I’ve teamed up with the Field Innovation Team (FIT) to run the first ever Miami DO Tank on February 5, 2015, at the University of Miami’s Student Activities Center. Living in South Florida, the detrimental effects of climate change may be inevitable in our lifetime. Co-sponsored by University of Miami’s Center for Communication, Culture, and Change (4C) and FIT, Miami Do Tank will demonstrate how gaming can move communities to prepare and become more resilient to the impact of rising sea levels.
Please join us to learn how gaming can move communities to prepare and become more resilient to climate change impacts. We will play two exciting scientifically constructed games, including Magnitude, to demonstrate this concept. Tying in these games, we will explain the 6-step design-thinking process. We will train participants on how to use this methodology to create rapid, innovative solutions for addressing the challenges of rising sea levels.
Come the University of Miami to meet with other concerned leaders, experts, and researchers on climate change. Play the scientifically created games and find out where they are available as an open source resource.
Miami DO Tank
Thursday, February 5, 2015 (9am – 4pm)
University of Miami, Student Activities Center (North & South rooms)
Coral Gables, FL
For event information and RSVP, please visit: http://goo.gl/TQ1mJj
Good news, students can attend for free by sending an email to Miami DO Tank at info@fieldinnovationteam.org.
General Agenda
- 9:00 am – Welcome
- 9:15 am – “What are Miami and South Florida’s most pressing challenges?” discussion
- 9:45 am – Intro to FIT’s design-thinking process and goals for the day
- 10:05 am – Break
- 10:15 am – Steps 1 + 2 of design-thinking process: “Understand & Observe”
- 10:45 am – Rapid sharing on “Understand & Observe”
- 11:00 am – Play REStrukt game
- 12:00 pm – Lunch
- 1:00 pm – Score REStrukt
- 1:30 pm – Break
- 1:40 pm – Play Magnitude game
- 2:40 pm – Break
- 2:50 pm – Magnitude debrief; Steps 3 + 4 of design-thinking process: “Define & Ideate”
- 3:45 pm – Wrap up
The Field Innovation Team is a 501(c)3 that responds to crises while simultaneously working on disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction at local, state, national, and international levels. FIT’s mission is “Innovating real-time in disasters.” The Miami DO Tank is a short program that helps communities by mobilizing actors and organizations within South Florida to support theexpected outcome of the United Nations Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 – 2015, a 10-year plan to make the world safer from natural hazards.
The Center for Communication, Culture and Change focuses on using communication for social and behavioral change through engaged scholarship and immersive experience. Seeking to address urgent societal issues while making a positive difference in people’s lives, the Center is particularly focused on Latin America and its Miami diaspora.
This information also appears on UM’s School of Communication website.