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While my weekly reflections with my mentee Emer are quite short, I decided to make a video to represent her journey.

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While my weekly reflections with my mentee Emer are quite short, I decided to make a video to represent her journey.

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Attached is a PDF document of the journey also.

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A poster I put together to inform students of Made2Move

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A poster I put together to inform students of Made2Move

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This was the final week of the programme for us. We met on Friday as she asked me to make her a physical activity plan so that she could continue improving her steps long after she finished the programme. I also explained to her that if she writes up a reflection piece she will be able to gain a digital badge award so I am hopeful she does that. I have gained a friend throughout this programme as well as a lot of experience so I am happy with that.

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Emer took my advice about the walks. I saw this in her step count as it had drastically improved over the past two weeks. Although she does not want to go to gym classes late at night, she is still getting her steps up which I am pleased with. I think we are both upset that this programme is coming to an end as we have formed a bond.

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This was a tough week. Emer was extremely stressed about her exams and placement. She was spending long days in the hospital and then coming home to study so she refused to do any gym classes on her day off. Of course, I supported her in this but instead encouraged her to go for one long walk a day to clear her mind and explained it will help her sleep better at night.

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Things went really well this week. We went to more gym classes together and we are actually forming a friendship. Im really happy seeing the progress of Emer, not only her steps but her overall mood has increased.

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This week Emer spoke to me about how she does not think she will have time to do any physical activity this week as she has exams coming up and only wants to put her time into them. I explained to her the importance of exercise on the brain and so I hope she takes this into consideration. Of course, all I can do is hope she remains on the plan. I cannot force her but I will be there for her if she needs any support.

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This week was similar to last. Things are going well. Her steps are improving and she is sticking to the plan I gave her. She says that walking to college instead of getting a lift each morning has definitely started her day off better than before.

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Emers steps are actually really increasing! We went to two gym classes together this week and I am feeling really good about this programme. I notice a difference in Emers mood too and she tells me she is sleeping better these nights which is definitely a bonus!

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Emer was not very good to respond to my texts this week. I was worried she was no longer interested in this programme. I spoke to my other classmates and they were feeling the same. I asked her if she would come for a walk for a chat and she did, it turns out she was feeling quite homesick this week and did not want to talk to anyone. Now that I am aware of that I will come up with strategies to help if this happens again.

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This week I gave Emer her physical activity plan. We met with each other and I explained everything. She also had some questions about how she would fit this programme around her study and exams and we made a plan to incorporate that. We are both feeling really positive after this week.

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Todays’ marks the end of week one being a mentor. I have to admit I found this week quite challenging and stressful trying to find a mentee. I also let my own physical activity decline as I was spending some evenings trying to plan for next week instead of seeing how the week was going and making changes based on that. The most often used activities to cope with stress included talking to family and friends, leisure activities, and exercising (Pierceall & Keim, 2007). Because this programme is new to both of us, there is definitely some nerves there but I am really determined to try my best with this because when I set myself a challenge I always want to complete it. I am going to try to keep each weekly reflection to the point.

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-Honesty
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I have also been awarded a UCC Works Award and the digital badge which I am really pleased with.

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Move Mentor Digital Badge relfection 500

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With regards to my MoveMentee, she did not have much steps this week or last week as she is on placement. I understand this is a difficult and stressful time for her so I needed to be welcome to new ideas that could help her improve her step count.

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Im so happy with this class as it now shows us the importance of mental health and how different people suffer differently. We don't know our MoveMentee personally so we need to be cautious of how they are feeling at all times.

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Association between physical activity and mental health in young people is evident (Biddle & Asare, 2011). Niamh asked us all how we feel coming to college and explained the importance of how it is ok not to be ok.
I have to admit, I left the class this week upset regarding the response from my peers but also relieved we were finally talking about our feelings as a class group. It can only go up from here.

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2019 20 COVER LETTER MoveMentee Information Sheet

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This was the final week of the Made2Move programme. I have put forward a reflection piece in the hope to gain a digital badge.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What information should I include in the Badge Description?

