[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” typography_style=”white” min_height=”600px” css=”.vc_custom_1579284381185{background-image: url(https://girlgetvisible.com/testing/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/48464732296_3664a6b83c_o.jpg?id=4336) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” wpex_bg_position=”center center”][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vcex_spacing][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/R5OGQyHUaHc”][vcex_spacing][vcex_button url=”https://girlgetvisible.com/testing/life-design/what-is-life-design/” size=”large” color=”red” align=”center”]Read our Frameworks of Life Design[/vcex_button][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1579041262416{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1581392554349{margin-top: 4rem !important;}”][vcex_heading text=”What is Life Design?” tag=”h2″ color=”#267bc0″ font_size=”2.25em”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#267bc0″][vc_column_text color=”#000000″]Drawing from the fields of career education, psychology, and design thinking, Life Design is a creative, iterative, human-centered problem-solving methodology that can be applied to navigate change and transition throughout life.
Here at the Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking, our approach to life design is focused on changemaking, the belief that individuals in any position can work toward positive social change. We teach life design as a tool for students to navigate their transition from college to the working world, but life design can be applied to any arena you wish to explore and change in life.
Our life design offerings at Tulane University include the undergraduate courses Taylor Your Tulane (for first-year students) and Taylor Your Life , as well as a 5-week life design workshop series for graduate and doctoral, TYL4Grads.
If you are an educator interested in bringing Life Design Education to your school, campus, or classroom, we have made our Taylor Your Life Educator Materials free to educators worldwide. Our life design curricula is created and led by Julia Lang.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” typography_style=”white” css=”.vc_custom_1592451466647{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” wpex_bg_position=”center center”][vc_column][vcex_heading text=”Taylor Your Tulane: For First Year College Students” tag=”h2″ color=”#267bc0″ font_size=”2.25em”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#267bc0″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”6748″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://girlgetvisible.com/testing/life-design/taylor-your-tulane/”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vcex_spacing][vc_column_text color=”#000000″]
I came into this semester not having any idea of what I wanted to do and not really informing myself of what I had opportunity to do…now, all my thoughts have become more organized.
I have a sense of where I am going [and that] I was technically the only thing holding me back from a lot of opportunities.
[/vc_column_text][vcex_button url=”https://girlgetvisible.com/testing/life-design/taylor-your-tulane/”]Read about Taylor Your Tulane for First Year Students[/vcex_button][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” typography_style=”white” css=”.vc_custom_1592451466647{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” wpex_bg_position=”center center”][vc_column][vcex_heading text=”Taylor Your Life: For Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors” tag=”h2″ color=”#267bc0″ font_size=”2.25em”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#267bc0″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” typography_style=”white” min_height=”600px” css=”.vc_custom_1592451318702{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” wpex_bg_position=”center center”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1592451386721{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3039″ onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://girlgetvisible.com/testing/life-design/taylor-your-life/”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
Taylor Your Life has altered my perception of the job search process intensely and even of life planning in general, outside of the workplace.
The curriculum emphasized the importance of being open to new opportunities and doing what truly speaks to you instead of simply doing what you or other people believe you should do.
[/vc_column_text][vcex_spacing][vcex_button url=”https://girlgetvisible.com/testing/life-design/taylor-your-life/”]Learn about Taylor Your Life for Sophs, Jrs & Srs[/vcex_button][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” typography_style=”white” min_height=”600px” css=”.vc_custom_1579284421931{background-image: url(https://girlgetvisible.com/testing/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/TYL.jpg?id=4337) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” wpex_bg_position=”center center”][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1579043496916{background-color: #267bc0 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vcex_spacing][vcex_heading text=”Resources for Educators” tag=”h2″ color=”#ffffff” font_size=”2.25em”][vc_separator color=”white”][vcex_spacing][vc_column_text color=”#ffffff”]Interested in bringing Life Design Education to your school, campus, or classroom?
