Tadeh Hakopian
Program Manager
Los Angeles, California, United States
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With a background in Architecture and Development Tadeh has supported building large scale projects with diverse teams for over 10 years. By promoting open dialogue, systems thinking, and long term planning he has improved operational efficiencies in all his endeavors. He is a course author, trainer, and open source contributor as well as a speaker at national conferences in technology, architecture, design. He loves to talk about the new possibilities with technology and innovation at everyone’s disposal while building communities along the way.
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The Road Atlas: Visual Storytelling with Roadmaps
Most people are visual learners who absorb information from visual aides (diagrams, images, compositions, charts) which helps us map that content in our minds. Everyone can benefit from seeing the ‘grand vision’ as a starting point for product launches. The problem is our conventional methods of learning are usually focused on text which may not resonate with people trying to get a sense of what they will be getting into.
One way to address the need to convey critical information to a group who may be visually biased in their learning is to use illustrations like Roadmaps. A Roadmap is a great way to showcase ideas, products and resonate with your team what the big plans are. Beyond just a simple chart or diagram they can be useful as communication documents to align all stakeholders and get ready to dive into the details. Learn what is possible with using an illustrative Roadmap to tell a story and inform your team on all the critical details in an intuitive and fun way.
The Importance of Visuals in Teaching Code and Reducing Bias
Coding can be taught line by line but not everyone is comfortable with purely text and logic based explanations of coding. The current status quo is to teach showing lines of code with inputs and outputs however a lot of visual learners aren’t going to easily grasp that. What if there was a way to communicate the code concepts with images? This talk will show how using geometry and modeling can acclimate novices to coding concepts using visual-spatial examples reinforced by coding concepts applicable anywhere.
Computational thinking for Creatives - Decoding Barriers to Entry
Getting people to think about computation is just as important as teaching coding. At work we started a coding basics series for creatives as part of our digital transformation strategy. However it was clear that if the barriers of entry to coding weren’t removed then they wouldn’t get very far. Those barriers are conceptual and cultural but they are surmountable with the right approach This talk will review how a group of designers with zero coding experience were brought into computational thinking and how that enabled them to feel more confident and use coding in their projects.
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