For programs
Your program gives Jones its context.
Using Jones means connecting the experience a program intentionally designs with the experience each participant actually has. The shared structure matters. So do the differences between the people moving through it.
Start with the experience you are creating.
The program provides the developmental goals, schedule, activities, people, and resources around which participants’ experiences unfold. Its terminology, expectations, milestones, and opportunities help establish what Jones needs to understand about that setting.
That context can point to places where a prompt, conversation, activity, or return to an earlier moment might be useful. A presentation on the calendar might be an opportunity to prepare; a mentor meeting might be something to think through before and after; a goal established early on might deserve another look.
Shared context does not mean identical conversations.
Two participants can attend the same activity and come away with very different questions. One may be thinking about feedback. Another may be making a connection to a previous experience or reconsidering what interests them.
The intended companion experience brings that individual context into the conversation: a participant’s questions, goals, relationships, challenges, artifacts, discoveries, and prior interactions. Jones should help someone work with what matters to them, rather than turn the program into a uniform series of reflection tasks.
Product direction · not yet a production feature
A program space maintained by your team.
The intended direction is a program workspace where staff can provide and maintain their own program information. Keeping Jones informed should not depend on Jones staff manually configuring every detail for every program.
A team would be able to bring its existing schedules, contacts, resources, program documents, activities, participant information, and other relevant materials into that space. The aim is for Jones to work from the program’s own context, including the words and expectations that its participants already encounter.
The staff workspace, document handling, and related tools are still being developed or defined. This is the intended direction, not an announcement that these tools or integrations are available for production use.
A boundary being designed into the product
Your program’s information belongs in its context.
Program-specific information should inform Jones within that program. It should not become generic knowledge offered to participants in unrelated programs. A contact, a schedule change, or an internal program document has a particular audience and purpose.
That separation is a product requirement. The details of access, information handling, and the production experience are still being settled; completed policies and terms will be published before production use.
Different settings, overlapping possibilities.
The five categories below describe examples of structured developmental experiences Jones can support. They are neither exhaustive nor rigid: a research fellowship may also involve leadership development and career exploration.
Research & Learning Experiences
Support experiences where participants are learning, investigating, developing expertise, or becoming more independent within a field.
For exampleUndergraduate research & REUs · Graduate research & training · Research fellowships · Faculty-guided research · Cohort-based academic programs · Specialized training · Project-based learning
Internships & Experiential Learning
Support experiences where development happens through participation, practice, relationships, feedback, and learning by doing.
For exampleInternships · Cooperative education · Practicums · Clinical & professional placements · Field experiences · Service-learning · Apprenticeships · Job shadowing
Professional & Leadership Development
Support structured experiences designed to help people develop within organizations, professions, teams, or leadership roles.
For exampleEmployee onboarding · Leadership programs · Professional fellowships · Rotational programs · Technical training · Faculty & staff development · Mentoring programs · Manager development
Career & Pathway Exploration
Support experiences that help participants explore possibilities, understand fields and pathways, and make connections between their experiences and possible futures.
For exampleCollege & career readiness · Career exploration · STEM pathway programs · Pre-college programs · Transition programs · Workforce development · Career-connected learning
Camps, Institutes & Intensive Programs
Support concentrated developmental experiences that unfold over days or weeks rather than semesters or years.
For exampleSummer research programs · Summer camps & academies · Institutes · Bootcamps · Intensive training · Residential programs · Enrichment programs · Short-term cohort experiences