Calendar of Events

Please attend the chapter’s first in-person event since last year!  Note that there will be up to 30 people in a large room, and we will be following the building guidelines, which are following the County of Sacramento guidelines.  Masks will be required within all public areas of the building, but are optional within the meeting room.  There will be people with and without masks attending the event.  Additionally, the session is collaborative, so you will be working within small teams and using shared items while brainstorming and prototyping.

Event Title: PMI-SVC Design Thinking Workshop

Date: Saturday, April 9 , 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Location: Rancho Cordova Chamber of Commerce: 2729 Prospect Park Drive
Rancho Cordova CA 95670 American River South Room

Event Overview:   During the free 4 PDU virtual workshop, attendees will learn about and experience the Design Thinking process.  The very interactive and collaborative event will step every participant through each of the Design Thinking modes while working through a current problem that the chapter is attempting to resolve. 

(Please note registration will close on Friday, April 1st @ 12:00pm)

Event Overview:   During the free 4 PDU virtual workshop, attendees will learn about and experience the Design Thinking process.  The very interactive and collaborative event will step every participant through each of the Design Thinking modes while working through a current problem that the chapter is attempting to resolve. 

About Design Thinking:   Design Thinking is a non-linear, iterative process that businesses or individuals can use to understand people (members, clients, users), challenge assumptions, define or redefine problems and create innovative solutions to ultimately prototype and test. Involving five different modes—Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype and Test—it is often used to tackle problems that are ill-defined or unknown.

Agenda:

• Design Thinking Overview: What is Design Thinking and how does it work?
  • How Design Thinking can be used within the Agile framework
• Detailed description of each Design Thinking mode with hands-on exercises using various tools
  • Information gathering
  • Gaining clarity about the problem to be solved
  • Team brainstorming
  • Developing prototypes to test
• Time for questions and answers

Cost: The event is free to both chapter members and non-members. And registration is limited to first 30 registrations. 

**Please let us know in advance if for any reason you are unable to attend**

Guides:  The sessions will be facilitated by Innoveate, who has been providing free Design Thinking workshops and training to Project Management Institute Sacramento Valley Chapter members and chapter leaders for several years.  Part of their mission is giving back to the community by volunteering their time and helping various volunteer-based, non-profit organizations - like the PMI-SVC - solve problems for their organizations.