Conference design
In short: Restream. It has a free option that allows you to stream an event on two platforms live (Youtube and Linkedin for example) and have a very polished output. For more 1:1 community interactions Zoom is a nice alternative.
Conference design
In short: universities have a shit load of rooms of different sizes, good material, great cafeteria and cleaning staff all already in place.
Conference design
In short: people might not select a workshop at all and create a very disrespectful atmosphere with it. Registration to the workshops in advance with limited spots fixes this.
Conference design
In short: the workshops and talks are just to excuse to bring people together. The breaks are where the magic happens. Add a lot of breaks and make them longer.
Templates
A tiny A4 canvas to help conference or community events participant to: * Set an intention for the day * Take notes about the workshops and talks they attend * Reflect at the end of the day in duos Get the template This template was created for the Swiss Service Design Day 2026,
Community building
In short: ask for the intention at the start of the day, do embodiement and mindfulness exercises throughout the day, give space for reflection, less input more conversation.
Books and courses creation
In short: With a tiny tool built with Replit I can turn in a few clicks a full biography written in Notion in a PDF formatted for printing. Without having to do manual copy and paste with another design tool.
In short: Mindset (backstage / frontstage, multitouchpoint, experience versus reality, etc), tools (Service Blueprint, interviews, etc.), everyday life (using it outside of work)
In short: Service Design helps organisations understand why people are so pissed about them and then fixes the problem.
In short: focus on intervision to attract community members, events for awareness and stability to create a heartbeat. These lead all to an open call for new leadership. Don't lose time with on site events, online community spaces, admin.
In short: contribution to the field (theoretical impact), organisational, social, environmental, business, personal, career, etc.
In short: stories, quotes, numbers, before and after, validation from organizations, scaling, photos, awards, certifications, principles versus achievements, etc. all are ways to prove your impact and there are for sure even more. Having a mix of numbers and stories usually helps.
In short: Frame your project in a way where you define what is the zone of combat. Four things you can use for this are: Title, Scope, Type of project, Role.
In short: Reducing the scope of an idea means letting go of things which feels like a grieving process. Widening the scope of an idea means exploring additional stuff which feels like getting gifts (if you’re curious at least)
In short: Check institution rules: Check your institution's guidelines. Say you've used it: Be clear about how you use AI. Be radically transparent: Share links to AI conversations. Don't use it only for text generation: Use AI to interview you, or to write while walking.
In short: focus on what you can do today. Ask yourself why am I not less motivated? This question reveals all the deep motivation you have.
In short: No. There just good scopes and bad scopes for a topic. The topic isn’t what’s important.
In short: decompose the different parts of your topic (who, where, touchpoints, issues, etc) and then remix them to create new focused topic ideas. From there, start working topic on a few that resonate and see which one has more potential.
In short: start with a passion, find a problem to work and make it very specific. Be positively lazy: work with your network.
In short: Create a focused topic, for example by focusing on a specific location. Then list and remind yourself all the reasons why this topic is important to you.
In short: make the topic as narrow as possible. Define with whom, where and for what part of the experience.