Stakeholder engagement

Learn how to skillfully communicate your work and turn development co-participants into allies of design.

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The designer helps colleagues from the development team come up with a consensus on how to put each piece together.

Who is it for

Freelance designers

Profit by more effectively advocating for your work in front of clients.

UX designers and researchers

Involve colleagues closely in the design process to increase its value.

Product/project managers

Learn how to better evaluate design in the development of a digital product.

Junior designers

Learn how to talk to all stakeholders, not just your design colleagues.
Aljaž helped me to better understand the dynamics behind stakeholder communication. This has enabled me to speak appropriately and confidently in a variety of contexts: whether communicating my opinions or my products, within and beyond our team.
Sara
Sara
Senior designer @ Flaviar
I struggled at communicating with stakeholders in a convincing and understandable way. Aljaž helped me focus on the arguments that matter, structure presentations better and deliver them with contagious excitement.
Matija
Matija
Product manager @ Flaviar

Modern format

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Online sessions, for exchange with international participants and the course mentor
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Practical work outside sessions, according to your own schedule and available time
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Focused on a specific professional skill that you can use immediately at work
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Full of real industry challenges that you can face for the first time in the safe environment of the course
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Supported by current theory from the industry, and the mentor's professional experience in it
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The intensive version of the course offers one-to-one mentoring on your own project
Developed in collaboration with designers and executives
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Tom PIT
LeanIX
Klevio
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Flaviar
Httpool
3fs
Kolektor
Loftware
Povio
Cosylab
Synthesia
Mesi
Kamino
Tom PIT
LeanIX
Klevio
NU
Flaviar
Httpool
3fs

Curriculum

Before the course

Welcome

  • Opening access and communication channels
  • Invitation to participate by e-mail
  • Contact with mentor in the cohort Slack channel
  • Moderated introductions of all participants
  • Setting personal goals for the course
  • Mentor's instructions for the first exercise
Week
1

Laying the foundations

Video lessons
  • It's all based on interpersonal relationships
  • Understanding users and(!) stakeholders
  • Finding common ground
  • Why building trust takes time
  • How to start building trust
Individual, private exercise
  • Creating your stakeholder map
Group meeting
  • Overview of your stakeholder maps
  • Empathy with the key stakeholder
  • Remaining questions & answers on the topic
Week
2

Understanding the context

Video lessons
  • How the nature of business affects your work
  • How the organisation of the company affects you
  • Why culture always trumps strategy
  • Managing your own expectations, per environment
  • Using the right levers, per environment
Individual, private exercise
  • Identifying the specifics of your environment
Group meeting
  • Specifics of environments in which you work
  • Comparison of specifics, per environment
  • Remaining questions & answers on the topic
Week
3

Developing arguments

Video lessons
  • Why & how to involve stakeholders from the start
  • How to make designs easier to access & understand
  • Evaluating design: from outputs to outcomes
  • Words & actions matter, more than you think
  • Answers to the design myths we face
Individual, private exercise
  • Making the case for the goal you want to achieve
Group meeting
  • Overview of the arguments you've prepared
  • Exchange of suggestions for improvement
  • Additional questions and answers on this topic
Week
4

The moment of truth

Video lessons
  • Choose the right time, environment and format
  • Dramaturgy and set design of the presentation
  • Using narrative, based on previous findings
  • Speaking convincingly in front of stakeholders
  • Dialogue and feedback
Individual, private exercise
  • Prepare for a stakeholder appearance (role play)
Group meeting
  • Simulation of a stakeholder apperance (role-play)
  • Sharing suggestions for improvement
  • Space for additional questions and comments
After the course

Check-in session

  • How you applied course skills in daily work
  • Evaluating personal goals for the course
  • Mutual suggestions for further development
  • Feedback on the effectiveness of the course
  • Receiving a diploma for successful completion
  • Invitation to participate in the alumni community

Skills you acquire

Convincing presentation
Hard skill
Preparation of slides and demos
Hard skill
Forming arguments
Hard skill
Organising a design review
Hard skill
Coordinating with decision-makers
Soft skill
Communicating impact
Soft skill
Choosing the right moment
Soft skill
Understanding the circumstances of the product
Soft skill

Your mentors

Nina Jurcic
Nina Jurcic

Nina Jurcic is a multi-disciplinary designer and leader of design teams. Her career spans over ten years building apps, brands, B2B platforms, design systems and teams. In her last role at Relayr, she helped establish a design culture and achieved successful cross-functional team collaboration. She has led some of the company's most ambitious projects; helping teams launch more than ten industrial IoT solutions using the design system they created. She positions herself as a coach, a sparing partner and a change agent. She empowers design teams to achieve their strategic goals and supports individual designers in their personal development and community involvement.

Aljaž Vindiš
Aljaž Vindiš

Aljaž's work includes designing solutions in the areas of IoT and digital twins, infographics and data visualisation, cartography and spatial orientation, and personalised or contextually tailored content. His collaborations with leading companies in the media and technology industries have resulted in numerous business successes, excellent user feedback and professional awards in the fields of design, journalism and statistics. Along the way, he has been involved in the creation of three internationally successful teams. He is constantly dedicated to finding and mentoring young talent, and expanding his knowledge through lectures, workshops and trainings. He has conducted over fifty of them, both at home and abroad.

Options and prices

Regular program

732
Eur
600
EUR
Nett
+
22
%
VAT
  • 4x 2-hour group meetings (option to record)
  • Meetings are a mix of theory and joint exercises
  • 4x homework on the meeting topic
  • Check-in session one month after the course
  • Working in a small, close-knit group
  • Private channel for communication between participants
  • Unlimited access to tutor recordings
  • Unrestricted access to presentations by the mentor
  • Unlimited access to reference examples from lessons
  • Unlimited access to templates for practical exercises
  • Unlimited access to the cohort archive
  • Unlimited access to additional literature
  • Unlimited access to the school's alumni community
  • Course certificate

Intensive program

1464
Eur
Eur
1200
EUR
Nett
+
22
%
VAT
  • 4x 2-hour group meetings (option to record)
  • Meetings are a mix of theory and joint exercises
  • 4x homework on the meeting topic
  • Check-in session one month after the course
  • Working in a small, close-knit group
  • Private channel for communication between participants
  • Unlimited access to tutor recordings
  • Unrestricted access to presentations by the mentor
  • Unlimited access to reference examples from lessons
  • Unlimited access to templates for practical exercises
  • Unlimited access to the cohort archive
  • Unlimited access to additional literature
  • Unlimited access to the school's alumni community
  • Course certificate
  • 4x 1-hour one-to-one mentoring
  • Learning from your real, commercial project
  • Feedback specific to your environment
  • Discreet cooperation, protection of trade secrets
Unfortunately, this course is not included in any bundle.
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