What We Offer

Live Online Learning Self-Guided Learning Customized Learning

The best learning happens when open-minded thinkers come together.
Waters Center events are created around the belief that we are all #BetterTogether.

Webinars

Monthly, one-hour virtual learning sessions on varying topics explored through a systems thinking lens
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Free, hour-long, interactive Zoom webinars led by Waters Center staff and special guests. Two webinar options are offered: Open Studio webinar, which focuses on topics of interest suitable for learners from all types of systems, and Teacher Studio webinar, which features topics of interest relevant to educators.

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Online Workshops

Dig deeper into systems thinking with these 12-hour workshops
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Online Workshops include 12 hours of collaborative learning facilitated by Waters Center staff. Each participant will be mailed a set of Habits of a Systems Thinker cards. Workshop options include Introduction to Systems Thinking and Leading for Impactful Change. Additional workshop options will be added based on demand levels.

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Virtual Forums

One-day virtual forums focused on specific areas of interest that bring stakeholders from all parts of a system together
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What do you get when you bring together several hundred stakeholders from a particular system looking to create positive, sustainable change through systems thinking? A Building Pathways for Systems Thinkers Forum! Forum topics cover a wide range, from Early Childhood to health systems and feature renowned guest presenters and provocateurs.

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Credentialing Program

Designed for experienced systems thinkers who are interested in advancing their skills and capacities
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Each participant will be a member of a learning team, engaged in synchronous and asynchronous learning sessions and assigned a Waters Center coach to support and guide performance-based skill development. The Systems Thinking Advanced Facilitator credential denotes a highly-skilled systems thinking practitioner prepared and committed to sharing the benefits and uses of systems thinking with others in a professional environment.

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Upcoming Learning Opportunities

8/5/2021
9:00 AM PDT

Learning and Applying Systems Thinking: From Cartoons to Congress - 9 AM PDT

8/5/2021
3:00 PM PDT

Learning and Applying Systems Thinking: From Cartoons to Congress - 3 PM PDT

8/7/2021
9:00 AM PDT

Back to School: Systems Thinking Concepts to Launch the School Year

Sept. 2021 - Aug. 2022

Cohort 2: Systems Thinking Advanced Facilitator Credential

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What We Offer

The best learning happens when open-minded thinkers come together.Waters Center events are created around the belief that we are all #BetterTogether.

Upcoming Learning Opportunities

The best learning happens when open-minded thinkers come together.
Waters Center events are created around the belief that we are all #BetterTogether.