Evaluate. Shift. Pivot. Thrive. The dynamics of change impact every life journey. Sometimes it’s managing new circumstances. Sometimes, it’s meeting new versions of ourselves. In every event, our opportunity is to meet the unknown with intention, integrity and imagination.
Learn how to embrace change through The Spark Series: Turning Conversations into Change. With facilitator and creative change agent Dasha Kelly Hamilton as your guide, you will explore foundational change, conversation leadership, media, and creative assignments to produce a plan to guide your next steps. Upon completion of the program, you will earn a professional certificate.
New session dates listed below. Registration is open now!
How it works
Learn from the safety and convenience of your own home. The Spark Series consists of six units, each of which is five weeks long. Starting March 30, 2021, sessions will be held virtually on Tuesday evenings from 6:30-8 p.m. CT.
Registration is open to women and men with or without a college degree. You may enroll in a specific unit or the entire sequence; a professional certificate will only be granted upon completion of the entire sequence.
Learning units
Unit 1: I, the Revolution
March 30-April 27, 2021
Examining the roots of cultural change to evaluate what you have cultivated and how to keep growing. Participants will contribute to dialogues about the mechanics of cultural change to create personalized social contracts for citizenry and change.
Unit 2: Dismantling Can’t
May 4-June 1, 2021
When are parameters obstacles? When are obstacles opportunities? Through an exercise of constructive complaining, discover your movements forward.
Unit 3: The Promo Code
June 8-July 6, 2021
Bending principle strategies from the fields of advertising and marketing to update your positioning pitch, personal packaging and professional promotion.
Unit 4: Treasure Maps
July 13-August 10, 2021
Turn-by-turn instructions will get you there, but visualizing the terrain helps you own the navigation. Through a progressive map project, creatively assess your goals, obstacles and resources to outline and commit to the next path in your journey.
Unit 5: Body of Work
August 17-September 14, 2021
Craft a healthy and harmonious relationship with your body: gather tools and fresh ideas to fuel, strengthen, pamper, heal and honor your health and self.
Unit 6: Creatives in Residence
September 21-October 18, 2021
Brains create. Shortcuts, comparisons, insights, even art, sometimes. Regardless of the output, the mind’s creative circuitry is a powerful conduit for producing community solutions and social change.
Your guide
Dasha Kelly Hamilton is a seasoned facilitator and curator, leaning into creative strategies for collective interrogation, individual reflection and inspired life solutions.
Cancellation policy: A 50% refund will be issued upon withdrawal during the first unit. A 25% refund will be issued upon withdrawal during the second unit. There is no refund issued upon withdrawal during the third or later units.