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By Phase By Day Calendar

September 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
28 Day 1
Launch
🐾 Shelter Stories Kickoff Panel
29 Day 2
📘 Animal Safety and Adoption Text Study
30 Day 3
🗺️ Shelter Visit Observation Log

October 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5 Day 4
🎯 Criteria and Constraints Mini Lab
6 Day 5
💬 Interview Questions and Contact Roles
7 Day 6
🧠 Adoption Event Idea Sprint
12 Day 7
📝 Problem Statement Draft Board
13 Day 8
🎨 Outreach Prototype Thumbnails
14 Day 9
🔁 Mentor Feedback on Thumbnails
19 Day 10
📄 Launch Research Brief Checkpoint
20 Day 11
📈 Progress Report and Next Steps
21 Day 12
Research & Listen
🎙️ Shelter Interview Protocol Workshop
26 Day 13
🦺 Animal Safety Field Notes Clinic
27 Day 14
📋 Community Listening Logistics Plan
28 Day 15
🐾 Shelter Staff Listening Visit

November 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
2 Day 16
3 Day 17
🗣️ Resident Adoption Barrier Interviews
4 Day 18
9 Day 19
📚 Research Synthesis on Adoption Outreach
10 Day 20
11 Day 21
🧩 Evidence Clustering With Affinity Notes
16 Day 22
17 Day 23
⚖️ Event Constraints Analysis Board
18 Day 24
23 Day 25
📝 User Research Brief Draft
24 Day 26
🔁 Brief Feedback Round
25 Day 27
👥 Mentor and Partner Research Critique

December 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
30 Day 28
1 Day 29
✅ Research Brief Milestone Conference
2 Day 30
Make Empathy Map
🧭 Shelter Stakeholder Pattern Sort
7 Day 31
📝 Empathy Map Moves
8 Day 32
🐾 Adopter Journey Risk Map
9 Day 33
🗂️ Individual Empathy Map Draft
14 Day 34
15 Day 35
💬 Two-Peer Critique on Maps
16 Day 36
⚖️ Event Constraint Evidence Grid
21 Day 37
22 Day 38
🔍 Assumption Check Tracker
23 Day 39
28 Day 40
🎙️ Shelter Staff Sense Check
29 Day 41
30 Day 42
🔁 Revised Map and Evidence Notes

January 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
4 Day 43
5 Day 44
6 Day 45
📌 Problem Framing Conference
11 Day 46
12 Day 47
Define Design Brief
🧭 How Might We Studio
13 Day 48
📚 Shelter Messaging Mentor Texts
18 Day 49
⚖️ Animal Safety Constraints Lab
19 Day 50
🗂️ Insight Clusters to Problem Statements
20 Day 51
🎯 Design Brief Metrics Workshop
25 Day 52
📝 Design Brief Draft
26 Day 53
27 Day 54
🤝 Mentor Check-In Conference

February 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
1 Day 55
💬 Brief Feedback Carousel
2 Day 56
3 Day 57
📞 Shelter Staff Design Review
8 Day 58
9 Day 59
🔁 Revision Sprint and Change Log
10 Day 60
15 Day 61
🧪 Outreach Directions Sketch Set
16 Day 62
17 Day 63
✅ Design Brief Milestone Review
22 Day 64
Prototype & Test
🚀 Adoption Event Prototype Sprint
23 Day 65
🧭 Outreach Concepts and Tradeoffs
24 Day 66
🎨 Messaging Models for Adoption Campaigns

March 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
1 Day 67
💡 Three Event Directions
2 Day 68
🛠️ Flyer and Booth Mockups
3 Day 69
8 Day 70
🗣️ Peer Critique on Safety Messaging
9 Day 71
🔁 Revised Outreach Prototype Draft
10 Day 72
📋 User Testing Interview Protocols
15 Day 73
🏠 Shelter Partner Feedback Round
16 Day 74
17 Day 75
📊 Feedback Pattern Sort
22 Day 76
✍️ Problem Statement and Test Plan
23 Day 77
🔍 Mentor Check-In Revisions
24 Day 78
29 Day 79
30 Day 80
✅ Prototype Evidence Review
31 Day 81
Refine & Present
🧭 Feedback-to-Revision Decision Matrix

April 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5 Day 82
🛡️ Animal Safety Message Check
6 Day 83
📊 Tradeoff Evidence Storyboard
7 Day 84
🛠️ Revision Sprint One
12 Day 85
13 Day 86
🗣️ Two-Peer Critique Protocol
14 Day 87
19 Day 88
🤝 Shelter Stakeholder Validation
20 Day 89
21 Day 90
🔁 Revision Sprint Two
26 Day 91
27 Day 92
📁 Iteration Portfolio Checkpoint
28 Day 93

May 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
3 Day 94
🎤 Showcase Deck Build
4 Day 95
5 Day 96
🎯 Evidence-Based Presentation Rehearsal
10 Day 97
📝 Activism Growth Progress Report
11 Day 98
Showcase
🎤 Shelter Event Storyboard Run
12 Day 99
📊 Adoption Impact Data Wall
17 Day 100
🖼️ Outreach Portfolio Curation
18 Day 101
🗣️ Peer Critique on Event Displays
19 Day 102
🧭 Mentor Notes Revision Sprint
24 Day 103
🎙️ Family Showcase Rehearsal
25 Day 104
🤝 Community Adoption Showcase
26 Day 105
📝 Audience Feedback Synthesis Memo

June 2027

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
31 Day 106
📁 Final Pathway Project Defense
1 Day 107
🌱 Activism Growth Reflection
2 Day 108