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Meet the Project Teams: Proposed Solutions to Problems in Healthcare + Storytelling for Audience Engagement & Personal Brand Workshop
Join The Upskilling Labs, an open civic learning community, whose monthly meetups are great spaces to think about big ideas and learn/ practice skills with emerging technologies like AI. Participants work with others on hands-on projects to tackle real-world problems in different sectors or themes.
At the third meetup of our Health Systems build cycle, participants have spent ~6 weeks exploring problem statements within their peers. They are now ready to share the solutions they will build over the next 4 weeks. Come get inspired- it's not too late to join in!
Meetups include both monthly opportunities for Upskillers to present what they have learned and built as well as relevant workshops. The workshops are designed for upskillers in the build cycle but are open to the public!
5:00pm-6:00pm — Storytelling for Audience Engagement & Personal Brand Workshop (5th Floor Event Space)
6:00pm–7:30pm — Meet the Project Teams presentations. New Books space (5th Floor Event Space)
The Upskilling Labs is a fast-growing civic learning community bringing together mission-driven professionals to explore how emerging tech (AI and others) and skill-sharing can unlock new value for our local communities. The Upskilling Labs meetups are opportunities to come together with like-minded people to explore and experiment with emerging technologies like AI.
Meetups are meant to bring anyone interested in upskilling with concrete skills and hands-on projects together around quarterly themes, with each cycle following a structured progression, generally happening on second Tuesdays of the month:
Month 1: Theme Launch & Expert Panel- a panel of experts from government (local, national, international), private sector, academia, and nonprofit organizations presents current challenges within the quarterly theme. The discussion catalyzes ideas about how emerging technologies can address these problems and identifies opportunities for innovation.
Month 2: Workshops & Collaboration- community members meet to collaborate on projects & attend workshops or other help sessions held by volunteer mentors. This affords community members the opportunity to learn from each other and from experts.
Month 3: Progress Showcase- community members voluntarily present their work to date, sharing what they've researched and planned, lessons learned, and next steps. This creates accountability, facilitates knowledge sharing, and builds momentum across the community.
Month 4: Final Project Showcase + New Theme Launch- community members present their final project to an audience, marking the completion of the cycle. Members who complete the cycle will have a concrete example of something they've "built out loud" to add to their professional portfolio, demonstrating real-world skills like adaptability, collaboration, creative problem-solving, and public speaking.
This cycle repeats quarterly with new themes, creating sustained engagement while allowing flexibility for participants to join at any point or contribute to multiple cycles, and work on their projects as long as they would like to. The working themes are as follows: Q1 - Health, Q2 - Climate and Environment, Q3 - Technology and Trust.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) | Lecture |
