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Global Service Jam

A volunteer-run weekend where people in cities around the world prototype new services around a shared theme. No experience needed.

Visit websiteglobaljams.org

You can find here

  • a list of local jams
  • how to host a jam
  • recordings of past jams

Good for questions like

  • An open collection of communication tools and methods for designing services, started by Roberta Tassi and maintained as a shared library.

  • The practical companion to service design, covering research, ideation, prototyping and implementation with a large method library. Widely used as a course text.

  • The free online companion to the book: over fifty methods for research, ideation, prototyping and facilitation, each with a step-by-step description.

  • Figma's collaborative whiteboard, often used by teams who already prototype in Figma for workshops and mapping.

  • Fifteen principles of good service design, drawn from Lou Downe's time leading design across the UK government. Short, plain and opinionated.

  • Ten principles for designing government services, starting with 'start with user needs'. Short enough to read in five minutes and widely borrowed outside government.