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LEADING WITH COACHING AND FACILITATION

AWESOME COLLABORATION IS NOT ACCIDENTAL.

Design for meaningful creativity, engagement, productivity, well-being and job satisfaction.   Learn the cutting-edge entrepreneurial leadership skills of Human-Centered Design and Design Thinking and Facilitating to supercharge your team collaboration, creativity, ideation and productivity. 

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INNOVATE YOU

If you are curious about becoming someone who makes change happen through seeing opportunity, and bringing people and resources together…while also strengthening your capacity to imagine, design, build and live a life of happiness and well-being, this course is for you.  Flourishing involves achievement that is meaningful, being engaged in your strengths, being emotionally intelligent, and doing this all in relationship with others. 

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Innovate YOU

Innovate YOU

Innovate YOU Instructors: Dr. Art Sherwood and Meg Weber Flourish.  Discover your passions.  Focus on your Purpose.  Craft your Profession.   Are you curious about how to become a person with...

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Intellectual Property Acquire Practical Knowledge of IP Gain the tools to understand and utilize IP • Learn about IP licensing and agreements Explore real-world examples of IP Instructor: Dr. Rhys...

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Testimonials

“The program really encourages me to step outside my comfort zone to meet at least one or two new people every day.”

Sawyer Moss (she/her)

“There are some benefits we have found to going virtual, with break out rooms if you do them randomly you could meet someone that you would have never met in person.”

Max Gitelman (they/them)

“Some of the useful skills I have gained from the program are problem-solving, public speaking, team building, and just the entrepreneurial process in general.”

Tara Boyd (she/her)

Meg Weber joined the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Team in 2016. Meg is passionate about economic development, students and entrepreneurship.

Meg’s career past is in running a telecommunications business, providing business coaching and serving as the Executive Director of the Technology Alliance Group. Meg serves our community on the Boards of the Pickford Film Center and the Technology Alliance Group.  She holds a  BA in Political Science and German, University of Rochester, MA Cinema , University of Iowa and MBA, University of Rochester.

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Meg Weber

Lead Instructor, WWU Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program

Art Sherwood is the David Cole Professor of Entrepreneurship in the College of Business and Economics at Western Washington University. Dr. Sherwood is the director of Western’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, an Affiliated Faculty of the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop on Political Theory and Political Theory and Policy Analysis and co-founder of the Cooperative Business Research Institute.

Having completed his graduate work at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business with a research focus on cooperative alliances, he now seeks to better understand co-operative entrepreneurship, governance and leadership. His current research also focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems and programs that increase access for non-traditional participants.  In addition to his academic work, his is an experienced entrepreneur and a member-owner of CDS Consulting Co-op through which he advises and teaches co-operative leaders throughout the United States.

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Dr. Art Sherwood

Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation , WWU