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Be More than a Member: Be a Change Maker in Design with CIRCLE


The Human Centered Design Network

April 5, 2024

CIRCLE
Let's get busy

“We launched our brand new community, titled CIRCLE, last month and invite you to join”

Gerry Scullion

Founder of This is HCD

The Power of Community

A strong community comes from within, and has characteristics of support, growth, inclusivity, diversity, appreciation and probably many more. These are all values that I am learning more about whilst being the main facilitator of CIRCLE.

There are two types of communities online.

Paid and Free.

With Free, which we tried and had several thousand people part of our Slack Community, it was a ghost town. People were there, but were lurking. In the end, I decided one day to just kill it as the framework didn't allow us to provide any sort of meaningful connections. There was little governance.

“We want to create a space for talking AND doing”

The value of the PAID model is there are several people involved with CIRCLE. We are committed to creating an environment for deeper connection through stimulating conversation around Monthly Themes.

Based on this conversation, we then create Garage Spaces online that members can join and think of ways to tackle the Theme.

As an example, this months theme is Ageism in Design. We now have about 20-people who will gather online inside CIRCLE with a view to creating something to help that theme. It could be in the form of education, or a course, or a free resource etc.

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Access the Community for as little as €3.99 per month.

Other Design communities charge as much as €50 per month. We purposely chose not to do this as we want to create a space for as many people to join and learn.

With this you automatically receive;

  • Networking opportunities each month
  • A Premium Podcast account to access 300+ episode of This is HCD
  • Basic Membership with direct access to our Members List
  • Win ticket giveaways for Design events
  • Quarterly campfires
  • Community Learning Events

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Gerry Scullion, Dogpatch Labs, 1 CHQ Building, North Wall, Dublin, Dublin Dublin 1

Join 3000+ Designers worldwide who are empowering organisations to transform how they are designing and delivering services.

I’m the founder of the Human Centered Design Network and the creator of This is HCD, the leading human-centered design podcast with over 1.5 million downloads. We empower organisations worldwide with expert design training and coaching for executives, designers and teams.

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