NESSBE2019

Amid a shifting economic and political climate, the importance of identifying and partnering with community stakeholders to seek transformational engagement has never been greater. These partnerships can be both traditional (e.g., a homeless shelter and social service agency) and non-traditional (e.g., a housing developer and a hospital). This fully interactive workshop is designed to introduce attendees to the value of a collective impact mindset to improve our communities using a social innovation framework. Attendees will come away with a shared language and basic understanding of the fundamental principles behind inclusive, effective, change-making approaches to problem-solving that work across sectors. The workshop will also develop a sense of empathy among the attendees and encourage them to explore what it means to "walk in the shoes" of various community stakeholders, and what goes into participating in, and possibly leading, a community-driven partnership to achieve equitable access to healthcare, housing, education, and employment that will contribute to optimal community health and wellbeing.

Learning Objectives:

1. Introduce collective impact mindset
2. Introduce social innovation framework
3. Develop principles required for cross-sector problem-solving
4. How empathy can help enrich community-driven partnership building

AIA Continuing Education Credit: 2 LU
Living Future Accreditation Credits: 1.5 HRS

Matt Enstice will discuss social design, a new approach to navigating uncertainty and strengthening collaboration. He shares the principles and process of social design as well as case studies from his colleague, Cheryl Heller's new book, The Intergalactic Design Guide; Harnessing the Creative Potential of Social Design. Matt Enstice, President and CEO of Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, will discuss how he applies social design in his work toward equity, sustainability and resilience for his city, at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

In the summer of 2018, FMRA worked with BPS and HUBweek to design and launch a series of engagements across the city culminating at Boston’s HUBweek festival on City Hall plaza in October. The goal was to connect our strongest industry partners, Apple, Vertex, Microsoft, Lego Education, and others, to students, faculty, and staff from across the Boston Public School system. Student experiences were designed to generate excitement about opportunities in the tech sector through hands-on workshops, presentations and studio visits. For teachers, accredited professional development workshop sessions with corporate partners exposed them tools and curriculum aids which they can integrate into their existing STEM curricula. The several month engagement was not only intended to connect individual students and teachers, but also to lay the groundwork for long term engagements between schools and industry partners over the coming years.

Learning Objectives:
1. tactical urbanism - set up temporary interventions in public space to help our communities of color feel welcome
2. civic and social engagement - connecting our industry and technology partners to our school communities to build bridges between them
3. behavior change - getting our school communities to feel a sense of ownership towards the city by inviting them participate in activities designed for them in spaces they don't often get to use
4. making experiences sticky - this entire project is a launchpad for deeper engagements and connections between industry and our school communities. This is only the beginning, the goal is for students, teachers and school leaders to own the relationships with industry to be able to advocate for their own needs

AIA Continuing Education Credit: 2 LU
Living Future Accreditation Credits: 2 HRS