I think human-centred design gives you thee opportunity to have a deeper understanding and reflection of the target audience. So through research and the synthesis of the insights you’ve gathered, along with your own reflection based on the understanding of the target audience you can identify the design opportunities that really resonate with them. This process really brings out the magic of how the solution you come up with, can really resonate well with the target audience.
Community updates
HCDExchange launches podcast: What Do You(th) Think?
In the first season we speak with guests from Kenya, India, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Ethiopia. We get to hear about how they started working in the ASRH field, what motivates them, how they use HCD in their work and how they think we can design programmes that can serve adolescents and youth better.
Fellowship Learning & Reflections: Susan Towett, Grassroot Soccer
I am very proud to contribute to the construction of a ‘Youth-Powered Design Toolkit’ for GRS, preparing templates, guidance, and tools for the phases of the HCD process. I have organised existing tools, contributed new content, and prepared guidance for end users of the toolkit, GRS & partner organisation staff. The toolkit will aid in formalising the HCD process for GRS teams, and will be accompanied by HCD workshops that I will facilitate in the next month or so.
IYD 2021: Celebrating Young Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Leaders
This year, the HCDExchange set out to honour International Youth Day all month long instead of just August 12 which is marked as International Youth Day. We are closing out the month by celebrating six young change makers who are making huge impacts in the sexual reproductive health of adolescents in their community.
Calling Young Designers: Get a Crash Course on HCD in ASRH
Join us for a series of interactive design workshops that have been designed to explore how to use human-centered design (HCD) and design-thinking to improve your awareness, access and advocacy work for the AYSRHR agenda.
Fellowship Learning & Reflections: Nzisa Kioko, YLabs
What I learned from this experience was that planning is important, but you also have to plan for mitigation strategies. You have to have a backup plan for all the ‘what if’s’ that can happen, which is a thing I learned in YLabs. Before we went to the field we had a mitigation strategy meeting where we asked – what happens when people don’t show up?
Community Call Summary: Cultivating and Using Adolescent Insights in HCD & ASRH Programming
In generating insights it is important that we are able to differentiate between the facts and the root problem.
HCD in Action: Cultivating Adolescent Insights
One important lesson I took away was to immerse oneself in the surrounding environment for populations you are designing for – this is the truest form of displaying real empathy as a designer or programmer.
Fellowship Learning & Reflections: David Mireri, PS Kenya/Adolescents360
The greatest thing about the fellowship is the aspect of community. It is really what I was looking for and I can see that it is there. The bond that I share with the other fellows who are working in other organisations – the way we interact, the way we share ideas, the way we build upon each other’s ideas – I find that very useful!
Meet the New HCDExchange Advisory Council
We are thrilled to present the new HCDExchange Advisory Council! The Advisory Committee provides HCDExchange with expertise, leadership support, and strategic direction. They lend their voices and influence as HCD+ASRH champions, advocate for the adoption of good practices and for the generation of evidence and broker partnerships and create opportunities to secure political and financial […]