Welcome to the Connection Architect community! We’re thrilled to have you join us on this journey to build deeper connections and foster collaboration. As a Connection Architect, you have the power to inspire and empower others. Your unique perspective and skills are invaluable in shaping a more connected world. Here are some first steps:

• Brainstorm your reach: who do you have access to that could benefit greatly from partnering wisdom? Identify these audiences.
• Download the Architect Toolkits: explore them with those audiences in mind. You can also download our Connection Circles guide for a new approach to engaging more informally in connection work.
• Dream up opportunities: jot down different contexts in which you could reach those audiences, i.e. workshops, book clubs, etc. We call these Architect Opportunities.
• If you haven’t already, read the book Partnering!

Some use the tools in interventions with schools and their connection programs.

Some focus on building magnetic moments in their teaching teams or facilitating difficult conversations through the framing of celebrating friction.

Some work directly with students to build teamwork, resilience, and emotional intelligence.

Some use the toolkits to support university professor well-being.

Toolkits can be used within professional development for teaching teams, within classrooms to support character development in students, within conferences to provide educators additional resources for scaffolding interpersonal skills.

The opportunities are infinite!

Our early Architects are the experts at this. Here’s what they suggest:

1. Start with yourself. Explore the Six Degrees of Connection on a personal level. Take our diagnostic quiz to assess your own strengths and areas for growth. Apply a few exercises to your own life. Notice any challenges that arise that might inform how you implement these exercises with others.

2. Connect with trusted colleagues to explore the framework together. Use the toolkits (or the Connection Circle guide for a quick, discussion-based start) to develop these into Deep Connections to create a support system within your cohort.

3. Synthesize these ideas with other relevant frameworks in your workplace, and highlight where the Six Degrees of Connection offers new thinking or new strategies for achieving deeper connections and collaboration. Chat with other Architects about your discoveries!

4. Introduce your class, team, or school to Plus Wonder, Partnering, and the Six Degrees of Connection to your desired depth, and share your reflection and experiences with us!

If you’re not using the toolkits with teenagers or adults, you may find the toolkits need to be adapted to resonate with younger audiences. Our Education team is made up of former educators, curriculum developers, educational consultants, and SDoC experts who are eager to be thought partners and co-adapt our resources to your context and target age range. Schedule a call to discuss your ideas and needs.

Yes! You are welcome to use Plus Wonder resources and toolkits in your Canvas course (or whatever platform you use).

We call it a “fair go policy,” meaning we encourage you to use our framework and tools to support your teaching goals.

If you plan to use Plus Wonder content in a for-profit capacity, let’s partner to support the movement!