2. What information should I include in the Badge Criteria?

3. What is meant by 'Duration'?

4. What is considered 15 - 20 hours learners effort?

5. Our college / department / centre, would like to issue several badges. Do I need to submit an application for each?

6. Is it important for the badge to be endorsed?

7. Is it important to specify the target earners?

8. Is it possible to have badges that link in with one another to create a learner pathway?

9. I'd like to issue a badge(s) for campus wide distribution. Can I meet the DBSC to discuss?

10. Is there an online forum where I can track participates application progress or upload documentation?

11. What types of assessment can participates undertake to qualify for a badge?

12. What is meant by advising and recording requirements for assessment and evidence?

13. What is meant by advising on and collecting personal data for internal records and digital administration?

14. If my badge application is not approved, can I appeal the decision?

15. How do I retrieve my digital badge?

16. What is the value of a digital badge?
1. What information should I include in the badge description?
A short overview of the badge, mentioning its purpose and audience needs to be provided as part of the meta-data for the badges digital administration and published information associated with the badge. This cannot be changed once the badge is created and is an important to external viewers wanting to verify a validated badge.
2. What information should I include in the Badge Criteria?
Each badge will recognise accomplishment by identifying two criteria that the earner must meet but you can submit up to four. Badge criteria are similar to and should be described in language similar to learning outcomes i.e. statements that specify what learners will know or be able to do as a result of participating in the badge content and activity. Bloom's taxonomy provides useful guidance on appropriate verbs for writing learning outcomes. If you require assistance with writing learning outcomes, please contact: digitalbadges@ucc.ie.
3. What is meant by 'Duration'?
Duration is the length of time you require the badge to exist for. If the badge relates to a particular time-set, event or piece of work that is likely, please take this into consideration when determining the lifespan. Please note: the maximun duration is 5 years.
4. What is considered 15 - 20 hours learners effort?
While everyone works at a different pace and enters into projects and learning at different points and with different background knowlegde and skills, the Digital Badge SubCommittee would like to know what you estimate would be for a 'typical' badger earner to achieve a badge. 'Learner effort' can include attendance, reading (online or text based), online or in class assessment or participating in an online discussion forum.
5. Our college / department / centre, would like to issue several badges. Do I need to submit an application for each?
Yes, please submit an application for each badge.
6. Is it important for the badge to be endorsed?
Yes. If you are collaborating with a number of partners, please list these accordingly.
7. Is it important to specify the target earners?
Yes, please include the demographic that will be eligible to apply for a badge.
8. Is it possible to have badges that link in with one another to create a learner pathway?
Levels of badges can be linked with various levels of accomplishments i.e. aligned to competencies. Badges should demonstrate that consideration has been given to potential future badge pathways that support learning trajectories.
9. I'd like to issue a badge(s) for campus wide distribution. Can I meet the DBSC to discuss?
Yes, the DBSC are open to discussing how badges can be integrated into the wider UCC eco system. To meet the team, please books a session by clicking on this link or email: digitalbadges@ucc.ie.
10. Is there an online forum where I can track participates application progress or upload documentation?
Not at the moment.
11. What types of assessment can participates undertake to qualify for a badge?
There are many modes of assessment, for example:

submit a reflective log / journal / report,

complete an in class or online assessment,

attend a number of workshops,

participate in a volunteer programme / peer assessment session / roundtable discussion,

create a video presentation / digital profile,

present a paper,

develop a business plan.

12. What is meant by advising and recording requirements for assessment and evidence?
You will need to inform participates how and why their assessment data is retained for the purpose of the badge and how that information will be stored. Earner's information and details must be stored and managed in line with GDPR regulations.
13. What is meant by advising on and collecting personal data for internal records and digital administration?
You will need to inform participates on how and why their personal data (i.e. email addresses), will be retained for the duration of the badge and how that information will be stored. Earner's information and details must be stored and managed in line with GDPR regulations.
14. If my badge application is not approved, can I appeal the decision?
Yes, you are welcome to appeal the DBSC's decision not to approve your badge. To do so, please email: digitalbadges@ucc.ie.
15. How do I retrieve my digital badge?
In the email instructions from the Open Badge Factory, please select Click Here to Collect your Digital Badge. To add the badge to your LinkedIn Profile:

1. Open Badge Passport, from the left menu choose 'My Badges' and then click on the relevant badge. Then copy the URL of the resulting page.
2. Log on to your LinkedIn profile, click Profile > Edit Profile from the top menu
3. Go to the section you want to add the badge to (e.g. Summary or a particular role under the Experience section). There should be a small button with the image of a box and a plus sign to the bottom right corner. Click this, paste in the URL and save.
16. What is the value of a digital badge?
Earning digital badges is a great way of highlighting your achievements to both national and international employers. It shows to the world the knowledge and skills you demostrated to achieve your badge from a respected, credible source. You can also use digital badges to publicise your accomplishments on social media, on your website and in your email signature.
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1. What information should I include in the Badge Description? 2. What information should I include in the Badge Criteria? 3. What is meant by 'Duration'? 4. What is considered 15 - 20 hours learners effort? 5. Our college / department / centre, would like to issue several badges.

