https://universityinnovation.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=AjansonsUniversity Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]2026-04-24T06:18:37ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.33.1https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities&diff=33180Priorities:University of Oregon Student Priorities2016-02-20T00:30:24Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b437c3ab-f600-956f-35cf-b291999e93b0"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of Oregon innovation and entrepreneurship landscape canvas has many opportunities. The University of Oregon currently has many silos of innovation around campus, including the Product Design Program, The Lindquist Center for Entrepreneurship, The Green Product Design Network, Innovation Partnership Services, and the Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network. The current, multi-faceted state of innovation and entrepreneurship on campus allows tremendous opportunities for crossover, collaboration and joint innovation. Our biggest opportunity on campus is integrating and connecting the right parties together to generate new innovations and collaborations between all of our silos. Students from all disciplines will play a vital role in making this conversation possible, and linking together the centers for innovation on campus, as well as bringing the vast campus resources to the attention of the general student body. This is our UIF mission at the University of Oregon.</span></span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:22.666666666666664px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Tactic 1: Connect Innovation Partner Services with faculty across campus</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The Innovation Partner Services office (formally tech transfer) is responsible for managing and distributing intellectual property that has come out of the university. While it is important students are aware of this office, it is often more important that faculty are aware of the office and it’s functions, so that the office can have longer lasting ties with departments. &nbsp;</span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Spring 2016: Meet with IPS office to discuss what they think faculty would most want to hear about</span><br />
*<span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Summer 2016: Meet with stakeholders in different departments and discuss their wants from IPS</span><br />
*<span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent">Fall 2016: With IPS, hold a series of seminars with different departments where students and faculty can learn about intellectual property, and how to manage it</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:22.666666666666664px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Tactic 2: Connect local industry leaders to university faculty and students</span> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Innovations come from many people’s good ideas. &nbsp;Sometimes you may not know an idea is useful unless you talk to people. &nbsp;We would like to enhance communication between local industry leaders, students, and staff in order for people to talk about what they do, ideas they have, and problems they have.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Overview:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">To accomplish this, we would organize a symposia (or poster session) &nbsp;for researchers (students and staff) to talk about their research. &nbsp;Local industry leaders would be invited so that they could share their insight.</span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Spring 2016: Identify and discuss idea with faculty in the physical sciences and product design.</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Summer 2016: Identify and discuss idea with industry leaders in the Willamette Valley and Portland area</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Fall 2016: Secure funding from the various departments, and the office of innovation</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Fall 2016:Find and secure venue</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Fall 2016: Receive commitment from students and staff to participate, secure materials</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Winter 2016: &nbsp;Send invitations to industry and hold event</span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 30.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Strategy #2: Leverage coursework and projects to drive entrepreneurship and innovation</span></span><br/> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b437c3ab-f64e-2cb9-9e33-9954b6379b68"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students are already doing amazing things in the classroom, finding and solving problems throughout their coursework. Unfortunately, problem solving is currently limited to the classroom. When potential solutions are found for real world problems, these solutions are left in the classroom only to satisfy course-specific goals. Additionally, the same world problems are perpetuated to each incoming class and reiterated without examining the previous years’ worth of work and input.</span></span><br />
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== <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 22.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Tactic 1: Faculty and Staff involvement</span></span> ==<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Overview</span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">: Faculty are the individuals on the ground developing class content and assignments. However many faculty are unaware of the resources on campus and the potential of their classes for innovation. Entrepreneurship and innovation need to be factors that they consider when designing projects. This will require extensive conversation with faculty by the Innovation Fellows.</span></span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Identify courses with possible strong innovation focus and contact faculty.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring and Summer 2016: Meet with faculty to talk about innovation in class</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Summer 2016: Persuade faculty to include a talk about innovation and include clause in projects with innovation potential. This clause would provide information about innovation on campus and how to finance or prototype their ideas (maker spaces or Spark Grants).</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Fall 2016 - Spring 2017: Continue consulting with faculty on incorporating innovation/real world problems into projects and using previous classes work in future class.</span></span><br />
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== <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 22.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Tactic 2: Student Awareness</span></span> ==<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Overview:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Students themselves are the most powerful innovators on campus and are completing the classwork. Many students complete the classwork with the sole goal of finishing the class and may miss the real world applications along the way. This may also be because students are not aware that their are campus resources for them to take their ideas outside of the classroom. In some cases resources are not available to all students. This may be discouraging knowing that resources only become available at a senior level.</span></span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Conduct research on student awareness of campus resources</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Brainstorm events to enhance visibility of campus resources to students</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Fall 2016: Have campus resources placed in course materials (syllabus, project descriptions)</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Fall 2016: Make current resources accessible to all students.</span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 30.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Strategy #3 Workshop Series to Teach Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap">In order to get more students to be interested in consistently coming to a workshop series to learn entrepreneurial skills we will use the effort of the students to solve a real world problem that students are passionate about.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: &nbsp;Develop a workshop series that will teach innovation and entrepreneurship by solving a real world problem</span></span></span>'''</span> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overview: We want to determine what students are excited about in order to gain more support and consistant attendance.</span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2016: Have one workshop that will start brainstorming on issues that students would like to research</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2016: Determine faculty that are in favor of this idea and could publicize the group in their classes</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2016: Find a central space on campus that this event can be held</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summer 2016: Make a schedule for the 2016-2017 academic year</span></span></span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Tactic 2: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Develop a workshop series that will teach innovation and entrepreneurship by focusing on commercializing research that is done on campus</span></span></span> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Overview: This tactic will rely more on also getting faculty closely involved in the development of the series</span></span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2016: Determine faculty that are in favor of this idea and could publicize the group in their classes</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2016: Find a central space on campus that this event can be held</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summer 2016: Make a schedule for the 2016-2017 academic year</span></span></span><br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]</div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:University_of_Oregon&diff=31962School:University of Oregon2016-02-12T19:59:06Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
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The University of Oregon is a public research University located in Eugene Oregon and founded in 1876. Our University is a rated very high on research activity and is the main flagship public university in Oregon. The institution is divided into eight individual schools including: school of architecture and allied arts (AAA), the college of arts and sciences, Charles H Lundquist College of Business, College of Education, Robert D Clark Honors College, School of Journalism and Communication, School of Law, School of Music and Dance. Further, the university has one main research institute in the area of molecular biology.<br />
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A new program at the UO is the Product Design Program, which allows students to learn theories and applied practices of art, architecture and design to creative collaborative opportunities across disciplines. The program is still very new and growing but is deeply rooted in hands on learning where students can learn to develop projects from a personal, local and global perspective.<br />
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Currently, the entrepreneurship program at Oregon is driven by a mission to educate, inspire and empower the future of entrepreneurs by instilling in students the characteristics of innovation, initiative, accountability and dedication. The Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE) combines a foundation of theory with hands-on learning that fosters the mindset of a successful entrepreneur. Oregon believes its students are very career oriented, networked and inspired individuals. A majority of the curriculum that are defined and structured in LCE are: recognizing and evaluating business opportunities, venture planning and implementation, developing and commercializing new products, legal, financial and operational considerations for startups.<br />
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= '''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship''' =<br />
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=== '''UO Product Design Program''' ===<br />
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*'''Background''': This program provides a strong grounding in the use, invention and production of consumer products. It integrates the theories and applied practices of art, architecture, and design disciplines, creating collaborative opportunities across campus with the business school and anthropology and chemistry departments.<br />
*'''How it works: '''Students can get a BA or BS in Material and Product Studies in Eugene and a fifth year BFA in Product Design in Portland.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Provide students with an in-depth knowledge about materials, idea generation, prototyping and manufacturing in order to allow students to design a better world.<br />
*'''Entrepreneurial Tie: '''In order to provide students with real world opportunities, many studios tie in a competition element allowing students to pitch their designs to industry professionals. In the past competitions have involved Wilsonart Chair designs, which were highlighted at the ICFF, a user interface challenge and a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation competition, etc.<br />
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=== <span style="font-size: larger">&nbsp;</span>'''Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship''' ===<br />
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*'''Background: '''LCE offers real world experiences and mentoring students through investment competitions, consulting projects, internships, and the Venture Launch Pathway Program.<br />
*'''How it Works: '''Based on student’s area of interest, background and commitment, LCE admits them into one of four centers.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Experiential learning, curriculum to harness opportunity and strong investor and alumni network.<br />
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=== '''Oregon New Venture Championship''' ===<br />
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*'''Background''': Oregon’s New Venture Championship (NVC) is the original six-round business competition for graduate students. This movement was started at the University of Oregon and provides an opportunity to translate scholastic experiences into real world opportunities.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students get feedback from judges to help turn their business plan into a successful venture and get the chance to capture the attention of angel investors to get their business of the ground.<br />
*'''Mission:''' NVC wants to develop skilled and knowledgeable entrepreneurial leaders who will successfully confront the ever-changing business environment with creative and innovative solutions.<br />
*'''Competitors: '''MBA students from the top business programs worldwide are invited to compete. Students have come from the US and places like Hong Kong and Thailand<br />
*'''Outcome: '''In 2013 the 1<sup>st</sup> place prize went to students from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration for a prebiotic syrup. In 2005, a UO student group placed 3<sup>rd</sup> for a battery replacement for transceivers and sensors.<br />
