All OpEd Project workshops are 100% virtual in 2020, which means you can Write To Change the World from anywhere.

Core Workshop: “Write to Change the World”

This workshop is based on time-tested models of transformational learning, designed to unlock knowledge in powerful and unexpected ways. We explore the source of credibility; the patterns and elements of persuasion; the difference between being “right” and being effective; how to preach beyond the choir; and how to think bigger about what you know—to have more impact in the world. Participants emerge with concrete results (op-ed drafts and more), and access to our national network of journalist mentors for individual follow up. Our workshops are also designed to inspire and cultivate a greater sense of social responsibility by clarifying our potential impact on the world.

In April 2020 we went 100% virtual, which has allowed for an exhilarating learning experience - with participants joining us across geography, time, and an enormous range of identities, voices and ideas. We now typically welcome global cohorts of 50+ people, and we break into smaller cohorts of ten for discovery-based work, in which participants learn by doing. As always, our model is based on discovery through group interaction, so we ask participants to show up and participate in full.

Advanced Workshop: “Accelerating Ideas”

For OpEd Project alums only, we periodically (up to 4x/year) offer an advanced workshop that focuses on accelerating our ideas by connecting people with different knowledge sets across expertise and identity, and by investing in rapid cross pollination. Our Advanced Workshop, which is a sequel to our Core Workshop (“Write to Change the World”), is based on high-level collaboration and brings previously explored themes together to see how we can connect the dots between disparate ideas, fields, geographies and time periods. We test hunches. We explore the source of innovative thinking (where do good ideas come from?). We experiment with time and timing. This workshop also culminates in a large group experiment in which participants come together to produce a piece of thought leadership as a cohort in 15 minutes.

BRING THE OPED PROJECT TO YOU

If you'd like to bring The OpEd Project to your university, nonprofit, conference, community organization or company, contact us for more information.