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Ive put this week at the very top of my rollercoaster because it was probably my favourite week. In groups we went to penny dinners. Cork Penny Dinners is a Charitable Trust. Their objective is to feed those in need and to offer support to homeless people.
Cork Penny Dinners is a warm dry place in the heart of Cork City with a welcoming atmosphere. The premises is open to all 7 days a week all year round, No questions are asked, no judgements are made.

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Cork Penny Dinners is one of Cork's oldest caring charitable organisations.

Currently serving up to 2000 freshly made meals per week are being served at our premises compared to approx. 150 or less per week prior to the recession.

Our aims are simple - to help all who struggle and those in need. Cork Penny Dinners provide a hot nourishing meal of soup, main course, dessert and tea/coffee daily. In addition sandwiches, biscuits, fruit and juice are also available to take away as an evening meal.

Donations of warm clothes and bedding such as sleeping bags and duvets are also provided to people in need.

There is always an open door and a warm welcome. Cork Penny Dinners are open 7 days a week all year round including Christmas Day.
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Cork Penny Dinners are a Registered Charity - CHY 4971. Our funding comes from individuals, companies, and local organisations. Many companies and individuals help with donations of goods, produce and expertise. These Donations facilitate the day to day running of the service.

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Cork Penny Dinners is one of Cork's oldest caring charitable organisations. Currently serving up to 2000 freshly made meals per week are being served at our premises compared to approx. 150 or less per week prior to the recession. Our aims are simple - to help all who struggle and those in need.

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This week was focused on our guest speaker who spoke about acting professionally as a coach and the importance of respect.
'If coaches are to understand why they are doing what they are doing, it is useful for them to have a grasp of social, cultural and educational concepts' (Cassidy, Jones, & Potrac, 2004).

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This week we recapped with Gillian. She collected our steps and we spoke about any issues that may have arisen in previous weeks. Thankfully everything was running smoothly and my MoveMentee was happy.

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We were lucky enough to have Niamh O'Brien in to speak to us about mental health. This topic is unfortunately an emerging one within our generation.

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This week was all about getting back on track with my MoveMentee. I met with her and we went to a gym class together, I also collected her steps and was really happy to see an improvement. My main focus for the coming weeks was to be there for her and create a positive learning environment.

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Our overall health is so important.

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We needed to engage with the mentees-Actually meet them and get to know them on a personal level- trust needed to be earned.

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Different students have different ways of learning- have a look!

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We needed to understand that different people learn and participate in various activities in different ways to each other. These factors must be considered when developing classes and programmes for mentees.

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We all came to the conclusion that we had to understand that everyone is different and they lead various paths in life.
-Gender
-Age
-Sexual Orientation
-Social Interests
-Weight

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We had to establish what was going wrong and how we were going to fix it.

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Many mentors were experiencing the same lack of enthusiasm so all a group we discussed it. We had to become more optimistic about the club.

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Things weren't off to a good start. My mentee was not responding to my text messages and didn't show up to a gym class we had arranged to do together.

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If you are wondering how to structure your exercise and track your progress, you may want to look into the FITT principle. Below, we explain what it is and how to use it to reach your fitness goals.

FIIT Principle

The FIIT principle is a straightforward guideline for revising and improving any workout plan. FIIT stands for frequency, intensity, time, and type of exercise. You need to think about these four elements to create workouts that fit your goals and fitness level.

For instance, working out 3 to 5 days a week with a mixture of low, medium, and high-intensity exercise for 30 to 60 minutes per session, and performing cardio and strength training. Working out these details and progressing them over time helps create an effective program.

The first thing to set up with your workout plan is frequency- how often you will exercise. Frequency often depends on various factors, including the type of workout you're doing, how hard you're working, your fitness level, and your exercise goals.

