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Activating Students
Welcome students into meal program design
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Use surveys and asynchronous methods to reach more students and to get honest feedback.
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Adding branded elements to program touch points can shift perspectives and help students see the food in a new light
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Asking students to interview each other can tap into a different type of energy and surface new possibilities.
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Connect with students' creative side and crowdsource ideas
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Connect with students' creative side and crowdsource ideas.
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Ethnography — observing and reflecting on peoples’ behavior — helps you understand your students better and make changes that meet their needs
Engaging Caregivers
Make space for caregivers to share perspectives and passions
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Bring students and caregivers together to compare and contrast favorite foods and meals.
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Shift the narrative on school food and gather valuable ideas about what to keep doing well, and what could change.
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Share updates on your program or ask for feedback with this versatile tool.
Connecting with Community
Expand the story of school meals to build a network of allies
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Introduce the post-pandemic meal program to administrators, board members and teachers and seek their input.
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Build your bench of external supporters and collaborate on issues that matter deeply to your community.
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Harness the kitchen team's unique connection with students to learn more about what kids like.
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Clarify your short-term goals to anchor design and ensure that you aren't taking on too much.
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Interviewing a student or other stakeholder is a way to gather deep insight about what they care about and to inspire new opportunities to make changes.
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Energize a school team or a group of students to help you come up with a staggering amount of ideas.
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Turn the inspiration, stories, feedback, research, or brainstorm ideas you gathered into useful design opportunities.
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The students you’re designing for can tell you plenty. But they can show you much more if you invite them in to build and imagine and design with you.
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Prototypes are small, scrappy ways to build new ideas, so that you can learn quickly before investing a lot of resources.
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Measure the impact of your idea using common and uncommon measures.
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Sharing back what you discover over the course of your design journey can help inspire new and old allies, and increase the impact of your solution.
Human-Centered Design 101
Explore basic tools used in the human-centered design process, from start to finish
For more general resources and tools for school food teams, visit No Kid Hungry's Center for Best Practices