career on-demand
Applying Design Thinking in College Career Services
On-Demand Recording | $300
College career services professionals can use this creative problem-solving framework with students throughout the career development process while also practicing crucial problem-solving skills for overcoming challenges they face in college and the future (recorded in November, 2020).
Why This Topic Matters
Many students need effective problem-solving tools for effective career planning now and in the future. This approach teaches students elements of design thinking and helps them design their a career path, job search, internship experience or professional skill development plan while giving them practice in creative problem-solving they can make use of for a life time.
Who Should Attend?
This program is ideal for college staff and faculty who provide career development and programming. Design thinking is an ideal tool to assist:
1) career exploration and mapping
2) strategy design for applying to internships or jobs
3) planning for networking, skill-building, leadership development
Overview
Design thinking is a creative way to solve problems. Used by the most successful business leaders, this innovative framework is now being integrated into college success and student leadership programs to help students design their own paths for growth and learning.
This webinar will introduce a design thinking framework along with engaging activities to teach the framework to college students. The facilitator will then describe how Trinity College has integrated design thinking into their career services and across their campus.
This interactive webinar will help attendees:
Explore elements of design thinking as a way to creatively problem-solve with students
Discuss design thinking activities to encourage creative problem-solving
Look at case studies of how to integrate elements of design thinking into career services, orientations, and other Trinity College student programming
Consider how to begin utilizing elements of design thinking in your campus career services
Pricing and On-Demand Recording Access Information
Purchase Price: $325
Your purchase includes:
An electronic link containing a recording of the webinar, slides and resources
All-staff recording access for 30 days
Follow-up challenges to help you apply webinar content
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All Upcoming and Recorded Webinars
Webinars include topics for college academic advisors, student support professionals, career services and student peer leaders.
Instructor
Joseph Catrino, Director of Career Development and Special Assistant to the Vice President for Innovation, Trinity College
Joseph “Joe” Catrino works to expand career development services while creating an ecosystem of design thinking and innovation across the college for Trinity students and for the college’s partners, including Infosys. Catrino also has taught in the first-year seminar program, advised students, mentored student interns, and worked to develop Trinity’s new design thinking initiatives, which he continues to lead.
Catrino joined Trinity in 2015 as senior associate director of marketing in the Division of Enrollment and Student Success, playing a critical role in Trinity’s enrollment success and transforming the division’s strategies around marketing, outreach, and strategic communications. In 2017, he became director of career development and managed the strategic direction of the department, working closely with students, alumni, faculty, parents/families, employers, and staff. Prior to Trinity, Catrino spent nine years at Quinnipiac University, where he served for more than four years as the assistant dean for career development in the School of Communications. He also has held teaching positions at Quinnipiac and the University of Hartford. Catrino earned an M.B.A. from Quinnipiac University, an M.A. in communication from the University of Hartford, and a B.A. in history and communications/public relations from Marist College.
Catrino is a frequent presenter at regional and national career-related conferences. His most recent publication, “A New Approach: How to Prepare Students to Exceed Expectations in Internships” for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, highlights his passion for helping students thrive through experiential learning. Catrino serves on the Board of Directors of the Cooperative Education and Internship Association (CEIA) as vice president of professional development and was a facilitator at the Stanford d.school in summer 2019—Stanford University’s design thinking training for higher education professionals.
Event Questions?
Please email lisa@eduology.org if you have any questions about this event.