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=== Spark Grants ===<br />
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*'''Background''': A brand new, small funding opportunity of $500 to get a project off the ground. Starting Fall 2017.<br />
*'''How it works:&nbsp;'''Any student can submit an idea with a purpose and a plan. Students then have 6 weeks to develop and prototype their project. The students will have to present their product at the end of the 6 weeks. Possibly have their idea funded further with Rainmaker Grants<br />
*'''Mission''': Remove a barrier to starting a project.<br />
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*'''Background''': Five yearly grants of $5000 for developed ideas and projects.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students will need to demonstrate a well constructed and planned project or prototype. Ideally stemming from a Spark Grant.<br />
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=== Civil War Shark Tank ===<br />
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*'''Background''': An annual competition based on the TV show 'Shark Tank', University of Oregon and Oregon State University students compete to pitch their ideas in front of judges and an audience. A $1000 first prize and a place at the Willamette Angel Conference where startups compete for seed money. Also included is an elevator pitch competition.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students submit a 2 minute and 5 page executive summary and the best are chosen to represent the school at the event. At the event students must defend their idea and be well prepared for criticism.<br />
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Oregon is a highly research oriented campus, with faculty working on their own projects of interest. Within the product design program, faculty are developing personal design projects in order to stay actively engaged in the rest of the design world. Within the Science departments faculty gain access to software and lab equipment for projects and research.<br />
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== '''Faculty Seed Grants'''<br/> ==<br />
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*'''Background:&nbsp;'''Faculty with ideas but lacking funding looked to the school for assitant&nbsp;<br />
*'''Mission:&nbsp;'''To give faculty access to funding for their projects while helping expand levels of innovation across campus<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Grant winning&nbsp;Faculty can be funded with up to $2,500 dollars for their projects every term.<br />
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== '''Green Product Design Network''' ==<br />
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*'''Background:''' The Green Product Design Network began with a group of faculty leaders at UO with interests and expertise in green chemistry, product design, business and journalism and community.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Take ideas from invention to the marketplace in a way that has a more expedient and lasting impact on society.<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Selected as one of five key projects that the UO is supporting and highlighting as a major strategic initiative.<br />
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== '''Conferences''' ==<br />
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*'''Background''': Conferences are hosted at the Business College to unite faculty in business from around the world. For example, in 2013, the Lunquist College’s biennial Financial Research Conference drew experts from Shanghai, London and New York to meet up in Eugene.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Focus on institutional investors and the asset management industry to benefit presenters and audience members in complementary ways. Belief that research is a collaborative process so there is a strong emphasis on collaboration where researchers can present and discuss their work with peers in face to face interactions<br />
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== '''Innovation Partnership Services''' ==<br />
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*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Background: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Innovation Partnership Services ( formerly known as Technology Transfer), is a part of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. &nbsp;IPS &nbsp;partners with UO innovators, the public and industry to accelerate the adoption of innovations derived from UO research and education</span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Mission: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">as a fundamental extension of UO’s teaching and public benefits missions, IPS strives to employ a diversity of innovation management pathways to connect University research to societal benefit.</span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">What they do: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">moves innovation into public use by identifying and creating channels for relationships between university innovators and industry, for investment and for development of user communities. &nbsp;Services include: patent filing, confidentiality/material transfer agreements, and helping UO innovators navigate federal and state policy.</span><br />
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The example below highlights how Oregon puts efforts on interdisciplinary research and teaching and always tries to create deep relationships and partnerships with important key players in education and research.<br />
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== '''Shared Research and Student Training in Gabon''' ==<br />
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*'''Background: '''The UO entered a groundbreaking research and training partnership with African nation, Gabon<br />
*The agreement will result in the creation of the Gabon-Oregon Transnational Research Center on Environmental Development<br />
*Headquartered in Eugene, OR and Libreville, Gabon<br />
*The center represents a new partnership that will enable developed and developing countries to benefit equally from shared research and two way training of students from each nation<br />
*'''Mission: '''Effort to put priority on interdisciplinary research and teaching. Need to reinforce training programs and establish strong and deep partnerships mimicking those created at Oregon.<br />
*'''Leaders: '''UO-led, five-campus Oregon African Studies Consortium: Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland State University, Willamette University and partner with Gabonese Government to fulfill its vision of turning the country into a laboratory for a new model of development for Africa.<br />
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The example below highlights how University of Oregon likes to work closely with other Oregon universities in order to help the greater community of Oregon reach its potential. Initiatives are very interdisciplinary and collaborative.<br />
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== '''RAIN'''<br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Background: Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network (RAIN) connects government, academic and industry resources in the community. There is both a RAIN Eugene and a RAIN@UO branch.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mission: advance the formation, growth, and retention of tech-based startups in the South valley in order to triple the current rate of new tech business formation and job creation</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Outcome: By funding RAIN, Oregon (as a state) will enable these key ingredients by mobilizing and expanding the assets of the South Valley region: nearly $400M of combined research activity at Oregon State, University of Oregon and linked regional economic development initiatives.&nbsp;This will grow the ecosystem of entrepreneurial talent and tech based companies&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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'''Background'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Fertilab Thinkubator is an incubator for start-ups, a co-working space and a place for events held for those interested in entrepreneurship and innovation in town. There is a location in Eugene and in Springfield.</span><br />
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*'''Mission'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promote entrepreneurship and innovation as a way to develop the economy and the workforce.</span><br />
*'''Goal'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Build the next generation of businesses in Eugene.</span><br />
*'''Outcome'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promoting entrepreneurship in Eugene and enhancing the collaboration in the start-up community.</span><br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[University of Oregon Student Priorities|University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities]]<br />
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[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13jiXff2iiII7nvmQqi5vTdxT1FgJ3ZDSThDC5ah0zt8/edit#slide=id.gded0dd295_2_14 [U of Oregon Landscape Canvas Spring 2016]]<br />
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[[Claire Sakaguchi|Claire_Sakaguchi]]<br />
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[[David Phillips|David Phillips]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Capaldini Nick Capaldini]<br />
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[[Susan cooper|Susan_cooper]]<br />
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[[Adam Jansons|Adam_Jansons]]<br />
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[[Category:Universities]]</div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities&diff=31959Priorities:University of Oregon Student Priorities2016-02-12T19:53:21Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
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The University of Oregon innovation and entrepreneurship landscape canvas has many opportunities. With two very strong programs at the University, Product Design and Entrepreneurship, there is tremedous opportunity for crossover, collaboration and joint innovation. The biggest issue: how to integrate two fairly segregated disciplines. Design students excel in the product creation side, whereas entrepreneurs tend to excel in implementation (at least as observed at U of O). These two disciplines have alot to offer one another; it is just a matter of getting the right people together. Designers need to create a mindset that the design process does not end at final prototyping; it continues into implimentation. Furthermore, business students can learn a lot about the design process, iterative ideation and rapid prototyping. This is my mission as a UIF at the University of Oregon. <br />
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= <span style="font-size:30.666666666666664px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline" id="docs-internal-guid-d9d7cd40-d707-43f6-d2c7-bee04b1a8bdf">Strategy #1: Facilitate University Research-Industry Collaboration</span><br/> =<br />
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== <span style="font-size:22.666666666666664px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Tactic 1: Connect Innovation Partner Services with faculty across campus</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">The Innovation Partner Services office (formally tech transfer) is responsible for managing and distributing intellectual property that has come out of the university. While it is important students are aware of this office, it is often more important that faculty are aware of the office and it’s functions, so that the office can have longer lasting ties with departments. &nbsp;</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:22.666666666666664px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Tactic 2: Connect local industry leaders to university faculty and students</span> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Innovations come from many people’s good ideas. &nbsp;Sometimes you may not know an idea is useful unless you talk to people. &nbsp;We would like to enhance communication between local industry leaders, students, and staff in order for people to talk about what they do, ideas they have, and problems they have.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Overview:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">To accomplish this, we would organize a symposia (or poster session) &nbsp;for researchers (students and staff) to talk about their research. &nbsp;Local industry leaders would be invited so that they could share their insight.</span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 30.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Strategy #2: Leverage coursework and projects to drive entrepreneurship and innovation</span></span><br/> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Students are already doing amazing things in the classroom. Finding and solving problems during each course. Unfortunately it is limited to the classroom. Even when a potential solution is found for a real world problem, it is left on the table and only used to satisfy course specific goals. Even worse is that the same problem is presented to each incoming class and then solved without using previous years work.</span></span><br />
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== <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 22.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Tactic 1: Faculty and Staff involvement</span></span> ==<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Summer 2016: Persuade faculty to include a talk about innovation and include clause in projects with innovation potential. This clause would provide information about innovation on campus and how to finance or prototype their ideas (maker spaces or Spark Grants).</span></span><br />
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== <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 22.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Tactic 2: Student Awareness</span></span> ==<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Overview:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Students themselve are the most powerful innovators on campus and are completing the classwork. Many students complete the classwork with the sole goal of finishing the class and may miss the real world applications along the way. This may also be because students are not aware that their are campus resources for them to take their ideas outside of the classroom. In some cases resources are not available to all students. This may be discouraging knowing that resources only become available at a senior level.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Fall 2016: Have campus resources placed in course materials (syllabus, project descriptions)</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Fall 2016: Make current resources accessible to all students.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Determine faculty that are in favor of this idea and could publicize the group in their classes</span></span><br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[University of Oregon|University of Oregon]]<br />
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[[Claire Sakaguchi|Claire Sakaguchi]]<br />
