Theodore Philip Asare

Experience

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  Delink Services

  Jul 2013 - Aug 2013

  Research Analyst

  Researched at least 50 Members of Parliament and the impact they make in their constituencies as data for the Ghanaian Parliamentary DairyResearched the various MP constituencies and analyses their promises made against their performanceCollected Primary and Secondary data for the Ghana Parliamentary Dairy by interviewing people in the various constituencies, researching online and concluding with a report

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  Theovision International

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  HR intern and Social Media Officer

  Revised at least 5 Job DescriptionsUpdated Social Media pages in order to gain an additional online presence(of about 400people) by taking pictures, updating stories and attending to commentsCreated a Performance Appraisal tool which is currently being used for employee appraisals in the companyScreened over 20 CV's for a job positionAssisted the HR department in HR duties

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  Jerbette Productions

  May 2015 - now

  Vocalist/Marketing Coordinator

  Grooming and developing choirsMusic productionsOrganizing workshops for vocal trainingCreating awareness for Jerbette Productions

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  Ashesi University

  May 2016 - Sept 2017

  Responsible for developing and managing the D:Lab’s interaction with interested students (personal and school projects), faculty (personal and courses) and staff (personal and job processes) while also helping establish industry collaborations. Responsible for building a Design Thinking culture on the Ashesi campus where everyone thinks and talks design thinking. Also responsible for organizing and facilitating design thinking content series where students lead discussions on aspects of the design thinking process.Responsible for helping staff, faculty and student's work on their individual projects using design thinking methodologies.Responsible for facilitating and organizing workshops on design thinking both on the Ashesi campus and outside Ashesi.Responsible for building structures and processes for the Ashesi Design LabResponsible for coordinating International and local relationships with the Ashesi Design Lab (D:Lab) Show less •Develop the design thinking skill set in students, faculty and staff of the Ashesi Community•Conduct a review of fellows by training them on research analysis•Launched the D:Lab In-House Fellows program engaging over 30 students in projects ranging from innovation deep dives (focused on studying user work behaviors to invent new productivity tools), farm modeling (to understand what can grow here that we don’t grow), organic solar power adoption (to investigate new functional forms for integrating flexible organic solar cells) and micro-franchise business modeling (to explore sustainable models for deploying hands-on science). •Conducted a data visualization workshop with a project team from the International Students Association on their design thinking project to explore what Ashesi looks like in their home countries.•Facilitated a workshop to develop a research protocol for Sesamu team for effective ethnographic research for data collection•Facilitated and organized a design thinking content series for the Ashesi community which consisted of 12 students leading the sessions•Conducted a brainstorming session with an organization called New Dawn on a revenue generation model•Facilitated a brainstorming session with 20+ top executives of the Ghana Prisons Service on how to revive the Ghana Prison Service Show less May 22 – 24, 2016 - Sixty members of the Young African Leadership Institute (YALI) network from across Africa attended YALI Techcamp held at Ashesi University College. Themed Digital strategies for Civic Engagement, the aim of the two-day gathering was to provide training to participants on effective communication at the grassroots level for civic and political engagement, using innovative tools and technologies.Coordinated over 40 participants flight bookings from over 10 African countries.Coordinated visa on arrival for 8 participants.Coordinated food and accommodation for over 50 participants and facilitators from Ghana and other parts of AfricaCoordinated and developed an arrival and departure schedule for over 40 participants from over 10 African countries Show less

  • Design Thinking Coordinator- Ashesi Design Lab (D:Lab)

    Aug 2016 - Sept 2017

  • Lead | Ashesi Design Lab (D:Lab) fellows program

    Oct 2015 - Sept 2017

  • Faculty Intern for Foundations of Design and Entrepreneurship (FDE)

    Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  • Event Coordinator for the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Network Techcamp

    May 2016 - May 2016
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  Design Thinking Ghana Hub

  Aug 2017 - now

  Design Thinking Facilitator
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  Theovision International

  Sept 2017 - now

  Overseeing and managing all Theovision's projects.Developing new projects using design thinking methodologies that are user centeredDeveloping systems and processes for reaching the unreached in AfricaDeveloping strategies for reaching oral communicators with contents they best understand

  • Executive Vice President

    Nov 2020 - now

  • Projects Development & Innovation Manager

    Sept 2017 - Oct 2020
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  Ashesi University

  Sept 2018 - now

  Adjunct Faculty

  Teaching a freshman course called Foundations of Design and Entrepreneurship

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  African Development University (A.D.U.)

  Apr 2020 - May 2020

  Adjunct Lecturer

  Teaching a short course called Design Thinking: Human Centered Approach