In general, the exercise guidelines set out by the American College of Sports Medicine give you a place to start when figuring out how often to work out for both cardio and strength training.

Cardio Workouts

Cardio workouts are usually scheduled more often. Depending on your goal, guidelines recommend moderate cardio exercise five or more days a week or intense cardio three days a week to improve your health. By allowing you to easily adjust the exercise intensity level, these top-rated treadmills provide excellent and convenient cardio workouts.

If you want to lose weight, you may want to work up to more frequent workouts, up to six or more days a week. Just remember that more is not always better, and recovery time is essential.

Strength Training

The recommended frequency for strength training is two to three non-consecutive days a week. You should have at least one to two days between sessions.

Your frequency, however, will often depend on the type of training sessions you perform as well as your goals. You want to work each muscle group at least two times a week if your goal is to build bigger muscles, for example. If you do a split routine, like upper body one day and lower body the next, your workouts can be more frequent than total body workouts.

Intensity has to do with how hard you work during exercise. How you increase or decrease intensity depends on the type of workout you're doing.

Cardio Workouts

For cardio, you will usually monitor workout intensity by heart rate, perceived exertion, the talk test, a heart rate monitor, or a combination of those measures.

The general recommendation is to work at a moderate intensity for steady-state workouts. Interval training is done at a higher intensity for a shorter period. It's a good idea to have a mixture of low, medium, and high-intensity cardio exercises, so you stimulate different energy systems and avoid overtraining.

Strength Training

Monitoring the intensity of strength training involves a different set of parameters. Your intensity comprises the amount of weight you lift, and the number of reps and sets you do. The intensity can change based on your goals.

If you are a beginner looking to build muscle, stability, and endurance, use a lighter weight and do fewer sets with high repetitions: two or three sets of 12 to 20 reps.

If your goal is to grow muscle, do more sets with a moderate amount of repetitions (for instance, four sets of 10 to 12 reps each). You can build muscle with a wide range of repetitions and weights, but volume (total number of repetitions), is often higher than for other goals.

If you want to build strength, use heavy weights to do more sets with fewer reps (five sets of three reps each, for example).

The next element of your workout plan is how long you exercise during each session. There isn't one set rule for how long you should exercise, and it will typically depend on your fitness level and the type of workout you're doing.

Cardio Workouts

The exercise guidelines suggest 30 to 60 minutes of cardio, but the duration of your workout will depend on your fitness level and what type of exercise you're doing.

If you're a beginner, you might start with a 15- to 20-minute workout. If you have some experience and are doing steady-state cardio, such as going for a run or using a cardio machine, you might exercise for 30 to 60 minutes. If you're doing interval training and working at very high intensity, your workout will be shorter, around 10 to 15 minutes for all-out effort-based interval training.

Having a variety of workouts of different intensities and durations will give you a solid, balanced cardio program.

Strength Training

How long you lift weights will also depend on the type of workout you're doing and your schedule. For example, a total body workout could take over an hour, whereas a split routine could take less time because you're working fewer muscle groups in one session.

The type of exercise you do is the last part of the FIIT principle. It is easy to manipulate to avoid overuse injuries or weight loss plateaus.

Cardio Workouts

Cardio is easy to change since any activity that gets your heart rate up counts. Running, walking, cycling, dancing, swimming, and the elliptical trainer are some of the wide variety of activities you can choose. Having more than one go-to cardio activity is the best way to reduce boredom and increase variability.

Strength Training

Strength training workouts can also offer variety. They include any exercise where you're using some type of resistance (bands, dumbbells, machines, etc.) to work your muscles. Bodyweight exercises can also be considered a form of strength training.

You can easily change the strength workouts you do, from total body training to adding things like supersets or pyramid training, to liven things up. Incorporating new exercises for each body part is another way to vary the type of workouts you do.

You may wish to spend a few weeks working on functional strength-based movements, then move to hypertrophy or strength-based programming. Each of these modalities includes various alternative types of strength-based exercises to try.

How to Use FIIT

The FIIT principle outlines how to manipulate your program to get in shape and get better results. It also helps you figure out how to change your workouts to avoid boredom, overuse injuries, and plateaus.

