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DesignUp 📣 Issue #136 > Secrets of Communicating Competence, Frameworks for motivation, The future of video search + More

Design is a journey of discovery - and this edition contains journeys of different kinds - across places, mindsets, and career changes. You'll also find actionable frameworks for your toolkit - how to use data to understand your customer journey, how to craft your service model, and frameworks to motivate your team.

💥🥁🚀 And finally, DesignUp.School + Suresh Venkat are back - with a secret sauce that can elevate your presentation style, tone, body language and words - so that you can make an impact when you're communicating. See details below!

📣 DesignUp School

Have you ever seen a person walk into a room, start speaking - and everyone just listens, enthralled? Ever wondered what's their secret? Learn the 'Secrets to Communicating Competence' with TV presenter, moderator, actor and seasoned media professional, Suresh Venkat, as he takes a select few on an intense 2-week journey through a world of clear, crisp and effective communication.

Grab a highly-coveted spot in the upcoming cohort now: https://designup.school/courses/secrets-to-communicating-competence/ Limited to 5 seats only! Starts Nov 14, 2022.

🤸🏿‍♀️ The state of Design

Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery -- for which it helps to have a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous (and often quite funny) slide deck of his work and found images.

The mastermind behind Apple’s most iconic products reveals how his design philosophy guides collaborations at his creative collective, LoveFrom.

The concept of video search is a critical functionality that social media companies are starting to realize they need to figure out… and fast.

🧰 Your toolkit

How can you use data to understand the user experience ecosystem your customers navigate within? You have a lot more data than you think!

How do you craft a profitable service business? Here are the four critical elements, collectively called the “service model”, through an approach that recognizes the differences between service businesses and product businesses.

Motivation theories are frameworks for understanding what drives people toward goals. Here are five you can put to work on your team.

🍏 Eye Candy

Hannah Norberg-Williams uses the relatable metaphor of eating with the wrong cutlery to show the experiences of neurodivergent people in day-to-day situations.

Jonathan Jasberg takes the viewer past the postcard shots of the pyramids, deep into a fascinating, sprawling metropolis of over 20 million people.

The winners of this year’s World Illustration Awards have been selected from a shortlist of 200 projects, drawn from over 5,000 entries across 77 countries.

Stay curious and stay inspired,