The Skills4Impact Accelerator is our unique solution to the complex challenges early- and mid-career professional women and migrants face. We are especially expecting applications from those who are or have spent time abroad (working, studying, living in a different country) or who are moving abroad.
It is a hackathon-style 7-week program to help you develop your technical skills, combined with daily time for reflection and weekly brave discussions (sharing and reflection circles) to further enhance and implement social-emotional skills.
Why an Accelerator?
Traditional education is not able to keep up with the constant, rapid changes we see in the world, OR provide all the skills, and inner work that is needed for real life, supporting young people to be career ready. This 7-week Skills for Impact Accelerator brings together the "hardcore", widely sought after skills (through resolving a real-world issue throughout the design cycle) and socio-emotional skills (that are also needed for careers), in an international and safe environment, with like-minded individuals.
Who is this for?
You're looking to get ahead with improving the skills you have, get more confident with presenting your ideas or speak up on meetings, while you are also looking for a unique way to grow personally and professionally.
You are seeking connection with a community of people who understand the challenges of moving abroad or back to your home country, or who are internationally-minded.
You’re facing high demands personally & professionally, and it's affecting your mental wellbeing. You are seeking practical tools and / or a braving place to build habits that promote resilience, and challenge you to start from within.
You understand that change starts within, and are ready for the challenge of developing your social-emotional skills while also improving skills that are essentials for the future of work.
We bring together extraordinary women and their supporters from across the world, who are looking to make an impact in their communities, enhance their skills and their confidence, to collaboratively solve real-world challenges around the design cycle and enhance their social-emotional skills.
What will you learn?
Discover more of your unique strengths
Creative & collaborative thinking about social and environmental issues
Innovating through participatory, feminist & human-centred design principles
Improve your social-emotional skills, such as cross-cultural understanding & communication, self-awareness, active listening, and more
Develop your technical skills: e.g. teamwork, conceptual skills, problem-solving, collaboration, critical thinking...
If you opt for mentoring: build your wellbeing toolkit, while becoming prepared for the first / next step in your career.
BONUS: A community of like-minded women worldwide and embrace our "brave places" during and beyond the Bootcamp!
BONUS: A 12-week journal, so you can continue with your reflections after the Bootcamp.
BONUS: Monthly community meetings after the Bootcamp with guest speakers on selected topics
Weekly breakdown
Week 1: Forming teams, team building
Social-emotional skill: Intro to journaling.
Mindful minute.
Our methodology.
Introducing: 3 social and environmental problems to solve - brought to you by exceptional professionals
Selecting the problem you would like to resolve & forming your teams.
Team building activities.
The journal.
Weekly journal: Life and emotions wheel. The basis of journaling.
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What's included?
6* 30mins "brave place" to discuss previous journaling learnings with your partner (times will be clarified on our first meeting)
6 worksheets to learn more about the design process and support your research
6 weekly journals with thought-provoking prompts to enhance your social-emotional skills
If opting for additional career & wellbeing mentoring, you will receive essential resources to build your wellbeing toolkit and become career ready and 5*1 hour mentoring sessions
6* 90mins team work (on Saturdays, at 15.00 CET) to develop a potential resolution to the project you selected + 1*90 mins presentations and evaluation (please, check your timezone here).
Exclusive (and free!) access to our community (on WhatsApp)
Time commitment outside of the Bootcamp:
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20-30mins each day -- for journaling & reflection
20-30 mins for research during the first two weeks
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