E3, Pt2: Designing for Compassion with Amanda White, Director of Content at Local Projects
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  PART 2:  What’s the formula to spark and then activate compassion? As you’ll learn in this episode - there is one! I had the pleasure of interviewing Amanda White, Director of Content for Local Projects in NYC.  Amanda is a leader in experience design on a global stage - with 17 years' experience in leading content development for design. She leads teams to transform concepts into impactful experiences for user engagement - with a specialty in strategic messaging and storytelling.   In our two-part episode, we discuss how to connect with visitors’ compassion, how compassion might be transformed into action, and how Amanda is inspired to tell the stories that create deep connections with audiences. Local Projects LinkedIn page Local Projects website Amanda White LinkedIn page   Links to other resources discussed in episode Attention Restoration Theory and Study Terra, Sustainability Expo 2020, Dubai - example of immersion and a more linear relationship between ‘feel’ and ‘think’ Greenwood Rising in Tulsa  - example of integrating ‘feel’, ‘think’ and ‘do’ in proximal relationship Power of Science @ Frost Museum of Science, Miami - Example of ‘feel’ and ‘think’ in a proximal relationship Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Sydney Australia  form making plays a big role  Seattle Aquarium  Museum of Science and History, Jacksonville FL - Experimenting with integrating opportunities for people to get involved with their community much more closely with other parts of content and exhibits. Ex of ‘Feel’, ‘Think’, and ‘Do’, in proximal relationship. Jordan Museum in Amman Sleep No More - Immersive Theater Tribeca Film VR Arcade Tenement Museum Change the Museum instagram MuseumNext blog Inclusive Museum blog Science journal Nature journal Inside Climate News journal   Link to Stef’s episode sketch / mind map / data viz (aka Link to see the inside of my brain) Stef’s notes on Feel-Think-Do formula   Connect with us: Have questions or topics you’d like us to explore on the podcast? Or a recommendation of an expert to interview? Please drop us a line at [email protected] with your idea! Need help with a user-centered project, evaluation or experience design strategy?  Head over to digin-ux.com for info on user-centered strategies for your mission-driven institution,  Or connect with us at [email protected]  about your project or other cool collaboration you’ve got in mind!
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