The Lab Syllabus

Webinar A (topics 1 to 4, module week 2): you are sure your work does not have a story in it. This session surfaces the one already running through your project, and you leave with a concrete story seed built from it.

Webinar B (topics 5 to 8, the module's final week): you have raw story material and no shape for it. This session gives it structure, matches it to a room you actually present in, and sets a capture rhythm so the next one does not get lost.

The interactive tools: the Impact Identity Profile Builder and the Character Casting Tool name what your work is for and who is in it. The Transformation and Character Pairing tool turns that into a story seed, the Story Structure Mapper gives it shape, and the Audience Pitch Selector aims it at a specific room. The Impact Idea Spinner, Impact Legacy Mapper and Field Story Capture Planner keep it running after the module ends.

Guide reference: the Story Stacks Team Guide. Eight issues, eight interactive tools, six on-demand videos, and the module workbook.

Webinar A (topics 1 to 4, module week 2): your partner list keeps returning the same two types. This session opens the policy, intra-academic and informal science categories, and you leave with a named candidate to contact.

Webinar B (topics 5 to 8, the module's final week): industry, workforce boards and startup infrastructure feel out of reach from where you sit. This session models each one and assembles all eight partner types into a portfolio you can see at once.

The interactive tools: the Partnership Type Decision Tree sorts the eight partner types. The Policy Partner Conversation Starters, Articulation Pathway Mapper, Informal Science Partner Finder, Industry Partnership Modeler, Workforce System Navigator and Startup Partnership Explorer each open one of them, and the Portfolio Map Builder assembles the result into a single view.

Guide reference: the Partnership Idea Sparks Team Guide. Eight issues, eight interactive tools, six on-demand videos, and the module workbook.

Webinar A (topics 1 to 4, module week 2): a partnership that starts at the deadline stays shallow. This session builds the relationship groundwork first, and you co-design one activity against a real asset map and an expectation you have actually aligned.

Webinar B (topics 5 to 8, the module's final week): a real partnership still has to become paperwork a reviewer will believe. This session does the conversion, and you leave with a genuine letter of support, a partner-reviewed budget and a launch plan.

The interactive tools: the First Conversation Guide, Partnership Asset Mapper and Expectation Alignment Tool run on your actual partners, and the Activity Co-Designer turns the result into something you build together. The Letter of Support Builder, Partnership Budget Planner, Proposal Partner Review Tool and Partnership Launch Planner convert it into what a reviewer reads.

Guide reference: the Partnership to Proposal Team Guide. Eight issues, eight interactive tools, six on-demand videos, and the module workbook. This module spans five weeks, because the Thanksgiving week runs as discussion only.

Webinar A (topics 1 to 6, module week 2): evaluation keeps arriving after the program is already designed. This session builds it into the activities themselves, and you design one embedded activity for your own program before the hour is out.

Webinar B (topics 7 to 12, the module's final week): your participatory data never turns into scores, proposals or reports. This session builds the conversion machinery, and you draft a fundable evaluation section from your own project.

The interactive tools: the Translation Architecture Explorer and Partner Impact Definition Builder set what counts as impact, with your partners in the room. The Story Capture Wizard, Pattern Recognition Mapper, Embedded Activity Designer and Playful Making Designer put the evaluation inside the activity. The Convergence Marker Builder, Collaborative Scoring Designer, Evaluation Proposal Builder, Improvement Cycle Mapper, Evaluation Onboarding Planner and Evaluation System Timeline turn what you gathered into scores, sections and a schedule.

Guide reference: the Participatory Evaluation for Researchers Team Guide. Twelve issues, twelve interactive tools, eight on-demand videos, and the module workbook. This is the longest guide in the season.

Webinar A (topics 1 to 4, module week 2): you count completions because that is what the system collects. This session moves the evidence onto the person moving through, and you build a portfolio and a career pathway for one real participant.

Webinar B (topics 5 to 8, the module's final week): your employer-side evidence never becomes a proposal or a report. This session builds the employer-facing machinery, and you leave with a regional proposal skeleton and a reporting rhythm attached to it.

The interactive tools: the Journeyer Portfolio Builder, Skill Development Mapper and Career Pathway Visualizer move the evidence onto the person moving through the program. The Employer Story Capture and Industry Activity Designer bring the employer side in, and the Credential Competency Mapper, Workforce Proposal Builder and Workforce Timeline turn it into a proposal and a reporting rhythm.

Guide reference: the Participatory Evaluation for Workforce Programs Team Guide. Eight issues, eight interactive tools, six on-demand videos, and the module workbook.

Webinar A (topics 1 to 4, module week 2): the award landed and then four months went quiet. This session turns the proposal into a running project, and you leave with a workplan and a story-capture schedule live from week one.

Webinar B (topics 5 to 8, the module's final week): every report is a scramble because nothing was captured while it happened. This session assembles reports out of what the rhythm already caught, and you draft a report section plus a legacy record that outlives the grant.

The interactive tools: the Partnership Pause Protocol and Proposal to Workplan Translator cover the stretch between the award letter and real work. The Story Capture Scheduler and Adaptive Management Planner keep the record building all year, and the Annual Report Builder, Partnership Recalibration Tool, Legacy Documentation Builder and Partnership Future Pathfinder assemble it into what you have to submit.

Guide reference: the Proposal to Reporting Team Guide. Eight issues, eight interactive tools, six on-demand videos, and the module workbook. This module spans five weeks, because the spring break week runs as discussion only.

Webinar A (topics 1 to 4, module week 2): every partnership gets treated as the same depth. This session separates surface, structural and systems work, and you place your own partnerships on the layer map against what your institution actually supports.

Webinar B (topics 5 to 8, the module's final week): your partnerships never add up to a system. This session activates the network level, and you score the whole portfolio and attach a sustainability design to it.

The interactive tools: the Partnership Layer Mapper, Institutional Landscape Audit and Partnership Ecosystem Visualizer locate what you already have. The Network Activation Planner, Cross-Institutional Designer and Backbone Org Identifier build the level above it, and the Sustainability Design Tool and Layered Partnership Scorecard score the portfolio and plan what outlasts you.

Guide reference: the Layered Partnership Design Team Guide. Eight issues, eight interactive tools, six on-demand videos, and the module workbook.

Webinar A (topics 1 to 4, module week 2): your pathway is a brochure rather than a structure. This session designs it as one, and you map a credential stack for a real pathway with employers positioned as partners instead of an audience.

Webinar B (topics 5 to 8, the module's final week): the pathway stops at one employer. This session scales it to the region, and you run the earn-and-learn numbers that make the economic case inside a cross-sector network. It closes the season.

The interactive tools: the Career Pathway Architect, WIL Design Tool, Employer Partnership Canvas and Credential Stacking Mapper build the pathway itself. The Regional Alignment Analyzer, Earn and Learn Calculator, Cross-Sector Network Builder and Workforce Sustainability Planner scale it past one employer and keep it funded.

Guide reference: the Workforce Development Pathways Team Guide. Eight issues, eight interactive tools, six on-demand videos, and the module workbook.