PIVOT 2020 will transition to a one-day virtual event, to build community among researchers. We are creating a schedule for the day and updating the call for participation. The coordinating team is excited to envision what a virtual gathering can…
This Taylor Social Innovation Conversation showcases how community partner organizations create valuable knowledge for social innovation practice. Come learn from PlayBuild NOLA about their collaborations with the City and Tulane to promote grassroots action around child-friendly environments in New Orleans.…
Join us for another Social Innovation Conversation, featuring a fun, stimulating conversation with graduate students who received Catalyst Awards for their social innovation research. Speakers include Andy Melendez Salgado, Bethany Beachum, Shana Zucker. Light lunch provided. Register via Eventbrite to…
Join us for a conversation with Anne LaFond of JSI on human-centered design in global health and to explore opportunities for research and practical experience. This event is hosted by Dr. Alessandra Bazzano, a Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and faculty…
For this special, Fast 48 edition of DT and Donuts, participants will engage in activities around empathy, interviewing, and listening. They will also interact with Taylor's Community Innovator's Circle partner, PlayBuild NOLA. Participants will engage in a fast-paced, hands-on, and…
As we navigate through a busy hurricane season, let’s work together to re-imagine how to better handle the experience of preparing for hurricane evacuation or staying. Participants will learn some team-based design thinking mindsets and practices and generate some hopefully…
Join our two-hour crash course to get a taste of human-centered design (HCD), a process to generate new ideas to solve problems, while keeping our end-users front and center. In this fast-paced, hands-on activity, participants will learn some basic mindsets…
Are you interested in becoming a Taylor Student Fellow? Then come meet the current fellows to get the inside scoop on the fellowship and application. Taylor Student Fellows are more than the usual student worker and are treated as paraprofessionals. Specifically, fellows:…
Click here to register. Let's reimagine Mardi Gras festivities and experiences to improve our resilience and adaptability to changing climate! The Taylor Center’s short DT & Donuts workshop introduces participants to human-centered design (HCD) as a collaborative, creative, information-synthesis process…