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STUDY ABROAD

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@joelgoodman
AUSTIN, TEXAS
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Borrowing

Ideas, Design, & Strategy
From Beyond Academia
Do You Consider
Yourself A

designer?
city & urban planning
public health

mathematics training

legal precedent

psychological research
communication theory

education training
Medical Research
social issues
media & cultural analysis

divinity & religious issues

Economics & Business

Science Advances

Engineering
BUT DESIGN IS
ALWAYS OWNED BY
SOMEONE ELSE.
we Beg, Borrow,
& Steal our
web strategies
truth?
LET’S LOOK AT
TECH BLOGS
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
LET’S LOOK AT
mobile
providers
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
The Sad News
we like...
Sliders
lots of jargon
all the navigation
giant hero images
We Got

trolled
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
A change in thinking.
Think like a hacker
WAIT, WHAT?
It was like a game to me; like a
hacker, trying to find new ways
to do things.
7 October 2013 / #heweb13

Photo by Michael Bulbenko
Steve Wozniak
7 October 2013 / #heweb13

...using your mind to come up
with original actions. Thinking
instead of always following what
the book says—that’s real
thinking. Deep thinking.

Photo by Michael Bulbenko
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia
This from a
commercial
company
#hustleishope
@plautmaayan

@timnekritz

Oberlin

SUNY Oswego
@jesskry
hamilton college
Creative thinking breeds risky
ideas (in a good way).
If you take a risk and it works,
everyone will copy it.
Interesting Things.
INSPIRATION
http://dribbble.com
http://smashingmagazine.com
http://alistapart.com
How can your
institution set
itself apart?
(and your other questions)

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