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Keeping Libraries Safe, Open & Free
How might we make public libraries safer and prevent violence while keeping them free and open spaces for the community? University of Texas at San Antonio School of Public Health professors Jelena Todic and Ian Johnson presented qualitative and quantitative research. Peter Durand of Alphachimp LLC provided graphic recording and visual note-taking for the Café Conversations for staff and community feedback sessions.
Equity Unplugged
"Equity Unplugged" was an honest conversation about the shifting U.S. workforce. Hosted by Katie Mehnert of ALLY Energy and Xchelsia Jennings of Baker Hughes, this group of professionals from several Houston organizations is interested in making workplaces truly equitable—not simply ticking boxes but creating real change!
Scribing for Children’s Rights & Humanitarian Action
The visual notes behind that spry guy are for the dedicated, hard-working, caring people at UNICEF. This team of humanitarian action heros gathered in NYC to design their 4-year plan to help children survive and thrive in 187 countries. They pursue their mandate to uphold the rights of all children, focusing on those left behind by social and economic progress.
Seven Days of Sketchnotes
Since I was a kid, I have constantly augmented my notes with diagrams and googly-eyed characters. 👀 Mostly as a distraction. Today, however, I make visual notes to understand and remember! Fortunately, designer Mike Rohde gave us a good term for it: sketchnotes. Here is a short video showing one week of sketchnotes in my personal notebook.
Convening The Entrepreneurship Funders Network in Baltimore
The 2024 EFN Convening in Baltimore galvanized philanthropic funders to support and catalyze change to improve conditions for entrepreneurs and inclusive entrepreneurship, foster innovative mindsets and skill development, and strengthen equitable entrepreneurial ecosystems.
The Community Health Worker Ecosystem in Texas
UTHealth Houston, one of the most comprehensive academic health science centers in the U.S., conducted a study to understand better the ecosystem of need, support, training, and deployment of Community Health Workers (CHW) in Texas. The research team engaged Alphachimp LLC to help facilitate, document, and visualize the CHW journey.
Wond’ry x Nissan: Mapping Innovation
Nissan N.A. partnered with The Wond'ry at Vanderbilt University in Nashville to foster innovation and creativity in automotive technology. Alphachimp LLC worked with their team to design and illustrate a physical map of the process.
Suicide Prevention
2024 Texas Suicide Prevention Symposium - A gathering of 600 healthcare providers, researchers, first responders, and survivors who shared experiences and actions that people can take to help prevent suicide.
Houston Energy & Climate Week
The energy transition is a marathon and team sport that needs unified action. Achieving Energy 2.0+ is a marathon. However, this race needs an increased pace. We will get there through urgency, teamwork, consistency, continued investment, and collaboration. We also commit ourselves to assessing our collective advancements and setbacks in achieving these goals.
On the road to NetZero
Marriott International, Inc. gathered to engage, educate, and motivate its facilities and engineering directors on internal and external processes, tools, measurements, and behavior change models to transform each of their properties on the road to NetZero by 2050.
Successfully Facilitating Tension and Conflict in Groups
Does facilitating a contentious group of workshop participants feel like being a cameraperson running through a dense rainforest during a chimp civil war? No doubt! Facilitating groups that are experiencing tension and conflict can be a challenging task.
Why In-Person Conversations are So Important in the “Era of AI”
This article cites some brilliant experts whose research backs this up. They include neuroscientist Barry Scott Kaufman, who emphasizes the role of collaboration in creativity, MIT social researcher Sherry Turkle, who believes that conversation is our most human way of connecting and Nina Schick, one of the earliest GenAI experts.
Change Labs : “How can Storytelling help elevate your business?”
Alphachimp founder Peter Durand shares his journey as a creative business owner. From Change Labs, in Tuba City, Arizona which supports future Native American change-makers with the knowledge and networks you need to get your idea up and running on Native lands.
Our Raw Studio Space
The story of our collective studio.