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The program

Learn. Create.Build. Share.

Every Design-A-Thon follows the same four moves, so a first timer leaves with something they made and the confidence to make the next one.

How an activation works.

90 minutes, facilitator led, in person or digital. Participants work in small teams on a real business problem.

  1. Learn

    What AI is, what it is not, and how to use it responsibly.

  2. Create

    Turn ideas into designs, prototypes, and plans with AI tools.

  3. Build

    Make something real: an app, a tool, a game, a product.

  4. Share

    Present it, sell it, or showcase it to family, mentors, and judges.

Two tracks. Builders and operators.

Participants choose a lane and leave with work they can show.

Two teens building a project together

AI Vibe Coding for Business

Participants describe a real business problem and build the product or tool that solves it, using AI as their coding partner.

  • Product thinking
  • Prompting
  • Building apps and tools
  • Pitching

Game Design

An introduction to 3D game design in Blender, with AI helping participants move from sketch to playable idea faster.

  • 3D modeling in Blender
  • Storytelling
  • Design iteration
  • Showcase

Formats.

Built to meet communities where they are.

90 minPer activation

Long enough to build something real, short enough for a school day or an evening.

In personSchools and centers

Laptops, facilitators, materials, and food brought to the venue.

DigitalFrom anywhere

Live, facilitator led sessions for communities we cannot reach in person yet.

TeamsSmall groups

Participants build together, the way real product teams work.

The curriculum is still being refined with every activation, guided by what educators and participants tell us. Part of every gift funds that work.

Want this at your school or center? We bring the facilitators, laptops, and materials. You bring the young people.

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