The Art of Engagement with Root Inc.

Learn how to present ideas and information in a way that's engaging to your end user! Jill Kiepura (Ross alum) and Jessica Barnes from Root Inc. will be facilitating an interactive workshop where participants will experiment with how to invite people to process and engage with information to make it stick. They will also discuss Root's approach to presenting information and creating interactive learning experiences in corporate settings.

Lunch will be provided.

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About Root Inc:
Root Inc. is a unique consulting firm that helps organizations bring strategies to life by focusing on people. Root's solutions enable organizations to deploy strategies successfully, achieve broad transformations and cultural changes, develop more effective leaders and managers, and leverage the bright spots in their business operations. We use a variety of visual storytelling methodologies and draw on the expertise and diverse skillsets of consultants, artists, and user-centered designers to engage people at all levels of an organization in the strategic change process.

Facilitator Bios:
Jessica Barnes (Senior Consultant) - Jessica is uber passionate about making things better for people by understanding them through user-centered design. After earning her Master of Design and MBA from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Jessica has been applying designing thinking as a Consultant at Root for three years.

Jill Kiepura (Consultant) – Jill has a background in cultural anthropology, and spent four years at Conifer Research in Chicago using ethnography and design thinking principles to consumer insights, identifying business opportunities for a broad range of clients. Jill graduated with an MBA/MS at the University of Michigan in 2015 through the Erb Institute program.

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