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[[David Phillips|David Phillips]]<br />
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[[Susan cooper|Susan_cooper]]<br />
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[[Adam Jansons|Adam_Jansons]]<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities&diff=31956Priorities:University of Oregon Student Priorities2016-02-12T19:51:00Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
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The University of Oregon innovation and entrepreneurship landscape canvas has many opportunities. With two very strong programs at the University, Product Design and Entrepreneurship, there is tremedous opportunity for crossover, collaboration and joint innovation. The biggest issue: how to integrate two fairly segregated disciplines. Design students excel in the product creation side, whereas entrepreneurs tend to excel in implementation (at least as observed at U of O). These two disciplines have alot to offer one another; it is just a matter of getting the right people together. Designers need to create a mindset that the design process does not end at final prototyping; it continues into implimentation. Furthermore, business students can learn a lot about the design process, iterative ideation and rapid prototyping. This is my mission as a UIF at the University of Oregon.&nbsp;<br />
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= <span style="font-size:30.666666666666664px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline" id="docs-internal-guid-d9d7cd40-d707-43f6-d2c7-bee04b1a8bdf">Strategy #1: Facilitate University Research-Industry Collaboration</span><br/> =<br />
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== <span style="font-size:22.666666666666664px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Tactic 1: Connect Innovation Partner Services with faculty across campus</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">The Innovation Partner Services office (formally tech transfer) is responsible for managing and distributing intellectual property that has come out of the university. While it is important students are aware of this office, it is often more important that faculty are aware of the office and it’s functions, so that the office can have longer lasting ties with departments. &nbsp;</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:12px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Spring 2016: Meet with IPS office to discuss what they think faculty would most want to hear about</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:12px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Summer 2016: Meet with stakeholders in different departments and discuss their wants from IPS</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:12px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Fall 2016: With IPS, hold a series of seminars with different departments where students and faculty can learn about intellectual property, and how to manage it</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:22.666666666666664px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Tactic 2: Connect local industry leaders to university faculty and students</span> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Innovations come from many people’s good ideas. &nbsp;Sometimes you may not know an idea is useful unless you talk to people. &nbsp;We would like to enhance communication between local industry leaders, students, and staff in order for people to talk about what they do, ideas they have, and problems they have.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Overview:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">To accomplish this, we would organize a symposia (or poster session) &nbsp;for researchers (students and staff) to talk about their research. &nbsp;Local industry leaders would be invited so that they could share their insight.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Milestones</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Spring 2016: Identify and discuss idea with faculty in the physical sciences and produc design.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Summer 2016: Identify and discuss idea with industry leaders in the Willamette Valley and Portland area</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Fall 2016: Secure funding from the various departments, and the office of innovation</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Fall 2016:Find and secure venue</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Fall 2016: Receive commitment from students and staff to participate, secure materials</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Winter 2016: &nbsp;Send invitations to industry and hold event</span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 30.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Strategy #2: Leverage coursework and projects to drive entrepreneurship and innovation</span></span><br/> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Students are already doing amazing things in the classroom. Finding and solving problems during each course. Unfortunately it is limited to the classroom. Even when a potential solution is found for a real world problem, it is left on the table and only used to satisfy course specific goals. Even worse is that the same problem is presented to each incoming class and then solved without using previous years work.</span></span><br />
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== <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 22.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Tactic 1: Faculty and Staff involvement</span></span> ==<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Overview</span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">: Faculty are the individuals on the ground developing class content and assignments. However many faculty are unaware of the resources on campus and the potential of their classes for innovation. Entrepreneurship and innovation need to be factors that they consider when designing projects. This will require extensive conversation with faculty by the Innovation Fellows.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Milestones</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Identify courses with possible strong innovation focus and contact faculty.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring and Summer 2016: Meet with faculty to talk about innovation in class</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Summer 2016: Persuade faculty to include a talk about innovation and include clause in projects with innovation potential. This clause would provide information about innovation on campus and how to finance or prototype their ideas (maker spaces or Spark Grants).</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Fall 2016 - Spring 2017: Continue consulting with faculty on incorporating innovation/real world problems into projects and using previous classes work in future class.</span></span><br />
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== <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 22.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Tactic 2: Student Awareness</span></span> ==<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Overview:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Students themselve are the most powerful innovators on campus and are completing the classwork. Many students complete the classwork with the sole goal of finishing the class and may miss the real world applications along the way. This may also be because students are not aware that their are campus resources for them to take their ideas outside of the classroom. In some cases resources are not available to all students. This may be discouraging knowing that resources only become available at a senior level.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Conduct research on student awareness of campus resources</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Brainstorm events to enhance visibility of campus resources to students</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Fall 2016: Have campus resources placed in course materials (syllabus, project descriptions)</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Fall 2016: Make current resources accessible to all students.</span></span><br />
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== <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap">In order to get more students to be interested in consistently coming to a workshop series to learn entrepreneurial skills we will use the effort of the students to solve a real world problem that students are passionate about or a focus on university research.</span> ==<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Tactic 1: &nbsp;Develop a workshop series that will teach innovation and entrepreneurship by solving a real world problem</span></span><br />
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== <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap">Overview: We want to determine what students are excited about in order to gain more support and consistant attendance.</span> ==<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Milestones:</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Have one workshop that will start brainstorming on issues that students would like to research</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Determine faculty that are in favor of this idea and could publicize the group in their classes</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Find a central space on campus that this event can be held</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Summer 2016: Make a schedule for the 2016-2017 academic year</span></span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Tactic 2: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Develop a workshop series that will teach innovation and entrepreneurship by focusing on commercializing research that is done on campus</span></span></span> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Overview: This tactic will rely more on also getting faculty closely involved in the development of the series</span></span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Have one workshop that will gauge interest in research performed on campus</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Determine faculty that are in favor of this idea and could publicize the group in their classes</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Find a central space on campus that this event can be held</span></span><br />
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The University of Oregon innovation and entrepreneurship landscape canvas has many opportunities. With two very strong programs at the University, Product Design and Entrepreneurship, there is tremedous opportunity for crossover, collaboration and joint innovation. The biggest issue: how to integrate two fairly segregated disciplines. Design students excel in the product creation side, whereas entrepreneurs tend to excel in implementation (at least as observed at U of O). These two disciplines have alot to offer one another; it is just a matter of getting the right people together. Designers need to create a mindset that the design process does not end at final prototyping; it continues into implimentation. Furthermore, business students can learn a lot about the design process, iterative ideation and rapid prototyping. This is my mission as a UIF at the University of Oregon.&nbsp;<br />
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= <span><span style="font-size: 30.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap"></span></span><span style="font-size:30.666666666666664px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline" id="docs-internal-guid-d9d7cd40-d707-43f6-d2c7-bee04b1a8bdf">Strategy #1: Facilitate University Research-Industry Collaboration</span><br/> =<br />
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== <span style="font-size:22.666666666666664px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Tactic 1: Connect Innovation Partner Services with faculty across campus</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">The Innovation Partner Services office (formally tech transfer) is responsible for managing and distributing intellectual property that has come out of the university. While it is important students are aware of this office, it is often more important that faculty are aware of the office and it’s functions, so that the office can have longer lasting ties with departments. &nbsp;</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:12px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Milestones</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:12px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Spring 2016: Meet with IPS office to discuss what they think faculty would most want to hear about</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:12px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Summer 2016: Meet with stakeholders in different departments and discuss their wants from IPS</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:12px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Fall 2016: With IPS, hold a series of seminars with different departments where students and faculty can learn about intellectual property, and how to manage it</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:22.666666666666664px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Tactic 2: Connect local industry leaders to university faculty and students</span> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Innovations come from many people’s good ideas. &nbsp;Sometimes you may not know an idea is useful unless you talk to people. &nbsp;We would like to enhance communication between local industry leaders, students, and staff in order for people to talk about what they do, ideas they have, and problems they have.</span><br/></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Overview:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">To accomplish this, we would organize a symposia (or poster session) &nbsp;for researchers (students and staff) to talk about their research. &nbsp;Local industry leaders would be invited so that they could share their insight.</span><br/></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Milestones</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Spring 2016: Identify and discuss idea with faculty in the physical sciences and produc design.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Summer 2016: Identify and discuss idea with industry leaders in the Willamette Valley and Portland area</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Fall 2016: Secure funding from the various departments, and the office of innovation</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Fall 2016:Find and secure venue</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Fall 2016: Receive commitment from students and staff to participate, secure materials</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Winter 2016: &nbsp;Send invitations to industry and hold event</span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 30.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Strategy #2: Leverage coursework and projects to drive entrepreneurship and innovation</span></span><br/> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Students are already doing amazing things in the classroom. Finding and solving problems during each course. Unfortunately it is limited to the classroom. Even when a potential solution is found for a real world problem, it is left on the table and only used to satisfy course specific goals. Even worse is that the same problem is presented to each incoming class and then solved without using previous years work.</span></span><br />
