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  1. Nov 2022
    1. A prototype can be anything that a user can interact with

      could be a powerpoint?

    2. There are other ideation techniques such as bodystorming, mindmapping, and sketching.

      Bostystroming, mindmapping sketcing are examples of ideation

    3. prototyping

      prototyping is Ideate or an example.

    4. Then when you move into ideation you can select different topics,and try out a few to find the sweet spot of where the group can really churn out alarge quantity of compelling ideas.

      Coming up with new ideas/ways to solve the problem (POV).

    5. A good point-of-view is one that:- Provides focus and frames the problem- Inspires your team- Informs criteria for evaluating competing ideas- Empowers your team to make decisions independently in parallel- Captures the hearts and minds of people you meet- Saves you from the impossible task of developing concepts that are all things to all people(i.e. your problem statement should be discrete, not broad.)

      A good point of view

    6. POV defines the RIGHT challenge

      POV appoints new challanges

    7. The goal of the Define mode is to craft a meaningful and actionable problem statement – thisis what we call a point-of-view.

      Define mode is identifying the issue and putting it into a statement based on POV. Similar to what marketing strategists do.

    8. post pictures of your user, post-itswith quotes, maps of journeys or experiences—anything that capturesimpressions and information about your user.

      Once you have all your information, start putting them together to form a mapping storm. This transitions to defining.

    9. ave a conversationin the context of someone’s home or workplace – so many stories are embodied in artifacts.Use the environment to prompt deeper questions.

      Surroundings in stories help give context clues as well.

    10. Engagement can comethrough both short ‘intercept’ encounters and longer scheduled conversations.

      How you engage with the interviewee can have an impact on answer results so its important to not gravitate away from the subject.

    1. Pg. 55

      • Bonheoffer's experience of God's calling reflects several features of Protestant, and Lutheran, understanding of vocation
      • First, God's call was not away from family, freinds, and country, God's call was to stay in his home country, working with family and churches to resist Hitler
      • Second, Bonheoffer is not entirely clear or certain about his own motives in deciding to leave America and return to Germany
      • Third, Bonhoeffer's discernment of his calling was an intensely personal matter
      • Fourth, his call was not to self-actualization or career-advancement but to costly path of discipleship that demanded self-sacrifice of his freedom and his very life
      • Fifth, his call made distinctive use of Bonheoeffer's particular identity and social relations. In many ways Bonhoeffer's calling was to project that "had his name on it" (pg. 55)
      • Sixth, living out his calling did not involve conservative conformity to the status quo; it required resistance to the corrupt powers that then ruled Germany
      • this chapter highlights other elements of calling central to Protestant Christianity (Mid-page)
      • something about roman catholic churches vs. Luther protestors who wanted to return to biblical source and a rejection of church traditions that could not be supported by the bible

      pg. 56 * 3 themes that sum up the heart of the protestant reformation 1. scriptures alone (and not tradition and the papacy) is authoritative in matters of faith and good works 2. faith alone makes one right with god, which is gift of grace rather than a meritorious good work 3. love for neighbors by being faithful in one's varied callings (and not the separated, monastic life) is the Christian way to express love for god

      Christianity 3 distinguish groups: 1. roman catholic 2. eastern orthodox 3. protestant

      • today there are approximately 670 million protestants
      • as the protestant movement grew, it divided into many different subgroups

      • in the u.s the main groups are

      • anabaptist
      • anglican
      • baptist
      • congregational
      • lutheran
      • methodist
      • pentecostal
      • quaker
      • reformed/calvanist
    2. Pg. 52, 53, & 54

      • Dietrich Bonheoffer, the 1st German lutheran Pator and theologians opposed Adolf Hitler's anti-semitic legislation called the Aryan Clause on April 7, 1933
      • Reich church damded loyalty oath from all German Protestants who held church offices
      • Bonheoffer refused and took lead in the alternative, confessing church movement
      • he helped many jews escape the Germans as well as training other church leaders to do the same
      • In June 1939 Bonhoeffer went to the U.S for the sake of his safety
      • Bonheoffer specializes in theology
      • He felt a calling to be involved in church and national affairs
      • Bonheoffer worried that he is leaving god behind because he is not following his calling by staying to the U.S
      • He was not allowed to return to Germany and this worried him
      • June 20th, he feels uneasy and wishes to return home because God is giving him a sign "The reasons one gives for an action to others and to one's self are certainly inadequate... In the last resort one acts from a level which remains hidden from us. So we can only ask God to judge and forgive us.. it is now in his hands" (Cahalan, 54)
      • July 9, 1939 he returns to Germany and resumes his efforts to resit hitlier and the Reich
      • He wanted to assassinate Hitler (pg. 54)
      • April 5, 1943 he was arrested for his activity in the underground resistance movement