Design Sprint Essentials
Getting started with answering big questions quickly
In this workshop, Erik Skogsberg, Ph.D. and VP of Learning Experience here at Voltage Control will teach you the basics of what you need to know to run your own effective Design Sprint.
Date
September 7, 2022
Time
10am - 11am CDT​
Location
Live Online
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What to expect
What to Expect
In this introductory workshop, Erik Skogsberg will rapidly lead you through all five stages of the Design Sprint process, teaching how the various steps fit together and why and how they work. You’ll learn tips and tricks for facilitating a Design Sprint (whether it's your first or 101st) and for incorporating these techniques into normal meetings.
What You'll Learn
In this fun, fast-paced, hands-on workshop, you'll learn by doing as Erik Skogsberg leads you through the Sprint essentials. By the end of the workshop, you will have had the opportunity to learn the basic Design Sprint methods as well as begin to chart a plan for your growing Design Sprints and scaling across your team.
How You'll Learn
This workshop is hands-on. Erik will introduce you to each of the five stages of the Design Sprint process, and then you'll have an opportunity to immediately apply them to your work. He'll introduce exercises that will not only help you try on these different stages but also allow you to bring Design Sprints back to your team.
Agenda
Map
Outline a challenge and choose the most important place to start so you can lead a team through the Design Sprint process with confidence.
Sketch
Draw a solution with confidence, even if you're not a designer or artist, to identify crucial business & product questions to be answered in your Sprint
Decide
Make smart decisions without lengthy discussion. Choose the right prototyping method for your product or service.
Prototype
Conduct 1:1 customer interviews to test hypotheses before you invest months of work and millions of dollars, then integrate Design Sprint methods into your product development calendar & normal workday.
Who Should Attend
Startup founders
who want to learn the power of Design Sprints
Executives at large companies
who want to level up their facilitation skills
Team leaders and managers
who want to build products based on customer insights
Product managers
who want to get to get to market faster
Key Takeaways
Lead a team through the Design Sprint process with confidence
Map out a challenge and choose the most important place to start
Identify crucial business and product questions to be answered in your sprint
Sketch a solution with confidence, even if you're not a designer or artist
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Erik Skogsberg
​Trained as an educator, designer, researcher, and change agent, he brings significant teaching, design, mentoring, professional learning and development, organizational change, and research experiences from across secondary, higher education, non-profit, and industry contexts. Whether working with individuals, teams, or organizations, he helps people design lasting growth and innovation. Prior to working with Voltage Control, he co-founded Michigan State University’s Hub for Innovation in Learning and Technology, an internal design consultancy focused on learning experience design, innovation, and organizational transformation.
He earned his B.A. in English Literature from Western Washington University, M.A.T. in Secondary English Education from Brown University, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education.
What People Are Saying
"As a venture-backed direct-to-consumer company, what we learn through customer experience directly evolves who we are growing into for current and new customers. As we mature to more retail presence in an unprecedented time of disruption and opportunity, every team member must be empowered with the vulnerability to iterate and actively listen for how to be present. Design thinking and facilitation taught by Voltage Control punctuates that kind of learning perfectly."
Siya M.
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