I've blogged quite a few times about our class Creating Infectious Action at the Stanford d.school. We are teaching it again this Fall. The class is only for Stanford students, but, just like last year, we will have a conference that is open to the public (last year, we had well over 300 people). So stay tuned for that announcement. Here is the announcement for Stanford students who are interested in applying for the class. It is also on Facebook with some bells and whistles here. The poster to the left was done by our beyond amazing course assistant, Joe Mellin, one talented guy.
Here is the Stanford stuff:
Creating Infectious Action
Spring 2009
This class will immerse Stanford masters students in the practice and theory of creating large-scale persistent behavioral
changes. Student teams will complete hands-on projects coached by design process experts and evaluated by members of
partner organizations and other business leaders, along with members of the teaching team. In addition, brief "thought
bombs" will be presented in most classes on pertinent topics including developing ideas that stick, leading social
movements, behavioral decision theory, network theory, interpersonal persuasion, examples of ideas that have spread, and
seemingly unsuccessful ideas.
We invite all Stanford graduate students to apply for the class. We select students for both their individual background
and skills and, especially, to round out our multi-disciplinary teams. This is a high commitment class and will require
intensive teamwork.
Class Number: MS&E 288
Units: 4
Time: Th 3:15-6:05PM, Lab M 5:30-7:30PM
Limited enrollment: 24 students, graduate students only
Applications: Join the Facebook group: Shhh… CIA is coming to the d.!
Teaching Team:
Perry Klebahn, Timbuk2, d.school
Michael Dearing, d.school
Bob Sutton, Management Science & Engineering
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