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== <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 22.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Tactic 1: Faculty and Staff involvement</span></span> ==<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Overview</span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">: Faculty are the individuals on the ground developing class content and assignments. However many faculty are unaware of the resources on campus and the potential of their classes for innovation. Entrepreneurship and innovation need to be factors that they consider when designing projects. This will require extensive conversation with faculty by the Innovation Fellows.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Identify courses with possible strong innovation focus and contact faculty.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Summer 2016: Persuade faculty to include a talk about innovation and include clause in projects with innovation potential. This clause would provide information about innovation on campus and how to finance or prototype their ideas (maker spaces or Spark Grants).</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Fall 2016 - Spring 2017: Continue consulting with faculty on incorporating innovation/real world problems into projects and using previous classes work in future class.</span></span><br />
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== <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 22.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Tactic 2: Student Awareness</span></span> ==<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Overview:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Students themselve are the most powerful innovators on campus and are completing the classwork. Many students complete the classwork with the sole goal of finishing the class and may miss the real world applications along the way. This may also be because students are not aware that their are campus resources for them to take their ideas outside of the classroom. In some cases resources are not available to all students. This may be discouraging knowing that resources only become available at a senior level.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Conduct research on student awareness of campus resources</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Brainstorm events to enhance visibility of campus resources to students</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Fall 2016: Have campus resources placed in course materials (syllabus, project descriptions)</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Tactic 1: &nbsp;Develop a workshop series that will teach innovation and entrepreneurship by solving a real world problem</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Milestones:</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Have one workshop that will start brainstorming on issues that students would like to research</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Summer 2016: Make a schedule for the 2016-2017 academic year</span></span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Tactic 2: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Develop a workshop series that will teach innovation and entrepreneurship by focusing on commercializing research that is done on campus</span></span></span> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Overview: This tactic will rely more on also getting faculty closely involved in the development of the series</span></span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Determine faculty that are in favor of this idea and could publicize the group in their classes</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Find a central space on campus that this event can be held</span></span><br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[University of Oregon|University of Oregon]]<br />
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[[Claire Sakaguchi|Claire Sakaguchi]]<br />
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[[David Phillips|David Phillips]]<br />
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[[Susan cooper|Susan_cooper]]<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:University_of_Oregon&diff=31952School:University of Oregon2016-02-12T19:46:02Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
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The University of Oregon is a public research University located in Eugene Oregon and founded in 1876. Our University is a rated very high on research activity and is the main flagship public university in Oregon. The institution is divided into eight individual schools including: school of architecture and allied arts (AAA), the college of arts and sciences, Charles H Lundquist College of Business, College of Education, Robert D Clark Honors College, School of Journalism and Communication, School of Law, School of Music and Dance. Further, the university has one main research institute in the area of molecular biology.<br />
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A new program at the UO is the Product Design Program, which allows students to learn theories and applied practices of art, architecture and design to creative collaborative opportunities across disciplines. The program is still very new and growing but is deeply rooted in hands on learning where students can learn to develop projects from a personal, local and global perspective.<br />
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Currently, the entrepreneurship program at Oregon is driven by a mission to educate, inspire and empower the future of entrepreneurs by instilling in students the characteristics of innovation, initiative, accountability and dedication. The Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE) combines a foundation of theory with hands-on learning that fosters the mindset of a successful entrepreneur. Oregon believes its students are very career oriented, networked and inspired individuals. A majority of the curriculum that are defined and structured in LCE are: recognizing and evaluating business opportunities, venture planning and implementation, developing and commercializing new products, legal, financial and operational considerations for startups.<br />
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= '''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship''' =<br />
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== '''Programs, Opportunities, Organizations:''' ==<br />
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=== '''UO Product Design Program''' ===<br />
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*'''Background''': This program provides a strong grounding in the use, invention and production of consumer products. It integrates the theories and applied practices of art, architecture, and design disciplines, creating collaborative opportunities across campus with the business school and anthropology and chemistry departments.<br />
*'''How it works: '''Students can get a BA or BS in Material and Product Studies in Eugene and a fifth year BFA in Product Design in Portland.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Provide students with an in-depth knowledge about materials, idea generation, prototyping and manufacturing in order to allow students to design a better world.<br />
*'''Entrepreneurial Tie: '''In order to provide students with real world opportunities, many studios tie in a competition element allowing students to pitch their designs to industry professionals. In the past competitions have involved Wilsonart Chair designs, which were highlighted at the ICFF, a user interface challenge and a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation competition, etc.<br />
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=== <span style="font-size: larger">&nbsp;</span>'''Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship''' ===<br />
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*'''Background: '''LCE offers real world experiences and mentoring students through investment competitions, consulting projects, internships, and the Venture Launch Pathway Program.<br />
*'''How it Works: '''Based on student’s area of interest, background and commitment, LCE admits them into one of four centers.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Experiential learning, curriculum to harness opportunity and strong investor and alumni network.<br />
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=== '''Oregon New Venture Championship''' ===<br />
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*'''Background''': Oregon’s New Venture Championship (NVC) is the original six-round business competition for graduate students. This movement was started at the University of Oregon and provides an opportunity to translate scholastic experiences into real world opportunities.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students get feedback from judges to help turn their business plan into a successful venture and get the chance to capture the attention of angel investors to get their business of the ground.<br />
*'''Mission:''' NVC wants to develop skilled and knowledgeable entrepreneurial leaders who will successfully confront the ever-changing business environment with creative and innovative solutions.<br />
*'''Competitors: '''MBA students from the top business programs worldwide are invited to compete. Students have come from the US and places like Hong Kong and Thailand<br />
*'''Outcome: '''In 2013 the 1<sup>st</sup> place prize went to students from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration for a prebiotic syrup. In 2005, a UO student group placed 3<sup>rd</sup> for a battery replacement for transceivers and sensors.<br />
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=== Spark Grants ===<br />
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*'''Background''': A brand new, small funding opportunity of $500 to get a project off the ground. Starting Fall 2017.<br />
*'''How it works:&nbsp;'''Any student can submit an idea with a purpose and a plan. Students then have 6 weeks to develop and prototype their project. The students will have to present their product at the end of the 6 weeks. Possibly have their idea funded further with Rainmaker Grants<br />
*'''Mission''': Remove a barrier to starting a project.<br />
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=== Rainmaker Grants ===<br />
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*'''Background''': Five yearly grants of $5000 for developed ideas and projects.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students will need to demonstrate a well constructed and planned project or prototype. Ideally stemming from a Spark Grant.<br />
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=== Civil War Shark Tank ===<br />
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*'''Background''': An annual competition based on the TV show 'Shark Tank', University of Oregon and Oregon State University students compete to pitch their ideas in front of judges and an audience. A $1000 first prize and a place at the Willamette Angel Conference where startups compete for seed money. Also included is an elevator pitch competition.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students submit a 2 minute and 5 page executive summary and the best are chosen to represent the school at the event. At the event students must defend their idea and be well prepared for criticism.<br />
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= '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship''' =<br />
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Oregon is a highly research oriented campus, with faculty working on their own projects of interest. Within the product design program, faculty are developing personal design projects in order to stay actively engaged in the rest of the design world. Within the Science departments faculty gain access to software and lab equipment for projects and research.<br />
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== '''Faculty Seed Grants'''<br/> ==<br />
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*'''Background:&nbsp;'''Faculty with ideas but lacking funding looked to the school for assitant&nbsp;<br />
*'''Mission:&nbsp;'''To give faculty access to funding for their projects while helping expand levels of innovation across campus<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Grant winning&nbsp;Faculty can be funded with up to $2,500 dollars for their projects every term.<br />
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== '''Green Product Design Network''' ==<br />
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*'''Background:''' The Green Product Design Network began with a group of faculty leaders at UO with interests and expertise in green chemistry, product design, business and journalism and community.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Take ideas from invention to the marketplace in a way that has a more expedient and lasting impact on society.<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Selected as one of five key projects that the UO is supporting and highlighting as a major strategic initiative.<br />
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== '''Conferences''' ==<br />
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*'''Background''': Conferences are hosted at the Business College to unite faculty in business from around the world. For example, in 2013, the Lunquist College’s biennial Financial Research Conference drew experts from Shanghai, London and New York to meet up in Eugene.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Focus on institutional investors and the asset management industry to benefit presenters and audience members in complementary ways. Belief that research is a collaborative process so there is a strong emphasis on collaboration where researchers can present and discuss their work with peers in face to face interactions<br />
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== '''Innovation Partnership Services''' ==<br />
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*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Background: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Innovation Partnership Services ( formerly known as Technology Transfer), is a part of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. &nbsp;IPS &nbsp;partners with UO innovators, the public and industry to accelerate the adoption of innovations derived from UO research and education</span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Mission: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">as a fundamental extension of UO’s teaching and public benefits missions, IPS strives to employ a diversity of innovation management pathways to connect University research to societal benefit.</span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">What they do: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">moves innovation into public use by identifying and creating channels for relationships between university innovators and industry, for investment and for development of user communities. &nbsp;Services include: patent filing, confidentiality/material transfer agreements, and helping UO innovators navigate federal and state policy.</span><br />
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The example below highlights how Oregon puts efforts on interdisciplinary research and teaching and always tries to create deep relationships and partnerships with important key players in education and research.<br />
