Human-Centered Design To Help Solve Youth Employment: A Session With IDEO.org
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Session Description
With nearly 75 million young people out of school and out of work, creating new solutions to address youth employment is a critical priority. How do we consider the needs and desires of young people while designing opportunities to help them enter the workforce? What’s your solution? In this collaborative conversation, join fellow delegates, facilitators from IDEO.org, and youth employment experts to brainstorm your own approach to specific youth employment challenges.
Time & Location
Time:
15:00 - 16:30, Thursday, April 16, 2015
BST
Location:
SBS, Seminar Room A
Speakers
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Speaker
Senior Program Manager, Youth Livelihoods, The MasterCard Foundation
Steve Cumming is responsible for a portfolio of Youth Livelihoods projects at the Foundation, with a particular focus on vocational skills and informal employment. He is also the focal point within the Foundation for the Youth Think Tank. Before joining the Foundation, Steve was the International Programs Director at Youth Challenge International where he managed youth development projects in East and West Africa. Prior to that Steve held field management positions in South Sudan, Angola and Sierra Leone, where he was responsible for program implementation and staff development. Steve has a Master’s of Post War Reconstruction and Development from the University of York in the UK, and Master’s of Social work from Carleton University in Canada.
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Sébastien Marot is Founder and Executive Director of Friends-International, an award winning global social enterprise which supports over 200,000 marginalized children and youth each year. He has led the expansion of the organization into 18 countries across 4 continents, developing best practice programs that provide protection and social reintegration services including access to employment for youth and parents, school reintegration for children and family conservation. Friends-International also established and powers the award-winning ChildSafe Movement that selects, trains, certifies and supports key actors of society to better protect children. It has also developed an international network of over 60 organizations (3PC), working together to develop and coordinate best quality services. To support this expansion, Friends-International utilizes a series of social business models providing training opportunities and financial sustainability.
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Senior Design Lead, IDEO.org
Nathalie is a Senior Design Lead on IDEO.org’s Amplify Program, a joint venture with the UK Department for International Development and OpenIDEO aimed at transforming international aid through collaboration and human-centered design. The Amplify Program brings funding and design support to organizations around the globe tackling some of the world's most pressing development challenges.
Prior to joining IDEO.org, Nathalie worked with businesses ranging from non-profit startups to large corporations to introduce human-centered products & services to their markets. She led interaction design projects focused on consumer products, large-scale software, healthcare, education, and international development.
Nathalie has lectured at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, and facilitated executive workshops at the Stanford d.school. She holds a Master’s degree in Product Design from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering & Computer Science from the University of Southern California.
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CEO, Alight
Jocelyn Wyatt is the CEO of Alight, where she leads more than 3,500 team members globally. Her vast experience in strategic development on a global scale is intrinsically human-centered. Alight works in more than 20 countries, co-creating dignified spaces and human-worthy services for and alongside more than 3.5 million displaced people every year.
Prior to Alight, Jocelyn was the Cofounder and CEO of IDEO.org, a global design studio partnering with NGOs to design products and services that create a more just and inclusive world. During her decade of leadership there, she spearheaded collaborations with DFID (the UK’s Department for International Development), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, PSI (formerly Population Services International), and many other organizations with broad global reach. In addition to her role as a founding board member of Airbnb.org, Jocelyn serves on the advisory boards of Marketplace and the Drucker Institute. She is also a founding member of Chief.
