Fellows
The number of countries represented in this Fellowship’s cohort.
9
This is who Chris Stevens was and his legacy.
A U.S. Ambassador who dedicated his career to building bridges and is the namesake of the Stevens Initiative.
Create solutions that actually work for people you are designing for, not what you think is best for them, but what they think is best for them
This is the name of the hotel where the group stayed during their visit to Rabat.
Ibis Rabat Agdal
This is the month when the session focused entirely on dialogue took place.
January
These two Fellows have an academic background in medicine.
Thomas and Suha
These institutions and governments support the Stevens Initiative, a program of the Aspen Institute.
U.S. Department of State, the Bezos Family Foundation, and the governments of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates
These are the 6 stages of the design thinking process.
Understand/Empathize; Observe and Learn, Synthesize/Make Meaning; Ideation, Prototyping; Testing
This is the name of the traditional market, or souk, located in the Old Medina of Rabat.
Souk El Kebir
This is the number of sessions dedicated to Leadership, and name at least one of the topics covered during those sessions.
Emotional intelligence in leadership; leading beyond authority
The number of current Fellows who have met a previous Fellow, either virtually or in person.
ALL!
Beyond the United States, the Stevens Initiative funds virtual exchange programs in these global regions.
MENA region, Latin America, Europe
When defining a Point of View in design thinking, these three key questions help frame the problem.
We met...
We were amazed to realize...
It would be life changing if...
This is the number of free nights the group had during the week together in Morocco.
One free night
This activity started with group brainstorming in the very first session and continued as a take-home assignment.
There are Fellows in this cohort who are currently active students. Name at least three (you can’t name yourself).
Nayantara, Thomas, Yahya, Danial, Nayantra, Marietta
These two components were unique to the 2023 Stevens Initiative Alumni Fellowship Program.
To honor the tenth anniversary of Ambassador Stevens’ passing, the 2023 Fellowship included these two special components: applying in pairs and reciprocal community visits.
After ideation, these are three common methods used to select the best ideas.
Ideas on fire, dot voting, idea selection funnel
This is the name of the restaurant where all Fellows got up and danced during the gathering.
Sufra restaurant
Name at least one song on the Fellowship playlist and the Fellow who added it — but don’t name your own!
Look at playlist
This Fellow loves jewelry - name the Fellow and the specific type of jewelry (rings, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, watches, or anklets).
Alexis - earrings
This is the number of different virtual exchange programs represented in the current fellowship cohort.
8 virtual exchange programs
In design thinking, these two spaces organize the stages of understanding the challenge and developing solutions.
Problem space and solution space
These five countries presented the cultural sharing activities in Morocco on the first of the two days.
Morocco, Libya, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine
During our third leadership meeting, this activity took up most of the session.
Leadership image activity