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== '''Shared Research and Student Training in Gabon''' ==<br />
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*'''Background: '''The UO entered a groundbreaking research and training partnership with African nation, Gabon<br />
*The agreement will result in the creation of the Gabon-Oregon Transnational Research Center on Environmental Development<br />
*Headquartered in Eugene, OR and Libreville, Gabon<br />
*The center represents a new partnership that will enable developed and developing countries to benefit equally from shared research and two way training of students from each nation<br />
*'''Mission: '''Effort to put priority on interdisciplinary research and teaching. Need to reinforce training programs and establish strong and deep partnerships mimicking those created at Oregon.<br />
*'''Leaders: '''UO-led, five-campus Oregon African Studies Consortium: Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland State University, Willamette University and partner with Gabonese Government to fulfill its vision of turning the country into a laboratory for a new model of development for Africa.<br />
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The example below highlights how University of Oregon likes to work closely with other Oregon universities in order to help the greater community of Oregon reach its potential. Initiatives are very interdisciplinary and collaborative.<br />
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== '''RAIN'''<br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Background: Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network (RAIN) connects government, academic and industry resources in the community. There is both a RAIN Eugene and a RAIN@UO branch.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mission: advance the formation, growth, and retention of tech-based startups in the South valley in order to triple the current rate of new tech business formation and job creation</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Goal: Address five key ingredients that transform innovative ideas into viable thriving business for the state of Oregon</span></span><br />
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#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Access to investment capital</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Outcome: By funding RAIN, Oregon (as a state) will enable these key ingredients by mobilizing and expanding the assets of the South Valley region: nearly $400M of combined research activity at Oregon State, University of Oregon and linked regional economic development initiatives.&nbsp;This will grow the ecosystem of entrepreneurial talent and tech based companies&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Offers a 12 week accelerator program for new businesses and also part of the RAIN innovation network.</span></span><br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">&nbsp; Allows for students and faculty to learn more about innovation and entrepreneurship on campus and in the community.</span></span><br />
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'''Fertilab Thinkubator'''<br />
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'''Background'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Fertilab Thinkubator is an incubator for start-ups, a co-working space and a place for events held for those interested in entrepreneurship and innovation in town. There is a location in Eugene and in Springfield.</span><br />
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*'''Mission'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promote entrepreneurship and innovation as a way to develop the economy and the workforce.</span><br />
*'''Goal'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Build the next generation of businesses in Eugene.</span><br />
*'''Outcome'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promoting entrepreneurship in Eugene and enhancing the collaboration in the start-up community.</span><br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[University of Oregon Student Priorities|University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities]]<br />
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[[Claire Sakaguchi|Claire_Sakaguchi]]<br />
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[[David Phillips|David Phillips]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Capaldini Nick Capaldini]<br />
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[[Susan cooper|Susan_cooper]]<br />
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[[Adam Jansons|Adam_Jansons]]<br />
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[[Category:Universities]]</div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:University_of_Oregon&diff=31951School:University of Oregon2016-02-12T19:45:08Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
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<div>= Background =<br />
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The University of Oregon is a public research University located in Eugene Oregon and founded in 1876. Our University is a rated very high on research activity and is the main flagship public university in Oregon. The institution is divided into eight individual schools including: school of architecture and allied arts (AAA), the college of arts and sciences, Charles H Lundquist College of Business, College of Education, Robert D Clark Honors College, School of Journalism and Communication, School of Law, School of Music and Dance. Further, the university has one main research institute in the area of molecular biology.<br />
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A new program at the UO is the Product Design Program, which allows students to learn theories and applied practices of art, architecture and design to creative collaborative opportunities across disciplines. The program is still very new and growing but is deeply rooted in hands on learning where students can learn to develop projects from a personal, local and global perspective.<br />
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Currently, the entrepreneurship program at Oregon is driven by a mission to educate, inspire and empower the future of entrepreneurs by instilling in students the characteristics of innovation, initiative, accountability and dedication. The Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE) combines a foundation of theory with hands-on learning that fosters the mindset of a successful entrepreneur. Oregon believes its students are very career oriented, networked and inspired individuals. A majority of the curriculum that are defined and structured in LCE are: recognizing and evaluating business opportunities, venture planning and implementation, developing and commercializing new products, legal, financial and operational considerations for startups.<br />
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<br />
<br />
= '''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship''' =<br />
<br />
== '''Programs, Opportunities, Organizations:''' ==<br />
<br />
=== '''UO Product Design Program''' ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': This program provides a strong grounding in the use, invention and production of consumer products. It integrates the theories and applied practices of art, architecture, and design disciplines, creating collaborative opportunities across campus with the business school and anthropology and chemistry departments.<br />
*'''How it works: '''Students can get a BA or BS in Material and Product Studies in Eugene and a fifth year BFA in Product Design in Portland.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Provide students with an in-depth knowledge about materials, idea generation, prototyping and manufacturing in order to allow students to design a better world.<br />
*'''Entrepreneurial Tie: '''In order to provide students with real world opportunities, many studios tie in a competition element allowing students to pitch their designs to industry professionals. In the past competitions have involved Wilsonart Chair designs, which were highlighted at the ICFF, a user interface challenge and a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation competition, etc.<br />
<br />
=== <span style="font-size: larger">&nbsp;</span>'''Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship''' ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background: '''LCE offers real world experiences and mentoring students through investment competitions, consulting projects, internships, and the Venture Launch Pathway Program.<br />
*'''How it Works: '''Based on student’s area of interest, background and commitment, LCE admits them into one of four centers.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Experiential learning, curriculum to harness opportunity and strong investor and alumni network.<br />
<br />
=== '''Oregon New Venture Championship''' ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': Oregon’s New Venture Championship (NVC) is the original six-round business competition for graduate students. This movement was started at the University of Oregon and provides an opportunity to translate scholastic experiences into real world opportunities.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students get feedback from judges to help turn their business plan into a successful venture and get the chance to capture the attention of angel investors to get their business of the ground.<br />
*'''Mission:''' NVC wants to develop skilled and knowledgeable entrepreneurial leaders who will successfully confront the ever-changing business environment with creative and innovative solutions.<br />
*'''Competitors: '''MBA students from the top business programs worldwide are invited to compete. Students have come from the US and places like Hong Kong and Thailand<br />
*'''Outcome: '''In 2013 the 1<sup>st</sup> place prize went to students from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration for a prebiotic syrup. In 2005, a UO student group placed 3<sup>rd</sup> for a battery replacement for transceivers and sensors.<br />
<br />
=== Spark Grants ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': A brand new, small funding opportunity of $500 to get a project off the ground. Starting Fall 2017.<br />
*'''How it works:&nbsp;'''Any student can submit an idea with a purpose and a plan. Students then have 6 weeks to develop and prototype their project. The students will have to present their product at the end of the 6 weeks. Possibly have their idea funded further with Rainmaker Grants<br />
*'''Mission''': Remove a barrier to starting a project.<br />
<br />
=== Rainmaker Grants ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': Five yearly grants of $5000 for developed ideas and projects.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students will need to demonstrate a well constructed and planned project or prototype. Ideally stemming from a Spark Grant.<br />
<br />
=== Civil War Shark Tank ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': An annual competition based on the TV show 'Shark Tank', University of Oregon and Oregon State University students compete to pitch their ideas in front of judges and an audience. A $1000 first prize and a place at the Willamette Angel Conference where startups compete for seed money. Also included is an elevator pitch competition.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students submit a 2 minute and 5 page executive summary and the best are chosen to represent the school at the event. At the event students must defend their idea and be well prepared for criticism.<br />
<br />
= '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship''' =<br />
<br />
Oregon is a highly research oriented campus, with faculty working on their own projects of interest. Within the product design program, faculty are developing personal design projects in order to stay actively engaged in the rest of the design world. Within the Science departments faculty gain access to software and lab equipment for projects and research.<br />
<br />
== '''Faculty Seed Grants'''<br/> ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background:&nbsp;'''Faculty with ideas but lacking funding looked to the school for assitant&nbsp;<br />
*'''Mission:&nbsp;'''To give faculty access to funding for their projects while helping expand levels of innovation across campus<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Grant winning&nbsp;Faculty can be funded with up to $2,500 dollars for their projects every term.<br />
<br />
== '''Green Product Design Network''' ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background:''' The Green Product Design Network began with a group of faculty leaders at UO with interests and expertise in green chemistry, product design, business and journalism and community.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Take ideas from invention to the marketplace in a way that has a more expedient and lasting impact on society.<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Selected as one of five key projects that the UO is supporting and highlighting as a major strategic initiative.<br />
<br />
== '''Conferences''' ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': Conferences are hosted at the Business College to unite faculty in business from around the world. For example, in 2013, the Lunquist College’s biennial Financial Research Conference drew experts from Shanghai, London and New York to meet up in Eugene.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Focus on institutional investors and the asset management industry to benefit presenters and audience members in complementary ways. Belief that research is a collaborative process so there is a strong emphasis on collaboration where researchers can present and discuss their work with peers in face to face interactions<br />
<br />
= '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function''' =<br />
<br />
== '''Innovation Partnership Services''' ==<br />
<br />
*<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Background: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Innovation Partnership Services ( formerly known as Technology Transfer), is a part of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. &nbsp;IPS &nbsp;partners with UO innovators, the public and industry to accelerate the adoption of innovations derived from UO research and education</span><br />
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*<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Mission: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">as a fundamental extension of UO’s teaching and public benefits missions, IPS strives to employ a diversity of innovation management pathways to connect University research to societal benefit.</span><br />
<br />
*<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">What they do: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">moves innovation into public use by identifying and creating channels for relationships between university innovators and industry, for investment and for development of user communities. &nbsp;Services include: patent filing, confidentiality/material transfer agreements, and helping UO innovators navigate federal and state policy.</span><br />
<br />
= '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' =<br />
<br />
The example below highlights how Oregon puts efforts on interdisciplinary research and teaching and always tries to create deep relationships and partnerships with important key players in education and research.<br />
<br />
