Hope Summit Workshop Series
Amid the Hope Transforms campaign launch, Belmont University hosted the Hope Summit Workshop Series, a day of collaboration and creativity that united faculty and industry leaders. Co-designed by Belmont Innovation Labs, college deans and faculty, and Advancement, the workshops explored how higher education can reimagine its role in solving the world’s greatest challenges—guided by Belmont’s vision of formation, innovation, and impact.
Our Partners
Our Approach
- Interactive experience using human centered design principals to engage participants
- Multiple mediums to explore the problem/challenge and generate direction for the future
- Lead the room, especially prospective funders, to a vision of what could be and how they can participate
- Cultivate and connect an ecosystem of problem solvers to be invested in the success of the ultimate outcomes of the workshop
- Clarify the problem statement, workshop overview, white paper, story interview subject(s) and white paper
- Identify high performing students to participate in a variety of ways (note-takers, hospitality and conversation participants)
- Co-curate speakers, panelists and other content experts to participate in the workshop
- Co-design workshop flow content
- Event architecture and design
- Co-curate speakers, panelists and other content experts to participate in the workshop
- Co-design the workshop content and flow
- Facilitate the workshop day-of
- Vision and campaign integration
- Communications and registration
- Logistics and participant hospitality
Data: Produced a 12-page white papers for each workshop sent ahead of the workshop that explained out the challenge area, provided relevant data, articulated the design constraints and concluded with key prompts.
Storytelling: Directed two 5-minute storytelling videos that engaged the lived experience of a person at the center of the challenge.
Placemat: Designed and developed for each person to engage the problem statement, enage with the conversation prompts and see the flow of the workshop.
Results
Behind every number is a story of collaboration, creativity, and hope—proof of what’s possible when Belmont’s community comes together with purpose.