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Deep Dive Session

MON-DD-01: Try it Out: Empowering Communities through Social Science and Play

Monday, October 30, 2023
9:00am - 11:30am CT

Ticket Purchase Required
2.50 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW
Ticket Price: $25 per person
Learn about a new and innovative design methodology that empowers communities through play. Attendees will discover how to use games to build trust and empathy in engagement meetings. Discuss case studies and implementation strategies with panelists, and see how this approach can be adapted to your work.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Describe how barriers found in traditional community engagement can be removed through play.
  • Summarize how the science of play directly aligns with playful placemaking methodologies.
  • Explore types of outreach models and social science games and activities to empower communities and designers.
  • Engage as a participant in a variety of exercises facilitated by the panelists to experience the power of play and discuss how to implement into your practice.
  • Discuss with the panelists the impacts available when integrating play into community engagement techniques.
  • Practice facilitating exercises in small groups.