<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Design thinking workshops are a powerful tool to engage both students, faculty, and businesses concerning a common interest. The following “how-to” guide is constructed from an interview with UI fellow Valerie Sherry, who implemented a design thinking workshop about the future of the library at the University of Maryland. She has since conducted several other design thinking workshops.</span>
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">It is likely you are considering a design thinking workshop because of a specific issue that has emerged on your campus or in your community. In Valerie’s case, budget constraints were threatening to close one of the campus libraries. Her goals for the workshop were to use design thinking to shape the future of the library and to engage students, faculty, and stakeholders across campus. She hoped that the workshop would provide a way for students to have a voice in the matter, and that her efforts would have a significant and long-lasting.</span>
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Think of what goals and outcomes you would like for your workshop as you begin planning.</span>
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