2015-08-06
Empathic Design Workshop 2015-08-06, Thursday: 9 am to 12 pm PDT
Participants
2. Ed Hooks
Empathy for Actors and Animators"Performance animation is all about empathy, and we discuss it extensively in every class I teach...To be very clear: you, as an animator, should try to create an empathetic response for your character."
Despite the fact that it has long-been known that empathy is a learned skill, the results of this study are incredibly meaningful and important.
Everyone Should Be Required to See "Inside Out"
“For example, Joy slowly recognized the power of empathy and Sadness' role in that regard. Empathy involves understanding another person's situation from their perspective.
4. Chase Tachau
“It was a very grim day, when I began to notice the profound lack of empathy in education, particularly in public education.”
Students Co-Designing Their Own School for the Sake of Empathy
"In order to inspire, motivate, and engage students in the learning experience, it is necessary to look at the world through their eyes"
Articles Written About this Workshop
Empathy Circles for Everyone by Lee-Anne Gray
"With Edwin's leadership, the 3-hour workshop went by quickly with many exchanges and learning for all. One of the components that I took away was how important it is to keep practicing empathy, even when one already feels grounded in empathy. Some K12 educators that I respect say empathy is a way of being, that if you go into an interaction oriented with empathy, boom! empathy is present. I believe empathy is like a muscle that benefits from repetitive practice. The more it is flexed, the stronger and more adept one becomes in the practice. Edwin's empathy circle drove this home for me, in a big way! See, empathy circles have one aim, listen and reflect back until the speaker feels fully heard and understood. This objective can be challenging, even for very empathically minded people. "
Empathy and Decision Making by Mark Baer
"I started telling him about an Empathy Design Workshop that I participated in on August 6, 2015. The Workshop was organized by Edwin Rutsch, Founding Director of Center for Building a Culture of Empathy. That organization's "mission is to build a movement for creating a global worldwide culture of empathy and compassion." Edwin works tirelessly to create such a culture through community organizing, facilitating empathy circles and "creating a portal for resources and information about the values of empathy and compassion."
Question: Why is empathy important to you? Or talk about whatever you wish.
Google hangout event page for our discussion.
Click on the link at the time and you should enter the google hangout.
The workbook for doing our empathic design project.
Work Folder: Open 2015-08-06
Opening Question;
Why is empathy important to you? Or talk about whatever you wish.
Meeting Outline
( ) Gather - Work out Technical issues (5 minutes)
( ) Introductions
( ) Outline of Meeting
Empathy Circle as Prototype to Test (1 hr)
Empathic Design Process ( 2 hr)
( ) Explain:
Hangout is being recorded for documentation, education and promotion purposes. We can go back and get transcripts for the design work.
Empathy Circle (1 hr)
( ) Intention Setting
Our intention is to nurture an empathic way of being in the circle.
Agreement: Does that work for everyone?
( ) Light Intention Candle
( ) Mindfulness (2 min)
( ) Empathic listening (45 min)
( ) Link How to Empathic Listening.
( ) How to listening
( ) Up to 6 minutes per person
( ) Listener can take notes on how it feels, issues and we will hear about that in the design phase and address those.
( ) Circle Question:
Why is empathy important to you? Or talk about whatever you wish.
( ) 10: 45 - Felt Sense and mirroring
( ) Blow out Candle and intention into the world
Empathic Design Process ( 2 hr)
Design Workbook http://j.mp/1TVNCMB
Click on this link and your will open the the design workbook.
Next Steps?
( ) Sign up on Calendar for more dates
( ) Plan fo
