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PDC 2008WomenBuild

Welcome to WomenBuild

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Our Purpose Our Purpose

• WomenBuild is designed to address how we attract and grow Women in Technology through creative out-of-the- box thinking

• A place to brainstorm solutions on how we can make technology and a career in technology more accessible to women

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Agenda Agenda

I. Introductions

II. Challenges and Barriers

III. Ideas for Solutions

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LEGO SERIOUS PLAY is based on the belief that there is vast untapped potential in the people in organizations and thosepeople have the imagination to resolve most serious issues

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How LEGO SERIOUS PLAY works? How LEGO SERIOUS PLAY works?

The facilitator asks the question you have to answer by building a metaphorical story

You ALL tell the rest of the group the story in your model

You ALL build individually and give it meaning while you build

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Questions, reflections, identification of patterns4

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Getting Ready

• Take a fiddle bag, open it, spread out the bricks

• Find the BLACK PLATE

• Ignore the black folder

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Challenge 1 Challenge 1

Build a Tower• Start with the black plate

• Build individually

• Finish with LEGO figure on top

• Make it entirely as you want

• Use about 4 minutes

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Challenge 1 - continued Challenge 1 - continued

When sharing your tower story please begin with telling the group in a few words (10 seconds)

• Your name

• Where you come from

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The LEGO SERIOUS PLAY process The LEGO SERIOUS PLAY process

The facilitator asks the question you have to answer by building a metaphorical story

You ALL tell the rest of the group the story in your model

You ALL build individually and give it meaning while you build

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Questions, reflections, identification of patterns4

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• DON'T have meeting with yourself. Just START building

• TRUST your hands. Let them pick the bricks they want

• When you tell your story the meaning will emerge

• DON'T get bogged down in the design

Ground Rules

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Challenge 2 Challenge 2

1. Build a model so you can tell a story about one of the specific challenges or problems you have identified as a barrier to improving diversity and empowering women in technology

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Challenge 2 - continued Challenge 2 - continued

1. Build a model so you can tell a story about one of the specific challenges or problems you have identified as a barrier to improving diversity and empowering women in technology

Note: Focus only on building the challenge or problem,

not the solution

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Challenge 2 - continued Challenge 2 - continued

2. Share your stories

3. Write a short sentence on the hand-out stating the essence of the specific challenge or problem you built. If possible give it an easily remembered metaphorical heading

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Capturing your Story

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Challenge 3 Challenge 3

1. Build a model and story that is one possible solution to the challenge, problem or barrier you identified. Be as specific and concrete as possible

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Solution Example Solution Example

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Challenge 3 - continued Challenge 3 - continued

1. Build a model and story that is one possible solution to the challenge, problem barrier your identified. Be as specific and concrete as possible

2. Share your solution ideas

3. Capture the essence on the hand-out

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Capturing your Solution Idea

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