Advanced Workshop: “Accelerating Ideas”
Two-day Intensive (2 sessions)
Wednesday, December 7 from 3:00pm - 6:30pm ET
Thursday, December 8 from 3:00pm - 6:30pm ET
This advanced workshop, which is a sequel to our core "Write to Change the World" workshop, is for alums of the core workshop and Public Voices Fellowship only. Based on our flagship fellowship curriculum and offered rarely to the public, it focuses on connecting people and ideas across time, space, expertise and identity - and on accelerating our ideas by investing in the diversity of our knowledge sets. It is designed to make us more strategic and intelligent - both as individuals and as a collective.
Participants emerge with tools to generate new ideas; tactics for being timely at any time; an outline for a draft op-ed (on an idea only you can write, but might never have thought of before); and a global network of diverse peers amongst whom you have the potential to increase your impact and our intelligence. This highly energetic and interactive workshop culminates in the entire group writing an op-ed together - an exercise in collaborative action.
Who should attend?
We welcome people of all identities, backgrounds, genders, and positions. We seek to always overrepresent the underrepresented, including women. As our curriculum is based on expanding our thinking, it is suitable for those with or without publishing experience.
Scholarships:
The OpEd Project is building a sustainable model for social justice. Our public workshops are designed to break even (with neither profit nor loss) while providing scholarships for up to 30% of participants in any workshop. Scholarship application here.
About:
The OpEd Project’s mission is to change who writes history. We are a community of thought leaders, commentary writers, journalists, and change agents who actively work to diversify knowledge and accelerate solutions to society’s greatest challenges. We believe the world becomes more intelligent when it is more inclusive. We believe the best ideas, regardless of where they come from, should have a chance to change the world. We have stunning results.
