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In the midst of our day to day work, we are trying to give time and space to innovation and design-thinking.
Below are just a few examples of the ideas that we are growing and the projects that we are actively working on this year.
If you'd like to know more, just drop us a line.
"We are designing the future of what we do. We are mixing things up and looking for new combinations. Sometimes our ideas just fizzle out and sometimes they go boom."
"We are designing the future of what we do. We are mixing things up and looking for new combinations. Sometimes our ideas just fizzle out and sometimes they go boom."
Projects in process
Projects in process
The ISB Experience Room 2.0
The ISB Experience Room 2.0
The ISB Experience Room represents a revolution in school admissions. This interactive, intentionally designed space was driven by a key question: how can we re-imagine admissions as a learning experience for families.
More than one year since opening, we are currently working on version 2.0 of this room. We are analysing the data. We are looking at how to share what we have learned for others to develop their own Experience Room. We are also looking at how to build into this concept the idea of an Admissions Decision Making Cycle.
The Transitions Game
The Transitions Game
Rooted in the Lifecycle of School Engagement, Robin Berting and Suzette Parlevliet have developed a "Transitions Game", designed to help us understand and reflect on the interaction we have with families going various stages of transition. It's a game that leads to better conversations and better insights into the user experience of families in our school.
Re-thinking Development
Re-thinking Development
"Schools are changing. And my point is simply that our traditional fundraising strategies in this new educational landscape may no longer apply." (Fragments2.com)
At Learning by Design 2019, we hosted a generative conversation with fellow Advancement professionals, teachers, heads of school and Trustees about the role of development in schools. It used a design thinking process to dig deep into the problems that we are trying to solve and encouraged every one of us to stop for a moment and try to imagine different possible pathways for the work that we do.
My Alumni Manifesto
My Alumni Manifesto
Is it possible to imagine the universal journey of a student beyond school? What is the role of the school in supporting him or her along that journey? Perhaps we can design a series of Elements can be "played" in endless combinations at different moments in time.
Watch this space for more information about how we are trying to reshape the way in which we connect to members of our Alumni community.
Job Descriptions
Job Descriptions
Simply, our job descriptions are traditional and outdated. So we are working on re-formulating what we do to align with our definition of Advancement and the Elements of the Periodic Table of Advancement.
Scenario Planning
Scenario Planning
"In the history of education, I am suggesting, international education is still little more than a punctuation mark at the end of a long sentence. And there is no telling, at this point in time, whether it will be a factor in human history six decades from now."(Fragments2.com)
We are learning about scenario planning and, using a new set of tools and protocols, trying to look deeper into the future than we would normally be able to go.
If you'd like to find out more about any of these projects, we'd love for you to get involved.
Projects recently completed
Projects recently completed
Data Privacy and Advancement in Schools: A Framework for Improvement
Data Privacy and Advancement in Schools: A Framework for Improvement
On January 7, a group of Advancement Colleagues from a range of international schools plus representatives from key networks met to:
- Define a set of standards or a code of practice that International Schools could follow related to data privacy and Advancement.
- Using a design-thinking approach, think about how we can create some common templates and tools so that we are not all reinventing the wheel.
- Consider how to share this these tools and resources with other schools to support them in their work.
This project was in partnership with 9ine Consulting.
Project Completed, July 2019
A Website that Listens and Learns
A Website that Listens and Learns
Almost as soon as we opened the ISB Experience Room, back in January 2018, it was obvious that our school website was somehow out of sync and needed to be brought into line with this new approach.
So we started to imagine possibilities. We dreamed and sketched. We described the possible and the impossible. We looked around at the inspiring work being done by colleagues in other schools and in other fields.
Read the Finalsite Blog on this project
Project Completed, November 2018.
The ISB Learning Network
The ISB Learning Network
The ISB Learning Network was an attempt to bring visual representation to the various Guiding Statements that inform, frame and capture the story of life and learning at ISB.
The ISB Learning Network expressed in our Annual Report
Project Completed, September 2018.
The ISB Experience Room 1.0
The ISB Experience Room 1.0
The ISB Experience Room represents a revolution in school admissions. This interactive, intentionally designed space was driven by a key question: how can we re-imagine admissions as a learning experience for families.
See the ISB Experience Room in action
Read more about the thinking behind this project
Project Completed, January 2018.
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