplemented with instructor-led practice sessions, where you can ask questions and build a community of practice with your peers. Teamwork is encouraged and teams can be as large as four people.

As a result of this workshops, innovators will be able to:

• Brainstorm and design solutions to longstanding challenges
• Engage content and context experts in the design and improvement processes
• Build a Community of Practice which can serve as a learning collaborative and supportive capacity-builder
• Identify and frame the challenges concerning complex issues that have been standing in the way of program-and client level success
• Move your program or current research more quickly into practice (a new program, service, curriculum, tool, etc.)

Registration fee: $400 for a team of up to four people. Scholarships available!