Do-Gooder Design
Transforming Mission-Driven Teams Through Learning Design
I'm Ben Schwier, M.Ed. I help mission-driven teams define their goals and build creative, effective ways to reach them. Through performance consulting and thoughtful design, I create learning experiences, media, and systems that develop skills and drive real-world results.
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Featured Projects
These projects represent just a glimpse into a deeper well of design experience.
Each one highlights a different facet of my approach—creative strategy, instructional design, media production, or facilitation design—always aligned with real-world goals. Every project is unique, but they all share the same foundation: purposeful design built to move people and drive results.
The Park Academy
An open-source curriculum connecting artists and educators through modular, blockchain-integrated on-brand content. Designed to expand access to skill-building and collaboration.
Client: The Park DAO
GoPro: How to Live Stream
Instructional video teaching users how to livestream (during the height of the Covid-19 lockdown, when remote work became the new normal) with GoPro HERO8 Black or MAX to platforms like Facebook LIVE, delivering complex technical information in an accessible format.
Client: GoPro
Dads Around The Table
A flexible, story-driven fatherhood series designed to engage dads through conversation, storytelling, and co-designed resources. Built to strengthen connection, confidence, and presence in fatherhood.
Client: Leah's Pantry/CalFresh Healthy Living
My Collaborative Design Process
There's no one-size-fits-all approach—and that's exactly the point. My work is grounded in clear principles that adapt to your unique challenges:
Clarity over complexity
If it's not clear, it's not useful. I design content that makes sense and moves people to act.
Purpose before polish
Good design solves the right problem. Aesthetics matter, but alignment comes first.
Build what matters
Every deliverable supports real goals—building skills, shifting behavior, or creating traction.
Design with, not for
I collaborate closely with teams to co-create solutions that stick.
I combine strategy, creativity, and systems thinking—drawing from instructional design, behavioral science, and media production. My process is iterative, user-centered, and shaped by real-world feedback. I design with flexibility, test with intention, and refine based on what the data and the people actually tell us. Whether crafting an eLearning module or mapping workflows, the process remains collaborative and purpose-driven. The common thread? Clarity, alignment, and outcomes that matter.