A free six-week online training programme teaching innovative techniques from the digital world to enhance work and problem-solving abilities.
What is a Design Hop?
The Design Hop is a unique, hands-on programme that helps charities and social organisations explore and develop new digital ideas, no matter their level of experience with digital technology.
Offered by CAST, this interactive course takes you through essential steps to think differently about the challenges that your service users, volunteers or colleagues might be facing, and to start small but impactful digital projects.
Bring along a real-life challenge that you wish to address in your role, and we will guide you through the fundamental skills and processes you'll need to come up with a simple solution.
Course structure
- 3 live group Zoom sessions over 6 weeks
- Total of 10-15 hours of coursework in your own time: videos, reading and exercises. You'll be recruiting users and running user research interviews, coming up with ideas, gathering knowledge from within your organisation, and more!
- Weekly emails with top tips
- Access to an expert throughout for questions and support
What you'll learn
You'll learn to apply straightforward, practical methods that can bring fresh perspectives and ways of working to your organisation.
It's a chance to explore how digital solutions might help you reach more people, streamline your work, or develop new ways of supporting your audiences.
You will gain:
- Increased confidence with digital problem-solving processes - regardless of whether you are working on digital or non-digital projects or challenges
- Improved understanding of the challenges faced by your service users, volunteers or your colleagues
- A small solution or action plan to take away
- Resources and next steps to continue learning about digital ways of working
- Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn new skills that will benefit you, your organisation and most importantly, your service users.
Dates
The next Design Hop will begin in January 2025. Course dates:
- Wednesday 29th January 10.30am-12pm
- Wednesday 5th February 10.30am-12pm
- Wednesday 12th March 10.30am-12pm
Attendees must be able to attend all three sessions and commit to the 10-15 hours of 'homework' in their own time.