Adam Burk + Co

Incredible gift from Sarah Paul at yesterday’s Intro to Design Thinking workshop. I was Sarah’s client for our afternoon design challenge and she designed this for me! It codifies an ideal collaborative workflow that I can use to communicate with others. Check out her crazy good stick figure skills!

Thanks to Sarah and all of yesterday’s participants for a meaningful day together.

Why learn Design Thinking on October 16 with us?

"Learning design thinking changed how I approached not only finding solutions to challenges that I was working on, but involving the right people and asking the best questions to get to the best results." - Carol Walker Aten, Leadership Portland, past workshop participant

Introduction to Design Thinking — Adam Burk + Co October 16, 2019 Portland, Maine What is it This is a full-day immersive workshop. We begin with an academic approach to understanding design thinking and then shift to an experiential practice of design doing. Our workshops focus on giving participants ample opportunity to try out the skills

Check out this opportunity to continue the once in a generation body of work that uses the Katahdin Gazetteer as it's guidebook. Work with smart, passionate people to create a truly special future in a truly special place.

Want to work in the Katahdin Region?

The Katahdin Collaborative is hiring a Community Accelerator to undertake the communication, networking, and coordination among Collaborative partners to accelerate actions and outcomes from the Katahdin Gazetteer. The position will add capacity to accelerate Katahdin Collaborative’s mission to
create a positive environment to facilitate communication, leverage resources and foster collaboration among regional community members, volunteer groups, businesses, non-profit agencies, institutions, and municipalities, working towards the revitalization of the Katahdin Region.

We're looking for an individual who is visionary, collaborative, results-oriented, adaptive and organized. Compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience. 2000 hours, hourly rate in the range of (up to) $40 per hour. This is a one-year contract that may extend to future years.

To apply, please review the job description posted on our website and follow the instructions.

Full job description:https://katahdincollaborative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/KC-Community-Accelerator-Job-Description-FINAL.docx.pdf

Over the past year, we have been working with hundreds of people who live and work in eight towns in the Katahdin region of Maine to design their future. It’s a huge, messy process and it’s all coming together. The final action plan will be shared in April.

If the process had a bibliography this would be it.

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On Dialogue

A Pattern Language

Design, when everybody designs

Katahdin: An Historic Journey

The Field Guide to Human Centered Design

One thing we have loved about working in the Katahdin region is learning about all the awesome spots to explore. To help you have great adventures, the Katahdin Gear Hub at the Millinocket Memorial Library has great gear you can check out with a library card. And YOU can get a library card!