Trainings & Workshops

College and nonprofit professionals know their students best. Our teams equip you with the tools you need to improve your own programs with an effective behavioral design approach.

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Crash Course, Behavioral Science, Ideas42

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Crash Course in Behavioral Design for Postsecondary Education

Discover behavioral science applications in postsecondary education

This short course introduces participants to applied behavioral design, some of the most common behavioral barriers that students face, and strategies and design principles for addressing those challenges.

Who should participate

Administrators in student-facing roles looking for new ideas about how to improve programs and processes

Course logistics

  • 4 hours class time

  • Mix of interactive lecture and structured breakout activities

  • Zoom or in-person

What you take away

  • Digital workbook with case studies, checklists, worksheets, and more

  • Slides and recordings

Student Communications Workshop, Behavioral Science, Ideas42

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Student Communications Workshop

Streamline your communications to drive student engagement and reduce your workload

This interactive workshop is designed to help organizations develop communications campaigns (using emails, text messages, etc.) to drive follow-through on key tasks using best practices from behavioral science.

Who should participate

Small teams of people working to refine or develop an upcoming communications campaign

Course logistics

  • 4 hours class time

  • Teams that finish drafting campaigns between sessions will receive feedback

  • Mix of interactive lecture and structured breakout activities

  • Zoom or in-person

What you take away

  • Checklist of evidence-based principles for effective student communications

  • Campaign builder template

  • Templates for measuring impact & managing implementation

  • Expert feedback on a drafted communications campaign

  • Slides and recordings

schematic drawn on tablet, Behavioral Science, Ideas42

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Behavioral Design Intensive for Postsecondary Education

Learn a step-by-step methodology for improving your programs by taking a behavioral approach

This 5-part interactive series starts with an introduction to applied behavioral design and then teaches participants how to use that approach in practice. We work with participants to collaboratively identify where behavioral design could be helpful, and then use that specific example to explore how to develop targeted, diagnosis-driven design solutions through ideas42’s established methodology for behavioral design.

Who should participate

Teams of colleagues who are working collaboratively to improve student outcomes.

Course logistics

  • Ten hours class time

  • Minimal work in between sessions

  • Mix of interactive lecture and structured breakout activities

  • Zoom or in-person

What you take away

  • Three to five design ideas addressing your team’s goals with a plan for implementation & evaluation

  • Physical workbook with key frameworks, checklists, and worksheets

  • Slides and recordings

What participants say

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 All our trainings and workshops are customizable.

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