== '''Shared Research and Student Training in Gabon''' ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background: '''The UO entered a groundbreaking research and training partnership with African nation, Gabon<br />
*The agreement will result in the creation of the Gabon-Oregon Transnational Research Center on Environmental Development<br />
*Headquartered in Eugene, OR and Libreville, Gabon<br />
*The center represents a new partnership that will enable developed and developing countries to benefit equally from shared research and two way training of students from each nation<br />
*'''Mission: '''Effort to put priority on interdisciplinary research and teaching. Need to reinforce training programs and establish strong and deep partnerships mimicking those created at Oregon.<br />
*'''Leaders: '''UO-led, five-campus Oregon African Studies Consortium: Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland State University, Willamette University and partner with Gabonese Government to fulfill its vision of turning the country into a laboratory for a new model of development for Africa.<br />
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= '''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts''' =<br />
<br />
The example below highlights how University of Oregon likes to work closely with other Oregon universities in order to help the greater community of Oregon reach its potential. Initiatives are very interdisciplinary and collaborative.<br />
<br />
== '''RAIN'''<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Background: Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network (RAIN) connects government, academic and industry resources in the community. There is both a RAIN Eugene and a RAIN@UO branch.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mission: advance the formation, growth, and retention of tech-based startups in the South valley in order to triple the current rate of new tech business formation and job creation</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Goal: Address five key ingredients that transform innovative ideas into viable thriving business for the state of Oregon</span></span><br />
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#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Market opportunities</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">High quality ideas</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Management teams</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Access to investment capital</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Strong community connections</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Outcome: By funding RAIN, Oregon (as a state) will enable these key ingredients by mobilizing and expanding the assets of the South Valley region: nearly $400M of combined research activity at Oregon State, University of Oregon and linked regional economic development initiatives.&nbsp;This will grow the ecosystem of entrepreneurial talent and tech based companies&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
'''RAIN Eugene'''<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Offers a 12 week accelerator program for new businesses and also part of the RAIN innovation network.</span></span><br />
<br />
'''RAIN@UO'''<br />
<br />
•&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">&nbsp; Allows for students and faculty to learn more about innovation and entrepreneurship on campus and in the community.</span></span><br />
<br />
'''Fertilab Thinkubator'''<br />
<br />
'''Background'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Fertilab Thinkubator is an incubator for start-ups, a co-working space and a place for events held for those interested in entrepreneurship and innovation in town. There is a location in Eugene and in Springfield.</span><br />
<br />
*'''Mission'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promote entrepreneurship and innovation as a way to develop the economy and the workforce.</span><br />
*'''Goal'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Build the next generation of businesses in Eugene.</span><br />
*'''Outcome'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promoting entrepreneurship in Eugene and enhancing the collaboration in the start-up community.</span><br />
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==<br />
<br />
= Related Links =<br />
<br />
[[University of Oregon Student Priorities|University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities]]<br />
<br />
[[Claire Sakaguchi|Claire_Sakaguchi]]<br />
<br />
[[David Phillips|David Phillips]]<br />
<br />
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Capaldini Nick Capaldini]<br />
<br />
[[Susan cooper|Susan_cooper]]<br />
<br />
[[Adam Jansons|Adam_Jansons]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Universities]]</div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:University_of_Oregon&diff=31950School:University of Oregon2016-02-12T19:44:41Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
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<div>= Background =<br />
<br />
The University of Oregon is a public research University located in Eugene Oregon and founded in 1876. Our University is a rated very high on research activity and is the main flagship public university in Oregon. The institution is divided into eight individual schools including: school of architecture and allied arts (AAA), the college of arts and sciences, Charles H Lundquist College of Business, College of Education, Robert D Clark Honors College, School of Journalism and Communication, School of Law, School of Music and Dance. Further, the university has one main research institute in the area of molecular biology.<br />
<br />
A new program at the UO is the Product Design Program, which allows students to learn theories and applied practices of art, architecture and design to creative collaborative opportunities across disciplines. The program is still very new and growing but is deeply rooted in hands on learning where students can learn to develop projects from a personal, local and global perspective.<br />
<br />
Currently, the entrepreneurship program at Oregon is driven by a mission to educate, inspire and empower the future of entrepreneurs by instilling in students the characteristics of innovation, initiative, accountability and dedication. The Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE) combines a foundation of theory with hands-on learning that fosters the mindset of a successful entrepreneur. Oregon believes its students are very career oriented, networked and inspired individuals. A majority of the curriculum that are defined and structured in LCE are: recognizing and evaluating business opportunities, venture planning and implementation, developing and commercializing new products, legal, financial and operational considerations for startups.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
= '''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship''' =<br />
<br />
== '''Programs, Opportunities, Organizations:''' ==<br />
<br />
=== '''UO Product Design Program''' ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': This program provides a strong grounding in the use, invention and production of consumer products. It integrates the theories and applied practices of art, architecture, and design disciplines, creating collaborative opportunities across campus with the business school and anthropology and chemistry departments.<br />
*'''How it works: '''Students can get a BA or BS in Material and Product Studies in Eugene and a fifth year BFA in Product Design in Portland.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Provide students with an in-depth knowledge about materials, idea generation, prototyping and manufacturing in order to allow students to design a better world.<br />
*'''Entrepreneurial Tie: '''In order to provide students with real world opportunities, many studios tie in a competition element allowing students to pitch their designs to industry professionals. In the past competitions have involved Wilsonart Chair designs, which were highlighted at the ICFF, a user interface challenge and a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation competition, etc.<br />
<br />
=== <span style="font-size: larger">&nbsp;</span>'''Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship''' ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background: '''LCE offers real world experiences and mentoring students through investment competitions, consulting projects, internships, and the Venture Launch Pathway Program.<br />
*'''How it Works: '''Based on student’s area of interest, background and commitment, LCE admits them into one of four centers.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Experiential learning, curriculum to harness opportunity and strong investor and alumni network.<br />
<br />
=== '''Oregon New Venture Championship''' ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': Oregon’s New Venture Championship (NVC) is the original six-round business competition for graduate students. This movement was started at the University of Oregon and provides an opportunity to translate scholastic experiences into real world opportunities.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students get feedback from judges to help turn their business plan into a successful venture and get the chance to capture the attention of angel investors to get their business of the ground.<br />
*'''Mission:''' NVC wants to develop skilled and knowledgeable entrepreneurial leaders who will successfully confront the ever-changing business environment with creative and innovative solutions.<br />
*'''Competitors: '''MBA students from the top business programs worldwide are invited to compete. Students have come from the US and places like Hong Kong and Thailand<br />
*'''Outcome: '''In 2013 the 1<sup>st</sup> place prize went to students from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration for a prebiotic syrup. In 2005, a UO student group placed 3<sup>rd</sup> for a battery replacement for transceivers and sensors.<br />
<br />
=== Spark Grants ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': A brand new, small funding opportunity of $500 to get a project off the ground. Starting Fall 2017.<br />
*'''How it works:&nbsp;'''Any student can submit an idea with a purpose and a plan. Students then have 6 weeks to develop and prototype their project. The students will have to present their product at the end of the 6 weeks. Possibly have their idea funded further with Rainmaker Grants<br />
*'''Mission''': Remove a barrier to starting a project.<br />
<br />
=== Rainmaker Grants ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': Five yearly grants of $5000 for developed ideas and projects.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students will need to demonstrate a well constructed and planned project or prototype. Ideally stemming from a Spark Grant.<br />
<br />
=== Civil War Shark Tank ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': An annual competition based on the TV show 'Shark Tank', University of Oregon and Oregon State University students compete to pitch their ideas in front of judges and an audience. A $1000 first prize and a place at the Willamette Angel Conference where startups compete for seed money. Also included is an elevator pitch competition.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students submit a 2 minute and 5 page executive summary and the best are chosen to represent the school at the event. At the event students must defend their idea and be well prepared for criticism.<br />
<br />
= '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship''' =<br />
<br />
Oregon is a highly research oriented campus, with faculty working on their own projects of interest. Within the product design program, faculty are developing personal design projects in order to stay actively engaged in the rest of the design world. Within the Science departments faculty gain access to software and lab equipment for projects and research.<br />
<br />
== '''Faculty Seed Grants'''<br/> ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background:&nbsp;'''Faculty with ideas but lacking funding looked to the school for assitant&nbsp;<br />
*'''Mission:&nbsp;'''To give faculty access to funding for their projects while helping expand levels of innovation across campus<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Grant winning&nbsp;Faculty can be funded with up to $2,500 dollars for their projects every term.<br />
<br />
== '''Green Product Design Network''' ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background:''' The Green Product Design Network began with a group of faculty leaders at UO with interests and expertise in green chemistry, product design, business and journalism and community.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Take ideas from invention to the marketplace in a way that has a more expedient and lasting impact on society.<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Selected as one of five key projects that the UO is supporting and highlighting as a major strategic initiative.<br />
<br />
== '''Conferences''' ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': Conferences are hosted at the Business College to unite faculty in business from around the world. For example, in 2013, the Lunquist College’s biennial Financial Research Conference drew experts from Shanghai, London and New York to meet up in Eugene.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Focus on institutional investors and the asset management industry to benefit presenters and audience members in complementary ways. Belief that research is a collaborative process so there is a strong emphasis on collaboration where researchers can present and discuss their work with peers in face to face interactions<br />
<br />
= '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function''' =<br />
<br />
== '''Innovation Partnership Services''' ==<br />
<br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Background: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Innovation Partnership Services ( formerly known as Technology Transfer), is a part of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. &nbsp;IPS &nbsp;partners with UO innovators, the public and industry to accelerate the adoption of innovations derived from UO research and education</span><br />
<br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Mission: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">as a fundamental extension of UO’s teaching and public benefits missions, IPS strives to employ a diversity of innovation management pathways to connect University research to societal benefit.</span><br />
<br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">What they do: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">moves innovation into public use by identifying and creating channels for relationships between university innovators and industry, for investment and for development of user communities. &nbsp;Services include: patent filing, confidentiality/material transfer agreements, and helping UO innovators navigate federal and state policy.</span><br />
<br />
= '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' =<br />
<br />
The example below highlights how Oregon puts efforts on interdisciplinary research and teaching and always tries to create deep relationships and partnerships with important key players in education and research.<br />
<br />
== '''Shared Research and Student Training in Gabon''' ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background: '''The UO entered a groundbreaking research and training partnership with African nation, Gabon<br />
