Empathy and Experience Design

Join us in this time of social distancing as we explore the ways we can create powerful, intimate experiences remotely. Come with a friend or be paired with another attendee. We will apply experience design tools to the situation we are all facing, considering how to turn the spaces of our quarantine into theaters of possibility. What is the one key to really great design? What is required for us to understand each other better? Work together better? A product or live performance, organizational structure or digital interface -- everything we design succeeds or fails in the experience of the user. To create with meaning is to do so with empathy. In this workshop we will jump into experience design, focusing on developing a special understanding of your audience. Using Odyssey Works’ singular interview process, we will explore developing a space of curiosity and intimacy with your audience in order to have the deepest possible impact. Workshop attendees both create and receive a bespoke experience to take place within their places of quarantine. Note: Please set aside time for yourself to complete the design activity the day following the workshop. YOU WILL LEARN: How to practice empathy as the springboard for strong design The art of asking powerful questions to open dialogue with your audience Odyssey Works' singular interview process Designing for impact Attendance is Pay What You Wish. Suggested donation is $30. Pay-it-forward donation is $60. Workshop full? Interested in bringing a design workshop to your team as they work from home? All of our in-person offerings are now available online. Find out more here or just drop us a line here to let us know what you're looking for. ODYSSEY WORKS IN THE PRESS: The New York Times: "The idea is a beautiful inefficiency: a tiny but infinitely more affected audience." Newsweek: "Says Ayden LeRoux, Assistant Artistic Director, 'Between all of our participants, what we see as the most marked transformation, beyond any sort of specific narrative in their lives, is the way that their attention to the world changes afterward.'" "The overwhelming amount of information about the participant that the team has access to, coupled with the seemingly endless number of outlets through which to deliver their performance, means that each Odyssey is part months-long surprise birthday party, part love letter written in every conceivable language—and all just for you..." BRING ODYSSEY WORKS WORKSHOPS TO YOUR COMPANY: Odyssey Works leads this workshop and bespoke design workshops for corporate teams. Reach out to speak with us about remote workshops for teams. Email workshops@odysseyworks.org to learn more.