For example, walking three times a week for 30 minutes at a moderate pace might be a great place for a beginner to start out with a workout program. After a few weeks, however, your body adapts to these workouts. As a result, you notice that you burn fewer calories, that you get bored, or your weight management efforts stall. It's at this point you want to manipulate one or more of the FIIT principles. For example, you might:

Change frequency by adding another day of walking

Change intensity by walking faster or adding some hills or running intervals

Change time by walking for a longer time each workout day

Change the type of workout by swapping one or more of your walks for swimming or cycling

Even just changing one of these elements can make a big difference in your workout and in how your body responds to exercise. It's important to change things up on a regular basis to keep your body healthy and your mind engaged.

FIIT and Injury Prevention

One of the best things about using FIIT is that it allows you to monitor the length and intensity of your workouts. When you are working out too frequently or not getting enough rest, you run the risk of overuse injuries, burnout, and muscle strains.

What's more, the FIIT principle encourages you to add variety to your workouts. When you do this, you allow your body to rest and recover. Plus, you are not working the same muscle groups over and over again, which in the end will produce better results.

If you notice that you are starting to have less energy, experience more aches and pains, or are feeling fatigued, you may want to make some changes to your exercise regimen. And if your symptoms persist, be sure to consult with a healthcare provider. They can help you pinpoint the root cause of your symptoms.

A Word From Verywell

The FIIT principle is a well-established way of modifying and adapting exercise programming to fit your unique goals, lifestyle, preferences, and progress. You can change and adapt each of the factors to suit these needs. Incorporating changes to frequency, intensity, time, and type of exercise helps to stave off boredom while also providing a framework for continued progress.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which are the main components of fitness?

The main components of fitness are cardiovascular training, resistance training, and mobility, stretching, and recovery work. Each are important for a healthy, functional body and lifestyle.

Is a 1-hour workout enough to achieve your fitness goals?

If you have one hour per workout day to train, this is usually plenty, depending on what your goals are and how many days per week you are training.

One-hour workouts three to four times per week with a mixture of cardiovascular and strength training can be effective, depending on your effort, workout structure, and other aspects of your lifestyle. Even 10 minutes of exercise each day can make a huge difference to your health.

How do you use the FIIT principle if you are a beginner?

Using the FIIT principle if you are a beginner to exercise does not have to be complicated. Simply review each of the four aspects and decide on what to start with. For example, how many days of the week can you commit to? What type of exercise do you want to try? After a month or so, you can revisit the FIIT guidelines and choose one or two to modify.

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How Can I Use the FIIT Principle for Effective Workouts?

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The FITT principle of exercise provides a structure for how to exercise and progress. Learn what it is and how to use it to achieve your fitness goals.

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How am I going to support my MoveMentee?
I needed to take a design thinking approach.

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What - Definition of Design Thinking

Design thinking is an ideology supported by an accompanying process. A complete definition requires an understanding of both.

Definition: The design thinking ideology asserts that a hands-on, user-centric approach to problem solving can lead to innovation, and innovation can lead to differentiation and a competitive advantage. This hands-on, user-centric approach is defined by the design thinking process and comprises 6 distinct phases, as defined and illustrated below.

How - The Process

The design-thinking framework follows an overall flow of 1) understand, 2) explore, and 3) materialize. Within these larger buckets fall the 6 phases: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test, and implement.

Empathize

Conduct research in order to develop knowledge about what your users do, say, think, and feel.

Imagine your goal is to improve an onboarding experience for new users. In this phase, you talk to a range of actual users. Directly observe what they do, how they think, and what they want, asking yourself things like 'what motivates or discourages users?' or 'where do they experience frustration?' The goal is to gather enough observations that you can truly begin to empathize with your users and their perspectives.

Define

Combine all your research and observe where your users' problems exist. While pinpointing your users' needs, begin to highlight opportunities for innovation.

Consider the onboarding example again. In the define phase, use the data gathered in the empathize phase to glean insights. Organize all your observations and draw parallels across your users' current experiences. Is there a common pain point across many different users? Identify unmet user needs.

Ideate

Brainstorm a range of crazy, creative ideas that address the unmet user needs identified in the define phase. Give yourself and your team total freedom; no idea is too farfetched and quantity supersedes quality.

At this phase, bring your team members together and sketch out many different ideas. Then, have them share ideas with one another, mixing and remixing, building on others' ideas.

