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With bigger social challenges and 10 new charities starting every day, innovation an d creativity are key to finding new ways to deliver on our end goals, and to differentiate brand and offering in a rapidly growing sector. Dylan Martyn believes, despite popular belief, that creativity is process that can be learned and applied every day; quickly, cheaply, and at any scale. In this webinar, Dylan will demystify the "creative process” and show us how it can be directly applied to solving problems in NFP organisations - FAST and on a budget. You will learn the 5 key mindsets to creativity, and start building your “innovation utility belt” with simple tools you can apply right away with your team or on your next project.

What am I going to get out of this?

• An overview of the habits and behaviours of highly creative teams
• An introduction to Design Thinking; a simple framework for creative problem solving;
• Real-world case studies showing how Design Thinking can quickly and cost-effectively develop breakthrough solutions to wicked problems;
• Examples of how Not-for-Profit organisations can apply Design Thinking to address core challenges, including;
  • A need to do more with less
  • Changing customer expectations
  • Changing demographics
  • Digital disruption / leveraging technology
  • Cutting through noise
• Three take-away exercises for you to begin building creative confidence in your team. Right now.

About the Presenter – Dylan Martyn from Wire8

Dylan has worked for over 12 years in design strategy and organisational change roles across tech, corporate finance, education, healthcare and government sectors throughout Asia Pacific. In 2018 Dylan founded wire8 as part of a life-long goal to reconnect people with their more creative side; what he calls "your wild mind.” His aim is to give people the tools, confidence and support to solve problems creatively for people and planet - not only profit. Dylan also teaches in the Master of Communications Design program at RMIT University, and holds a Masters Degree in Applied Science - Design for Technology from the University of Otago.

The mission of wire8 is to unlock the creative energy within people everywhere to drive positive social change. We get a kick out of teaching socially-conscious organisations to apply creative problem-solving mindsets and tools to develop breakthrough solutions to the most wicked social challenges of our time.