The Taylor Your Life curriculum is free to educators interested in using design thinking to map “changemaking” career tracks.[/vc_column_text][vcex_spacing][vcex_button url=”https://girlgetvisible.com/testing/taylor-your-life/access-taylor-your-life-resources/” layout=”block” size=”small” color=”teal” align=”center”]Access Free Life Design Resources for Educators[/vcex_button][vcex_spacing][vc_single_image image=”291928″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vcex_spacing][vc_single_image image=”291920″ img_size=”Full”][vcex_spacing][vc_separator color=”white”][vcex_spacing][vcex_heading text=”ChatGPT Prompting Guides” tag=”h2″ color=”#ffffff” color_hover=”#ffffff” font_size=”2.25em”][vc_separator][vcex_spacing][vc_column_text color=”#ffffff”]Unlock the power of ChatGPT using tailored prompting guides for seamless assistance in academia!
Whether you’re a student seeking guidance or faculty looking to enhance productivity, ChatGPT is your academic ally. Tailor your educational journey today.[/vc_column_text][vcex_spacing][vc_btn title=”Access ChatGPT Resources” color=”turquoise” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftaylor.tulane.edu%2Fai-prompt-guide-request-form%2F|title:AI%20Prompt%20Guide%20Request%20Form|target:_blank”][vcex_spacing][vc_single_image image=”292415″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vcex_heading text=”Life Design Education News” tag=”h2″ color=”#f15f48″ font_size=”2.25em”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#f15f48″][vcex_spacing][vc_basic_grid post_type=”post” max_items=”3″ item=”6687″ initial_loading_animation=”none” grid_id=”vc_gid:1724945219527-959587af-3efc-3″ taxonomies=”5770″][vcex_spacing][vcex_button url=”https://girlgetvisible.com/testing/life-design/life-design-news” size=”large” color=”gold” align=”center”]Read all Life Design Education News[/vcex_button][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vcex_spacing][vcex_heading text=”Life Design Education Program Team Members” tag=”h2″ color=”#267bc0″ font_size=”2.5em”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#267bc0″][vcex_spacing][vc_basic_grid post_type=”staff” max_items=”-1″ element_width=”3″ gap=”35″ orderby=”meta_value” order=”ASC” item=”277″ initial_loading_animation=”none” grid_id=”vc_gid:1724945219530-7d292f22-c5a2-9″ taxonomies=”3351, 7596″][vcex_spacing][vc_btn title=”View All Life Design Instructors” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftaylor.tulane.edu%2Flife-design%2Ftaylor-your-life%2F%23instructors”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1581392617921{margin-top: 4rem !important;}”][vcex_heading text=”Learning from Leaders in Life Design Education” tag=”h2″ color=”#267bc0″ font_size=”2.25em”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#267bc0″][vc_column_text color=”#000000″]TAYLOR Your Life was created after conducting extensive research in the field on best practices and current trends in innovative career development curriculum creation, including:
- Thought leaders from a variety of fields. Click here for a snapshot of materials embedded in our classes (includes readings, videos, and podcasts)
- Designing Your Life, the book co-written by professors of the most popular elective at Stanford University (Burnett & Evans, 2016)
- How to Get Any Job, Donald Asher
- How to Land Your Dream Job Right Out of College by Networking Like A Rockstar, Jaymin Patel
- Radical Acceptance, a mindfulness text (Brach, 2014)
- Net Impact’s Career Development Program for undergraduate and graduate students
- The Echoing Green and Ashoka U award winning Transformative Action Institute, which has been used at over 50 campuses including Harvard, Stanford and UCLA, (Sherman, 2015)
- The Ashoka U award winning Work on Purpose curriculum from Echoing Green.
We redesigned our curriculum in 2020 to intentionally center diverse voices and create a more equitable and inclusive curriculum. Read more about our curriculum redesign and see an overview of TYL curriculum.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vcex_heading text=”Read About Taylor Your Life” tag=”h2″ color=”#267bc0″ font_size=”2.5em”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#267bc0″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text color=”#000000″]Spring 2023 Report
TYL for Grads Fall 2019 Report
TYL Staff Training Report 2018
(from staff who completed training in summer 2017)
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]TYL Student and Staff Assessment through 2017
Hullaballoo Article: “Tulane offers innovative courses for Spring 2018 semester”
Tulane Admissions Blog: “10 Cool Classes”
A glimpse into the classroom- Blog post. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vcex_spacing][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”3378″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vcex_heading text=”Want to Learn More?” tag=”h2″ color=”#267bc0″ font_size=”2.25em”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#267bc0″][vc_column_text color=”#000000″]
- Interested in colloboration or dicussing life design?
- Email Julia Lang at jlang@tulane.edu.
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