Prototype

Build real, tactile representations for a subset of your ideas. The goal of this phase is to understand what components of your ideas work, and which do not. In this phase you begin to weigh the impact vs. feasibility of your ideas through feedback on your prototypes.

Make your ideas tactile. If it is a new landing page, draw out a wireframe and get feedback internally. Change it based on feedback, then prototype it again in quick and dirty code. Then, share it with another group of people.

Test

Return to your users for feedback.Ask yourself 'Does this solution meet users' needs?' and 'Has it improved how they feel, think, or do their tasks?'

Put your prototype in front of real customers and verify that it achieves your goals. Has the users' perspective during onboarding improved? Does the new landing page increase time or money spent on your site? As you are executing your vision, continue to test along the way.
Implement
Put the vision into effect. Ensure that your solution is materialized and touches the lives of your end users.

This is the most important part of design thinking, but it is the one most often forgotten. As Don Norman preaches, "we need more design doing." Design thinking does not free you from the actual design doing. It's not magic.

"There's no such thing as a creative type. As if creativity is a verb, a very time-consuming verb. It's about taking an idea in your head, and transforming that idea into something real. And that's always going to be a long and difficult process. If you're doing it right, it's going to feel like work." - Milton Glaser

As impactful as design thinking can be for an organization, it only leads to true innovation if the vision is executed. The success of design thinking lies in its ability to transform an aspect of the end user's life. This sixth step - implement - is crucial.

Why - The Advantage

Why should we introduce a new way to think about product development? There are numerous reasons to engage in design thinking, enough to merit a standalone article, but in summary, design thinking achieves all these advantages at the same time.

Design thinking:

Is a user-centered process that starts with user data, creates design artifacts that address real and not imaginary user needs, and then tests those artifacts with real users

Leverages collective expertise and establishes a shared language, as well as buy-in amongst your team

Encourages innovation by exploring multiple avenues for the same problem

Jakob Nielsen says " a wonderful interface solving the wrong problem will fail." Design thinking unfetters creative energies and focuses them on the right problem.

Flexibility - Adapt to Fit Your Needs

The above process will feel abstruse at first. Don't think of it as if it were a prescribed step-by-step recipe for success. Instead, use it as scaffolding to support you when and where you need it. Be a master chef, not a line cook: take the recipe as a framework, then tweak as needed.

Each phase is meant to be iterative and cyclical as opposed to a strictly linear process, as depicted below. It is common to return to the two understanding phases, empathize and define, after an initial prototype is built and tested. This is because it is not until wireframes are prototyped and your ideas come to life that you are able to get a true representation of your design. For the first time, you can accurately assess if your solution really works. At this point, looping back to your user research is immensely helpful. What else do you need to know about the user in order to make decisions or to prioritize development order? What new use cases have arisen from the prototype that you didn't previously research?

You can also repeat phases. It's often necessary to do an exercise within a phase multiple times in order to arrive at the outcome needed to move forward. For example, in the define phase, different team members will have different backgrounds and expertise, and thus different approaches to problem identification. It's common to spend an extended amount of time in the define phase, aligning a team to the same focus. Repetition is necessary if there are obstacles in establishing buy-in. The outcome of each phase should be sound enough to serve as a guiding principle throughout the rest of the process and to ensure that you never stray too far from your focus.

Scalability - Think Bigger

The packaged and accessible nature of design thinking makes it scalable. Organizations previously unable to shift their way of thinking now have a guide that can be comprehended regardless of expertise, mitigating the range of design talent while increasing the probability of success. This doesn't just apply to traditional "designery" topics such as product design, but to a variety of societal, environmental, and economical issues. Design thinking is simple enough to be practiced at a range of scopes; even tough, undefined problems that might otherwise be overwhelming. While it can be applied over time to improve small functions like search, it can also be applied to design disruptive and transformative solutions, such as restructuring the career ladder for teachers in order to retain more talent.

History of Design Thinking

It is a common misconception that design thinking is new. Design has been practiced for ages: monuments, bridges, automobiles, subway systems are all end-products of design processes. Throughout history, good designers have applied a human-centric creative process to build meaningful and effective solutions.

