BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T020000 RDATE:20190310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190501T144919Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190506T193000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190506T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190501T144919Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190501T144919Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250475541 DESCRIPTION:In May\, IDEO.org and +Acumen will once again be offering the ir highly regarded free 9-week online course\, Design Kit: Course for Hu man-Centered Design. As we do regularly\, Portland Community Design Thin kers will be hosting a special meetup on May 6\, where we'll explain wha t the course is about and what you can expect from it. And for those int erested in participating\, we'll help you form teams of local colleagues with whom you can work\, which we've found vastly improves both complet ion rates and the experience as a whole. Created by IDEO.org for those w ho are relatively new to design thinking\, +Acumen's free Design Kit: Co urse for Human-Centered Design is probably one of the best and most imme rsive resources anywhere for getting up to speed on the nuts and bolts o f HCD. This meetup is specifically for those interested in learning more about the course and helping to form working teams. Please note PCDT is *not* managing this course -- you'll be on your own for that. But we're keen to give anyone interested a leg up in getting off to the best poss ible start with a group of other eager local participants\, and you're w elcome to use our own Slack channel for course communication and organiz ing\, as many groups have previously done. Read more about the course at the below link. In brief\, it's a nine-week online FREE curriculum that will introduce participants to the concepts of human-centered design an d how this approach can be used to create innovative\, effective\, and s ustainable solutions. During those nine weeks\, you'll work online (and off) with a group of 2-6 people\, learning the HCD process by applying i t to one of three pre-crafted real world design challenges. (You'll also have a choice to craft your own challenge.) Each week you will explore the fundamental concepts through readings\, case studies\, and short vid eos. Then you'll meet in-person with your design team to get your hands dirty practicing the relevant human-centered design methods. Let's get a s many teams together as we can for the next course! Read more at this l ink: http://www.plusacumen.org/courses/introduction-human-centered-desig n\n\nTags: meetup:event=260162054\, meetup:group=Portland-Community-Desi gn-Thinkers\, innovation\, product design\, Prototyping\, user experienc e\, entrepreneurship\, social innovation\, brainstorming for ideas\, usa bility\, Service Design\, creativity\, User Research\, brainstorming ide as\, ux design\, design thinking\, makerspaces\n\nImported from: http:// calagator.org/events/1250475541 URL:https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Community-Design-Thinkers/events/2601 62054/ SUMMARY:Portland Community Design Thinkers - Join a Team for IDEO.org'­s 9-Week Course for Human-Centered Design LOCATION:Portland: \, Portland OR us SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190501T145041Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190521T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190521T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190501T145041Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190501T145041Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250475548 DESCRIPTION:In January\, Portland Community Design Thinkers gathered to e xamine how mobile devices and apps are designed to hijack our attention in ways that are not aligned with users’ best interests but\, rather\, m ainly with the interests of advertisers. In that session\, we explored h ow “engagement\,” the chief currency of Silicon Valley\, has become inex tricably linked with the hidden design practices that prioritize user ti me on platform above all other considerations. Managing our own ability to ignore these digital distractions is difficult enough\; but it become s vastly more difficult when we must do so for our children as well\, wh o are growing up in a world in which these device mediate nearly every a spect of their social\, psychological (and\, increasingly\, their educat ional) lives. How do parents and families take back control of their hom es -- and their children's futures -- from the Silicon Valley tech giant s whose primary concern is maximizing "\;time on platform"\; and delivering users' eyeballs to advertisers? There is so much at stake. C yber bullying\, inappropriate texts\, social anxiety\, depression\, ubiq uitous porn\, and screen addictions are just a few of the issues that mi ght affect our children. There are certainly benefits to using mobile de vices. But how can parents and young children assure they remain the mas ters of these devices rather than servants to them? How do parents assur e they are leading by example to create tech-healthy families? On May 21 \, we'll reconvene to consider just these questions. We'll be joined by two Portland subject matter experts\, both of whom provide counseling\, workshops and proven strategies for parents to help children manage scre en time and find balance in the digital age. Richard Halpern is a Portla nd-based Parent Educator and Counselor\, and the founder of Coach4Parent s\, providing workshops and parenting strategy sessions to help manage s creen time\, and to reduce screen dependence\, for kids of all ages. And rea Davis and her husband\, Tyler\, are the parents of five kids. Togeth er\, they've created BetterScreenTime\, a resource for any parent who be lieves screen time can be a positive experience and who wants to prepare their children for that privilege in the best way possible. It’s for th e parent who knows screen time will never be perfect\, but believes it c an be better. Join us on May 21 for an interactive discussion. As always \, we'll have food and drink on hand from our sponsor\, LUMA Institute\, some door prize giveaways\, and some networking and socializing time pr ior to and after the presentation.\n\nTags: meetup:event=260858452\, mee tup:group=Portland-Community-Design-Thinkers\, innovation\, product desi gn\, Prototyping\, user experience\, entrepreneurship\, social innovatio n\, brainstorming for ideas\, usability\, Service Design\, creativity\, User Research\, brainstorming ideas\, ux design\, design thinking\, make rspaces\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250475548 URL:https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Community-Design-Thinkers/events/2608 58452/ SUMMARY:Portland Community Design Thinkers - Parenting in the Age of Digi tal Technology: A Humane Tech Meetup LOCATION:Portland: \, Portland OR us SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR