The My Best Life team have been running virtual design sprints. We decided to use online software Miro to run the sessions. Miro is the online collaborative whiteboarding platform that enables teams to work effectively together, from with digital sticky notes to planning and managing agile workflows. The software was new to the team, so we have created some resources to help everyone get up to speed. We wanted to share these resources, so that others can benefit from them too. Below are some quick resources that the team have created as an introduction to using MiroX. If you have… Read more “Introduction to Miro resources”

The first two weeks of My Best Life were altered to deal with the situation around COVID-19. Working out how to guide the participants through a design sprint, with the added challenge of doing so remotely, was a learning curve for us and allowed us to discover some really useful online tools. Designing the exercises for both the design sprint itself, and also for onboarding young people and youth organisations to using Miro and Zoom was a group effort. Through collaboration, feedback and evaluation we are proud of having produced a series of effective workshops and learning tools. Moving from… Read more “Remote Design Sprints: The Developer’s Perspective”

The My Best Life team have swiftly learning about running remote workshops using Miro and Zoom. Below are a few top tips on running sessions online. Top tips for preparing for a remote workshop Preparation is key: You need clear objectives and a clear process for the work. The layout of your work is crucial. Layout out the software as clearly as possible as you have less chance to see people struggling with something, especially if you are in breakout rooms or doing independent work. Include clear instructions: Include task instructions where possible, so people can refer back to them… Read more “Top tips for running remote workshops”

Running remote design sprints My Best Life is going virtual! That’s right… remote meetings, remote design sprints, remote user testing for the next 6 weeks. In light of Covid-19, we have a contingency plan, My Best Life is going virtual. This is an exciting opportunity and challenge for the team because it is an unfamiliar way of working. So it all starts tomorrow…. Day 1 of our first sprint will be a day to test the process and our ideas. The team will be running our first sprint day as planned, but with a twist. We will be running it… Read more “You are running remote design sprints, are you mad?”

We devised a code of conduct to shape the process of our design sprints so that we were on the same page about working together and the needs of our team. As we will have young people involved along the way, we wanted to make sure we had a good structure for approaching discussions and workshops. Our code of conduct is adaptable to the changes that will evolve during the process. In smaller teams we mapped our inputs on post-it notes and collated them together into this set of guidelines: We will be mindful of the airspace so that everyone… Read more “Code of conduct”

What did I get up to? What have I learnt? This week I’ve been coordinating the location of  our design sprints. We are looking for organisations to host us – we are looking for organisations that work with young people and organisations working in tech to get us out of the office and great our creativity flowing! If you can help, find out more here, or email kathryn.dingle@thinknpc.org What have I been reading? This week the Health Foundation reached out about about their Young people’s future health inquiry. This research mirrors the findings of My Best Life across the UK!… Read more “Weeknotes w/c 31-01-20”