Service Design Network Young Talent Board

🎤 Are you ready to take the stage at our upcoming #SDNNextGenCon? Now's your chance! We're looking for speakers who #Dare2Impact through service design, interdisciplinary thinking, collaboration, and innovation! Whether you're a student or a seasoned designer—whether you work in sustainability, education, tech, healthcare or beyond—we want to hear from you! 🚀 Deadline for submissions: 11:59 PM (UTC+14:00), January 12th, 2025. Our team will carefully review all submitted abstracts and will select the most compelling and relevant presentations. 📬 Chosen speakers will be notified via email by the end of January 2025. 🔗 Learn more about being a speaker in our Speakers' brochure: https://lnkd.in/dPZXWgss 👉 Ready to share your insights? Apply to be a speaker today through our Call for Abstracts form: https://lnkd.in/dj4aaShm #CallForSpeakers #JoinUsAsASpeaker #conference #hybrid #global #SDN #servicedesign #youngtalent #weareSDNnextgen #SDNYTB #designthinking #ServiceDesignInsights #SDNCommunity #SDNetwork

☃️ The holiday season has arrived and we have a present for you! Tickets are now on sale for SDN Next Gen Conference 2025: Dare to Impact! 🎁 As a special holiday gift, we are offering 30% OFF of all conference tickets with the promo code NEXTGEN-XMAS! Treat yourself this holiday to bold ideas, collaboration and service design learning. This is a limited time offer so get your holiday tickets while they last! 🔗 Visit our eventbrite to grab your SDN Next Gen Conference tickets https://lnkd.in/gnwMpHby 👀 Will you be coming to the SDN Next Gen Conference? #weareSDNnextgen #SDNYTB #Dare2Impact #SDNNGC25 #designthinking #ServiceDesignInsights #SDNCommunity #Networking #virtual #global #earlybirdspecial

🧐 Ever wonder how GenAI tools can augment the service design process to create better public services for life events? 🧠 From empathy mapping to service blueprints, Kanchan Joneja and Alessandro Pucci dive deep into AI-human collaboration and its potential to improve workflows and outcomes. 👶 Centered on the life event of having a child in Italy, this research reveals where AI shines and where human expertise remains vital. 📖 Read our latest article in collaboration with Service Design Drinks India and uncover key insights into the role of AI in designing better public services- https://lnkd.in/eWik8frN Follow our Medium account to be the first to read from our upcoming programme of global writers 🌍🌎🌏 https://lnkd.in/e4-MP6pY #medium #SDN #servicedesign #SDNetwork #writers #article

👀 Let’s deep dive into our theme for SDN Next Gen Conference 2025 ”Dare to Impact: Where Curiosity Meets Service Design”! Our theme #Dare2Impact encourages us to push the boundaries of conventional thinking in Service Design and embrace bold, innovative ideas. ✨ 💭 Why Dare? Why Impact? “Dare” → reflects the courage required to challenge the status quo “Impact” → emphasises the goal of creating meaningful change through design 
 Together, we’ll engage in daring conversations, radical collaboration, and visionary thinking. Because #SDNNGC25 is not just about creating change—it’s about daring to shape a future that benefits all. 👉 Interested in leading the conversation? Join us as a speaker at NGC25! Express your interest in our form below and keep an eye out for our Call for Abstracts coming soon! 🗓️ Save the Date: 11 April 2025 🔗 Join us as a speaker! Express your interest: https://lnkd.in/dvEq-8jS 📲 Follow @sdn_youngtalentboard for updates on tickets, speakers and all news NGC25! #weareSDNnextgen #SDNYTB #designthinking #ServiceDesignInsights #SDNCommunity #SDNetwork

🚀 What fuels your creativity as a designer? 🎨 How do your hobbies and strengths shape your work? In our latest article, award-winning Service Design Leader and Next Gen Conference 2024 Speaker Sarah Heimeier, dives into the power of aligning your passions and strengths to propel your design career forward. From embracing imperfection in art to using improvisation techniques in workshops, Sarah shares practical insights to elevate your design practice. 💡 Discover how your unique strengths can inspire innovative solutions, enrich your process, and create impactful experiences. 📖 Read the full article now on Medium and follow us for more! https://lnkd.in/eFmUJDeZ 📝 Share your passions and how they’ve shaped your design journey in the comments. #ServiceDesign #DesignInspiration #CreativeThinking #PassionInDesign #StrengthsBasedDesign

🔥 Exciting News! 📢 Service Design Network Young Talent Board is thrilled to announce the theme for our upcoming SDN Next Gen Conference is “Dare to Impact”! Join us on 11th April 2025 as we come together to explore service design not just as a discipline, but as a catalyst for change. The 2025 conference brings together emerging and expert voices in service design to share bold ideas and challenge norms in designing sustainable, inclusive and impactful solutions. Whether you’re a student, a young professional, or just curious to learn more about service design, this event is for you! Join us as we push boundaries and “Dare to Impact” together. 💡✨ Pre-register now https://lnkd.in/eKUCkDxs 📲 Follow us for updates on tickets, speakers and all news #NGC25 #SDNNextGenCon #Dare2Impact #ServiceDesign #weareSDNnextgen #SDNetwork

Attention! Attention! 📣 We are thrilled to announce that the SDN Next Gen Conference is scheduled for April 11, 2025! 🔎 📅 While we can't reveal our theme just yet, we invite you to take a guess! Share your thoughts in the comments below! 💬 #SDNNGC25 #weareSDNnextgen #SDNYTB #servicedesign #designthinking #ServiceDesignInsights #SDNCommunity #Networking

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10% discount to Service Design Network Academy's course? Yes please! ⬇️ For anyone managing service design projects, Dr. Tina Weisser’s course at SDN Academy is a must. Learn strategies for successful implementation, overcoming internal roadblocks, and keeping user-centered concepts prioritized. Perfect for building the skills needed to make service design truly impactful! 🍂 Course duration: 2 days, on Nov 21 and Nov 29 🔥 Register by Nov 21, 2024 and use code ACADEMYVIP10 for 10% off! Get the details here https://lnkd.in/evteq4Tb #sdnacademy #servicedesign #sdn #leadership #designthinking Service Design Network

Service Design Global Conference held last month in Helsinki is more than just a gathering of the best service design professionals around the world. It's also Service Design Network Young Talent Board's excuse to meet with past #SDNNextGenCon volunteers and collaborators. And sometimes, even record a podcast on-site! ❤️🔥🔔 SDGC24 media partner Service Design YAP, from the Service Design Network UK Chapter, sat down with 7 #YoungTalents to gauge what moves the next generation of service designers: Where do they go to get inspired? What problem would you like to solve for your peers? Which emoji or meme best represents their design styles? 🐶🔥🆗 Listen here on Spotify 🎧 https://lnkd.in/ePhRuaHN Guests: Marcela Gómez Abundis NGC24 Partners volunteer member and student at SDSI Eva Mega Astria student at Aalto University Tzu-Yuan Chao NGC24 Project Manager volunteer Anna Han YTB member Jihee Hwang YTB co-founder Linda Paulauska (Paula) student at SDSI Agata Kowalska NGC24 Partners volunteer team lead and student at SDSI Interview by Alice Kennedy, and NGC24 workshop facilitator Jean Watanya 🫰 Thank you to Stephen Wood for providing this platform for our Young-At-Heart friends!