*The agreement will result in the creation of the Gabon-Oregon Transnational Research Center on Environmental Development<br />
*Headquartered in Eugene, OR and Libreville, Gabon<br />
*The center represents a new partnership that will enable developed and developing countries to benefit equally from shared research and two way training of students from each nation<br />
*'''Mission: '''Effort to put priority on interdisciplinary research and teaching. Need to reinforce training programs and establish strong and deep partnerships mimicking those created at Oregon.<br />
*'''Leaders: '''UO-led, five-campus Oregon African Studies Consortium: Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland State University, Willamette University and partner with Gabonese Government to fulfill its vision of turning the country into a laboratory for a new model of development for Africa.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
= '''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts''' =<br />
<br />
The example below highlights how University of Oregon likes to work closely with other Oregon universities in order to help the greater community of Oregon reach its potential. Initiatives are very interdisciplinary and collaborative.<br />
<br />
== '''RAIN'''<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Background: Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network (RAIN) connects government, academic and industry resources in the community. There is both a RAIN Eugene and a RAIN@UO branch.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mission: advance the formation, growth, and retention of tech-based startups in the South valley in order to triple the current rate of new tech business formation and job creation</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Goal: Address five key ingredients that transform innovative ideas into viable thriving business for the state of Oregon</span></span><br />
<br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Market opportunities</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">High quality ideas</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Management teams</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Access to investment capital</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Strong community connections</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Outcome: By funding RAIN, Oregon (as a state) will enable these key ingredients by mobilizing and expanding the assets of the South Valley region: nearly $400M of combined research activity at Oregon State, University of Oregon and linked regional economic development initiatives.&nbsp;This will grow the ecosystem of entrepreneurial talent and tech based companies&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
'''RAIN Eugene'''<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Offers a 12 week accelerator program for new businesses and also part of the RAIN innovation network.</span></span><br />
<br />
'''RAIN@UO'''<br />
<br />
•&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">&nbsp; Allows for students and faculty to learn more about innovation and entrepreneurship on campus and in the community.</span></span><br />
<br />
'''Fertilab Thinkubator'''<br />
<br />
'''Background'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Fertilab Thinkubator is an incubator for start-ups, a co-working space and a place for events held for those interested in entrepreneurship and innovation in town. There is a location in Eugene and in Springfield.</span><br />
<br />
*'''Mission'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promote entrepreneurship and innovation as a way to develop the economy and the workforce.</span><br />
*'''Goal'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Build the next generation of businesses in Eugene.</span><br />
*'''Outcome'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promoting entrepreneurship in Eugene and enhancing the collaboration in the start-up community.</span><br />
<br />
==<br />
<br />
= Related Links =<br />
<br />
[[University of Oregon Student Priorities|University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities]]<br />
<br />
[[Claire Sakaguchi|Claire_Sakaguchi]]<br />
<br />
[[David Phillips|David Phillips]]<br />
<br />
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Capaldini Nick Capaldini]<br />
<br />
[[Susan cooper|Susan_cooper]]<br />
<br />
[[Adam Jansons|Adam_Jansons]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Universities]]</div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:University_of_Oregon&diff=31948School:University of Oregon2016-02-12T19:44:19Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
<hr />
<div>= Background =<br />
<br />
The University of Oregon is a public research University located in Eugene Oregon and founded in 1876. Our University is a rated very high on research activity and is the main flagship public university in Oregon. The institution is divided into eight individual schools including: school of architecture and allied arts (AAA), the college of arts and sciences, Charles H Lundquist College of Business, College of Education, Robert D Clark Honors College, School of Journalism and Communication, School of Law, School of Music and Dance. Further, the university has one main research institute in the area of molecular biology.<br />
<br />
A new program at the UO is the Product Design Program, which allows students to learn theories and applied practices of art, architecture and design to creative collaborative opportunities across disciplines. The program is still very new and growing but is deeply rooted in hands on learning where students can learn to develop projects from a personal, local and global perspective.<br />
<br />
Currently, the entrepreneurship program at Oregon is driven by a mission to educate, inspire and empower the future of entrepreneurs by instilling in students the characteristics of innovation, initiative, accountability and dedication. The Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE) combines a foundation of theory with hands-on learning that fosters the mindset of a successful entrepreneur. Oregon believes its students are very career oriented, networked and inspired individuals. A majority of the curriculum that are defined and structured in LCE are: recognizing and evaluating business opportunities, venture planning and implementation, developing and commercializing new products, legal, financial and operational considerations for startups.<br />
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= '''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship''' =<br />
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== '''Programs, Opportunities, Organizations:''' ==<br />
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=== '''UO Product Design Program''' ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': This program provides a strong grounding in the use, invention and production of consumer products. It integrates the theories and applied practices of art, architecture, and design disciplines, creating collaborative opportunities across campus with the business school and anthropology and chemistry departments.<br />
*'''How it works: '''Students can get a BA or BS in Material and Product Studies in Eugene and a fifth year BFA in Product Design in Portland.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Provide students with an in-depth knowledge about materials, idea generation, prototyping and manufacturing in order to allow students to design a better world.<br />
*'''Entrepreneurial Tie: '''In order to provide students with real world opportunities, many studios tie in a competition element allowing students to pitch their designs to industry professionals. In the past competitions have involved Wilsonart Chair designs, which were highlighted at the ICFF, a user interface challenge and a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation competition, etc.<br />
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=== <span style="font-size: larger">&nbsp;</span>'''Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship''' ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background: '''LCE offers real world experiences and mentoring students through investment competitions, consulting projects, internships, and the Venture Launch Pathway Program.<br />
*'''How it Works: '''Based on student’s area of interest, background and commitment, LCE admits them into one of four centers.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Experiential learning, curriculum to harness opportunity and strong investor and alumni network.<br />
<br />
=== '''Oregon New Venture Championship''' ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': Oregon’s New Venture Championship (NVC) is the original six-round business competition for graduate students. This movement was started at the University of Oregon and provides an opportunity to translate scholastic experiences into real world opportunities.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students get feedback from judges to help turn their business plan into a successful venture and get the chance to capture the attention of angel investors to get their business of the ground.<br />
*'''Mission:''' NVC wants to develop skilled and knowledgeable entrepreneurial leaders who will successfully confront the ever-changing business environment with creative and innovative solutions.<br />
*'''Competitors: '''MBA students from the top business programs worldwide are invited to compete. Students have come from the US and places like Hong Kong and Thailand<br />
*'''Outcome: '''In 2013 the 1<sup>st</sup> place prize went to students from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration for a prebiotic syrup. In 2005, a UO student group placed 3<sup>rd</sup> for a battery replacement for transceivers and sensors.<br />
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=== Spark Grants ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': A brand new, small funding opportunity of $500 to get a project off the ground. Starting Fall 2017.<br />
*'''How it works:&nbsp;'''Any student can submit an idea with a purpose and a plan. Students then have 6 weeks to develop and prototype their project. The students will have to present their product at the end of the 6 weeks. Possibly have their idea funded further with Rainmaker Grants<br />
*'''Mission''': Remove a barrier to starting a project.<br />
<br />
=== Rainmaker Grants ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': Five yearly grants of $5000 for developed ideas and projects.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students will need to demonstrate a well constructed and planned project or prototype. Ideally stemming from a Spark Grant.<br />
<br />
=== Civil War Shark Tank ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': An annual competition based on the TV show 'Shark Tank', University of Oregon and Oregon State University students compete to pitch their ideas in front of judges and an audience. A $1000 first prize and a place at the Willamette Angel Conference where startups compete for seed money. Also included is an elevator pitch competition.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students submit a 2 minute and 5 page executive summary and the best are chosen to represent the school at the event. At the event students must defend their idea and be well prepared for criticism.<br />
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= '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship''' =<br />
<br />
Oregon is a highly research oriented campus, with faculty working on their own projects of interest. Within the product design program, faculty are developing personal design projects in order to stay actively engaged in the rest of the design world. Within the Science departments faculty gain access to software and lab equipment for projects and research.<br />
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== '''Faculty Seed Grants'''<br/> ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background:&nbsp;'''Faculty with ideas but lacking funding looked to the school for assitant&nbsp;<br />
*'''Mission:&nbsp;'''To give faculty access to funding for their projects while helping expand levels of innovation across campus<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Grant winning&nbsp;Faculty can be funded with up to $2,500 dollars for their projects every term.<br />
<br />
== '''Green Product Design Network''' ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background:''' The Green Product Design Network began with a group of faculty leaders at UO with interests and expertise in green chemistry, product design, business and journalism and community.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Take ideas from invention to the marketplace in a way that has a more expedient and lasting impact on society.<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Selected as one of five key projects that the UO is supporting and highlighting as a major strategic initiative.<br />
<br />
== '''Conferences''' ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': Conferences are hosted at the Business College to unite faculty in business from around the world. For example, in 2013, the Lunquist College’s biennial Financial Research Conference drew experts from Shanghai, London and New York to meet up in Eugene.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Focus on institutional investors and the asset management industry to benefit presenters and audience members in complementary ways. Belief that research is a collaborative process so there is a strong emphasis on collaboration where researchers can present and discuss their work with peers in face to face interactions<br />
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= '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function''' =<br />
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== '''Innovation Partnership Services''' ==<br />
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*<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Background: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Innovation Partnership Services ( formerly known as Technology Transfer), is a part of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. &nbsp;IPS &nbsp;partners with UO innovators, the public and industry to accelerate the adoption of innovations derived from UO research and education</span><br />
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*<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Mission: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">as a fundamental extension of UO’s teaching and public benefits missions, IPS strives to employ a diversity of innovation management pathways to connect University research to societal benefit.</span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">What they do: </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">moves innovation into public use by identifying and creating channels for relationships between university innovators and industry, for investment and for development of user communities. &nbsp;Services include: patent filing, confidentiality/material transfer agreements, and helping UO innovators navigate federal and state policy.</span><br />
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= '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' =<br />
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The example below highlights how Oregon puts efforts on interdisciplinary research and teaching and always tries to create deep relationships and partnerships with important key players in education and research.<br />
