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DESCRIPTION:Event Type: WebinarUnlock your potential with a Mini-Masterclas
 s Webinar with Professor Vidya Haran from Gies College of Business. Design
 ed for prospective graduate students\, this dynamic session offers a first
 hand look at the cutting-edge skills\, innovative thinking\, and career-ac
 celerating opportunities that define a Gies graduate education. Join our w
 orld-class faculty for an engaging\, high-impact learning experience—and d
 iscover how Gies can help you take the next step in your professional jour
 ney.Driving Innovation: A Human-Centered ApproachInnovation in businesses\
 , especially product management and consulting\, starts with understanding
  people\, not just markets. In this 30-minute introductory workshop\, you’
 ll explore how human-centered design helps teams uncover unmet needs (user
  research and design frameworks)\, generate stronger ideas (ideation)\, an
 d move quickly from insight to action (prototyping). Through a short\, han
 ds-on exercise\, you’ll get a practical look at how innovation skills are 
 developed and applied in graduate business programs and in roles shaping n
 ew products\, services\, and solutions.Register now!Contact: Gies Graduate
  Programsgrad@business.illinois.eduSponsor: Gies Business Graduate Program
 s
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LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign
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SUMMARY:Mini-Masterclass with Professor Vidya Haran
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 g eventtype">Event Type:</span> Webinar</p><p>Unlock your potential with a
  Mini-Masterclass Webinar with <a data-cke-saved-href="https://giesbusines
 s.illinois.edu/profile/vidya-haran" href="https://giesbusiness.illinois.ed
 u/profile/vidya-haran" id="isPasted">Professor Vidya Haran</a> from Gies C
 ollege of Business. Designed for prospective graduate students\, this dyna
 mic session offers a firsthand look at the cutting-edge skills\, innovativ
 e thinking\, and career-accelerating opportunities that define a Gies grad
 uate education. Join our world-class faculty for an engaging\, high-impact
  learning experience—and discover how Gies can help you take the next step
  in your professional journey.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Driving Innovation
 : A Human-Centered Approach</strong><br>Innovation in businesses\, especia
 lly product management and consulting\, starts with understanding people\,
  not just markets. In this 30-minute introductory workshop\, you’ll explor
 e how human-centered design helps teams uncover unmet needs (user research
  and design frameworks)\, generate stronger ideas (ideation)\, and move qu
 ickly from insight to action (prototyping). Through a short\, hands-on exe
 rcise\, you’ll get a practical look at how innovation skills are developed
  and applied in graduate business programs and in roles shaping new produc
 ts\, services\, and solutions.</p><p><a href="https://choose.illinois.edu/
 register/?id=36a116b0-8ee5-443d-a781-f69019fbe551">Register now!</a></p><p
  class="contact"><span class="event-heading contact">Contact:</span> Gies 
 Graduate Programs<br><a href="mailto:grad@business.illinois.edu">grad@busi
 ness.illinois.edu</a></p><p class="sponsor"><span class="event-heading spo
 nsor">Sponsor:</span> Gies Business Graduate Programs</p>
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