School of System Change

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Basecamp Americas 2022

Change leaders from across the Americas are invited to join us for our next learning program, with 2022 dates to be announced soon. We are offering an online learning journey aimed to help you navigate complex challenges, map and diagnose systems and engage others with lasting change processes.

Express your interest!

Learn more about Basecamp and see if it's the right course for you from our previous information session recording. If it would also be helpful to chat with a School team member about your fit with Basecamp, we can set up an informal chat by choosing a time here. Check out the application preview to help you prepare your responses.

About the course

About our participants

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About the course

What will I get from the course?

As a participant on Basecamp, you will complete this learning journey:

Capable of understanding and diagnosing complex systems
Equipped with a toolkit of varied systemic methods and approaches for developing and working on multi-stakeholder projects
Prepared to make choices about where and how to act to create positive change
Having tested your learning on complex, real-life sustainability challenges
Laid a foundation for leading transformational change in your field
Linked to an international network of people and support

Course structure & format

This 4-month online learning experience will be delivered through:

Peer-learning with a diverse cohort of change leaders
Facilitated online sessions for the full cohort and smaller groups via video call, with over 80 hours of instruction and applied learning time in the six-month course
1-to-1 and small group coaching from an experienced facilitator to support your growth and effectiveness as a systems change practitioner
Opportunity to apply your learning to a live complex challenge in small groups via a Fieldwork project
A tailored online learning environment and curated set of resources
Readings, exercises and reflection to be completed in your own time

The course runs in 2022 (Date TBA), and is structured as follows (all sessions will take place between US Eastern and Pacific working time zones).

On-going learning commitment

On-going learning	How much time are you expected to commit?
Online learning with peer group and coaching support aside from intensive sessions (dates below)	Approximately 5 hours per week including online group sessions, reading, individual exercises, Fieldwork project and coaching time
Monthly webinar series	2 hour sessions every 4 weeks focused on one chapter of the Navigation Guide resource; 6 webinars in total

Intensive sessions dates

We ask for intensive learning periods (e.g. first to third intensives and closing intensive) that you hold the full day for Basecamp.

Session dates	Dates	How much time are you expected to commit?
First intensive learning week	TBA Tues to Fri	Introductory activities and facilitated learning across 4 full days
Second intensive learning week	TBA Tues to Fri	Facilitated learning across 4 full days
Closing intensive learning week	TBA Tues to Fri	Facilitated learning across 4 full days

Facilitators

Jennifer Berman

Jennifer is Training and Partnership Officer for the Garfield Foundation and a facilitator with the School of System Change. She works with social change leaders looking to increase their capacity to think systemically, act collaboratively, and lead transformative change.

Rodrigo Bautista

Rodrigo is an award-winning multidisciplinary-designer from ICSID and AIGA and founder of 21st Century Design and Engage by Design. He is Principal at Forum for the Future and advisor for the sustainability startup Made of Air. His work has covered different sectors, including urban and mobility issues, technology for impact, sustainable materials, education and entrepreneurial ecosystems.

Course fees

Course fees are as follows, based on sector / professional context. VAT does not apply.

Corporate / philanthropy*	US$9,800
NGO / social enterprise / public sector	US$6,860
Individual / freelance	US$4,900

Some financial assistance is available to eligible participants. We encourage that you complete the application form and indicate your request for finance assistance.

*A 30% discount is offered at the corporate / philanthropy tier to partners of Forum for the Future.

About our participants

What are the criteria for participating?

There are no specific minimum qualifications required to participate in Basecamp. However, we assume a base level of understanding of sustainability (defined broadly as social, environmental and economic issues in today’s world), as we do not include any introduction or specific knowledge on this as part of the course. We expect that our participants will have varied sustainability backgrounds and contexts and this is fine (and in fact desired). We will be looking for a mix of issue expertise, whether that is social justice, economic inequality, or climate change.

We are looking for inspired and intrepid individuals from business, non-profit organizations, public sector, and philanthropy, along with any other enablers of change (like consultants, designers, or entrepreneurs) to form a strong cohort of approximately twenty participants.

We expect you will have a strategic role and some decision-making capacity within your organization, community, or professional context so that you are well placed to directly and promptly apply your learning, and to feasibly implement strategic changes.

As a participant, you will identify a specific complex challenge (in the most innovative sense including social change), and commit to exploring that challenge (although it may evolve) during your applied learning journey - meaning that you’re up for scoping or planning a new piece of work, re-visiting a strategy, or otherwise shifting or building on your current work as you learn and test out your new skills.

You must have a strong command of the English language, which is the language of instruction for all course materials.

Last but not least, participants must commit to participating in all of the online sessions and actively contributing to peer group learning. You will need to be able to join all online sessions on the dates and times listed above.

Who will the other participants be?

Each of our cohorts is different; our aim and one of our core program design principles is for diversity across the group in the broadest sense of the word, including diversity of professional setting (large organizations and small, different sectors along with freelancers and independents), to diversity of sustainability issue and area of expertise.

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