In the early 1900's husband and wife designers Charles and Ray Eames practiced "learning by doing," exploring a range of needs and constraints before designing their Eames chairs, which continue to be in production even now, seventy years later. 1960's dressmaker Jean Muir was well known for her "common sense" approach to clothing design, placing as much emphasis on how her clothes felt to wear as they looked to others. These designers were innovators of their time. Their approaches can be viewed as early examples of design thinking - as they each developed a deep understanding of their users' lives and unmet needs. Milton Glaser, the designer behind the famous I ♥ NY logo, describes this notion well: "We're always looking, but we never really see...it's the act of attention that allows you to really grasp something, to become fully conscious of it."

Despite these (and other) early examples of human-centric products, design has historically been an afterthought in the business world, applied only to touch up a product's aesthetics. This topical design application has resulted in corporations creating solutions which fail to meet their customers' real needs. Consequently, some of these companies moved their designers from the end of the product-development process, where their contribution is limited, to the beginning. Their human-centric design approach proved to be a differentiator: those companies that used it have reaped the financial benefits of creating products shaped by human needs.

In order for this approach to be adopted across large organizations, it needed to be standardized. Cue design thinking, a formalized framework of applying the creative design process to traditional business problems.

The specific term "design thinking" was coined in the 1990's by David Kelley and Tim Brown of IDEO, with Roger Martin, and encapsulated methods and ideas that have been brewing for years into a single unified concept.

Conclusion

We live in an era of experiences, be they services or products, and we've come to have high expectations for these experiences. They are becoming more complex in nature as information and technology continues to evolve. With each evolution comes a new set of unmet needs. While design thinking is simply an approach to problem solving, it increases the probability of success and breakthrough innovation.

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What is design thinking and why should you care? History and background plus a quick overview and visualization of 6 phases of the design thinking process.

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There are three stages to this Made2Move programme.
Stage 1: Recruit&Train
Stage 2: Recruit&Plan
Stage 3: Motivate&Mentor

We are now on stage 2- LETS GO!

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How was I going to track my MoveMentee's steps?

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How was I going to track my MoveMentee's steps?

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Accupedo! Accupedo is an accurate pedometer app that monitors your daily walking on the home screen of your phone. ... Accupedo counts your steps regardless of where you put your phone like your pocket, waist belt, or bag.

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As a class we spoke before finding a mentee. We discussed all the reasons why they would participate and all the benefits etc.

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After a couple of stressful days trying- I found my mentee and I was ready to give it my all.

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College students were the target audience because it is a known fact that the majority of college students are not meeting the PA guidelines and their lifestyle habits have disimproved due to living away from home etc.
'Data collected by this study shows a cross sectional decrease of 4.2%  of total physical activity with each addition year of age' (Solomon-Moore, 2019).

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We have declined on our rollercoaster this week because I have to admit, I found it quite difficult to try find a MoveMentee.
Because this programme was so new to me I was worried I would fail which was the wrong attitude do have, I needed to be confident in myself and my abilities.

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So this week for me was all about expanding my knowledge of Made2Move so that I was ready to go find my MoveMentee.

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-Enthusiastic
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-Leadership
-Resourceful
-Motivated to help

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-Over 18
-Currently not meeting PA guidelines
-Motivated to make a change

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Lets find some people to that can benefit from this programme- and lets try our best to be with them- EVERY STEP OF THE WAY!

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Social Media Outlets for Made2Move;

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This padlet is represented and structured like that of a rollercoaster. It shows how some weeks that were challenging declined while others inclined when I began to see results.

It reads left to right.

Each week with regards to lecture content is colour coded however, under each week I have left all reflections and steps of my movementee in white. This is to differentiate the lecture weeks and the movementees' week.

At the end of this
rollercoaster, you will find my case study, how I critiqued my role, how I feel made2move may transfer into different settings along with my reference list.

You will also find a video that I made to show my  my mentee Emers journey.

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Why some people find exercise harder than others | Emily Balcetis | TEDxNewYork

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https://youtu.be/yTL_bNvXJ9s

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We define the problem and then come up with a solution.
This is a design methodology that provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. It is useful in tackling complex problems that are unknown by understanding the human needs involved, by re-framing the problem in human centric ways and by adapting a hands on approach in testing. Designers have mastered a set of skills that can be productively applied to a wider range of problems (Brown,2011).

*Process
*Mindset
*Space

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In 1988, the American sociologist and psychologist Graham Gibbs published his Reflective Cycle model in his book 'Learning by Doing'. It encourages people to think systematically about the experiences they had during a specific situation, event or activity.