<br />
== '''Shared Research and Student Training in Gabon''' ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background: '''The UO entered a groundbreaking research and training partnership with African nation, Gabon<br />
*The agreement will result in the creation of the Gabon-Oregon Transnational Research Center on Environmental Development<br />
*Headquartered in Eugene, OR and Libreville, Gabon<br />
*The center represents a new partnership that will enable developed and developing countries to benefit equally from shared research and two way training of students from each nation<br />
*'''Mission: '''Effort to put priority on interdisciplinary research and teaching. Need to reinforce training programs and establish strong and deep partnerships mimicking those created at Oregon.<br />
*'''Leaders: '''UO-led, five-campus Oregon African Studies Consortium: Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland State University, Willamette University and partner with Gabonese Government to fulfill its vision of turning the country into a laboratory for a new model of development for Africa.<br />
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= '''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts''' =<br />
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The example below highlights how University of Oregon likes to work closely with other Oregon universities in order to help the greater community of Oregon reach its potential. Initiatives are very interdisciplinary and collaborative.<br />
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== '''RAIN'''<br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Background: Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network (RAIN) connects government, academic and industry resources in the community. There is both a RAIN Eugene and a RAIN@UO branch.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mission: advance the formation, growth, and retention of tech-based startups in the South valley in order to triple the current rate of new tech business formation and job creation</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Goal: Address five key ingredients that transform innovative ideas into viable thriving business for the state of Oregon</span></span><br />
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#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Market opportunities</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">High quality ideas</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Management teams</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Access to investment capital</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Strong community connections</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Outcome: By funding RAIN, Oregon (as a state) will enable these key ingredients by mobilizing and expanding the assets of the South Valley region: nearly $400M of combined research activity at Oregon State, University of Oregon and linked regional economic development initiatives.&nbsp;This will grow the ecosystem of entrepreneurial talent and tech based companies&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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'''RAIN Eugene'''<br />
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Offers a 12 week accelerator program for new businesses and also part of the RAIN innovation network.</span></span><br />
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'''RAIN@UO'''<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">&nbsp; Allows for students and faculty to learn more about innovation and entrepreneurship on campus and in the community.</span></span><br />
<br />
'''Fertilab Thinkubator'''<br />
<br />
'''Background'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Fertilab Thinkubator is an incubator for start-ups, a co-working space and a place for events held for those interested in entrepreneurship and innovation in town. There is a location in Eugene and in Springfield.</span><br />
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*'''Mission'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promote entrepreneurship and innovation as a way to develop the economy and the workforce.</span><br />
*'''Goal'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Build the next generation of businesses in Eugene.</span><br />
*'''Outcome'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promoting entrepreneurship in Eugene and enhancing the collaboration in the start-up community.</span><br />
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==<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
<br />
[[University of Oregon Student Priorities|University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities]]<br />
<br />
[[Claire Sakaguchi|Claire_Sakaguchi]]<br />
<br />
[[David Phillips|David Phillips]]<br />
<br />
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Capaldini Nick Capaldini]<br />
<br />
[[Susan cooper|Susan_cooper]]<br />
<br />
[[Adam Jansons|Adam_Jansons]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Universities]]</div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:University_of_Oregon&diff=31945School:University of Oregon2016-02-12T19:40:42Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
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<div>= Background =<br />
<br />
The University of Oregon is a public research University located in Eugene Oregon and founded in 1876. Our University is a rated very high on research activity and is the main flagship public university in Oregon. The institution is divided into eight individual schools including: school of architecture and allied arts (AAA), the college of arts and sciences, Charles H Lundquist College of Business, College of Education, Robert D Clark Honors College, School of Journalism and Communication, School of Law, School of Music and Dance. Further, the university has one main research institute in the area of molecular biology.<br />
<br />
A new program at the UO is the Product Design Program, which allows students to learn theories and applied practices of art, architecture and design to creative collaborative opportunities across disciplines. The program is still very new and growing but is deeply rooted in hands on learning where students can learn to develop projects from a personal, local and global perspective.<br />
<br />
Currently, the entrepreneurship program at Oregon is driven by a mission to educate, inspire and empower the future of entrepreneurs by instilling in students the characteristics of innovation, initiative, accountability and dedication. The Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE) combines a foundation of theory with hands-on learning that fosters the mindset of a successful entrepreneur. Oregon believes its students are very career oriented, networked and inspired individuals. A majority of the curriculum that are defined and structured in LCE are: recognizing and evaluating business opportunities, venture planning and implementation, developing and commercializing new products, legal, financial and operational considerations for startups.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
= '''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship''' =<br />
<br />
== '''Programs, Opportunities, Organizations:''' ==<br />
<br />
=== '''UO Product Design Program''' ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': This program provides a strong grounding in the use, invention and production of consumer products. It integrates the theories and applied practices of art, architecture, and design disciplines, creating collaborative opportunities across campus with the business school and anthropology and chemistry departments.<br />
*'''How it works: '''Students can get a BA or BS in Material and Product Studies in Eugene and a fifth year BFA in Product Design in Portland.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Provide students with an in-depth knowledge about materials, idea generation, prototyping and manufacturing in order to allow students to design a better world.<br />
*'''Entrepreneurial Tie: '''In order to provide students with real world opportunities, many studios tie in a competition element allowing students to pitch their designs to industry professionals. In the past competitions have involved Wilsonart Chair designs, which were highlighted at the ICFF, a user interface challenge and a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation competition, etc.<br />
<br />
=== <span style="font-size: larger">&nbsp;</span>'''Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship''' ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background: '''LCE offers real world experiences and mentoring students through investment competitions, consulting projects, internships, and the Venture Launch Pathway Program.<br />
*'''How it Works: '''Based on student’s area of interest, background and commitment, LCE admits them into one of four centers.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Experiential learning, curriculum to harness opportunity and strong investor and alumni network.<br />
<br />
=== '''Oregon New Venture Championship''' ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': Oregon’s New Venture Championship (NVC) is the original six-round business competition for graduate students. This movement was started at the University of Oregon and provides an opportunity to translate scholastic experiences into real world opportunities.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students get feedback from judges to help turn their business plan into a successful venture and get the chance to capture the attention of angel investors to get their business of the ground.<br />
*'''Mission:''' NVC wants to develop skilled and knowledgeable entrepreneurial leaders who will successfully confront the ever-changing business environment with creative and innovative solutions.<br />
*'''Competitors: '''MBA students from the top business programs worldwide are invited to compete. Students have come from the US and places like Hong Kong and Thailand<br />
*'''Outcome: '''In 2013 the 1<sup>st</sup> place prize went to students from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration for a prebiotic syrup. In 2005, a UO student group placed 3<sup>rd</sup> for a battery replacement for transceivers and sensors.<br />
<br />
=== Spark Grants ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': A brand new, small funding opportunity of $500 to get a project off the ground. Starting Fall 2017.<br />
*'''How it works:&nbsp;'''Any student can submit an idea with a purpose and a plan. Students then have 6 weeks to develop and prototype their project. The students will have to present their product at the end of the 6 weeks. Possibly have their idea funded further with Rainmaker Grants<br />
*'''Mission''': Remove a barrier to starting a project.<br />
<br />
=== Rainmaker Grants ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': Five yearly grants of $5000 for developed ideas and projects.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students will need to demonstrate a well constructed and planned project or prototype. Ideally stemming from a Spark Grant.<br />
<br />
=== Civil War Shark Tank ===<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': An annual competition based on the TV show 'Shark Tank', University of Oregon and Oregon State University students compete to pitch their ideas in front of judges and an audience. A $1000 first prize and a place at the Willamette Angel Conference where startups compete for seed money. Also included is an elevator pitch competition.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students submit a 2 minute and 5 page executive summary and the best are chosen to represent the school at the event. At the event students must defend their idea and be well prepared for criticism.<br />
<br />
= '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship''' =<br />
<br />
Oregon is a highly research oriented campus, with faculty working on their own projects of interest. Within the product design program, faculty are developing personal design projects in order to stay actively engaged in the rest of the design world. Within the Science departments faculty gain access to software and lab equipment for projects and research.<br />
<br />
== '''Faculty Seed Grants'''<br/> ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background:&nbsp;'''Faculty with ideas but lacking funding looked to the school for assitant&nbsp;<br />
*'''Mission:&nbsp;'''To give faculty access to funding for their projects while helping expand levels of innovation across campus<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Grant winning&nbsp;Faculty can be funded with up to $2,500 dollars for their projects every term.<br />
<br />
== '''Green Product Design Network''' ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background:''' The Green Product Design Network began with a group of faculty leaders at UO with interests and expertise in green chemistry, product design, business and journalism and community.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Take ideas from invention to the marketplace in a way that has a more expedient and lasting impact on society.<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Selected as one of five key projects that the UO is supporting and highlighting as a major strategic initiative.<br />
<br />
== '''Conferences''' ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background''': Conferences are hosted at the Business College to unite faculty in business from around the world. For example, in 2013, the Lunquist College’s biennial Financial Research Conference drew experts from Shanghai, London and New York to meet up in Eugene.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Focus on institutional investors and the asset management industry to benefit presenters and audience members in complementary ways. Belief that research is a collaborative process so there is a strong emphasis on collaboration where researchers can present and discuss their work with peers in face to face interactions<br />
<br />
= '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function''' =<br />
<br />
== '''Innovation Partnership Services''' ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background: '''Innovation Partnership Services (IPS), formerly known as Technology Transfer Services partners with UO innovators, the public and industry to accelerate the adoption of innovations derived from UO research and education<br />
*'''Mission: '''as a fundamental extension of UO’s teaching and public benefits missions, IPS strives to employ a diversity of innovation management pathways to connect University research to societal benefit.<br />
*'''What they do: '''moves innovation into public use by identifying and creating channels for relationships between university innovators and industry, for investment and for development of user communities.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
= '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' =<br />
<br />
The example below highlights how Oregon puts efforts on interdisciplinary research and teaching and always tries to create deep relationships and partnerships with important key players in education and research.<br />
<br />
== '''Shared Research and Student Training in Gabon''' ==<br />
<br />
*'''Background: '''The UO entered a groundbreaking research and training partnership with African nation, Gabon<br />
*The agreement will result in the creation of the Gabon-Oregon Transnational Research Center on Environmental Development<br />
*Headquartered in Eugene, OR and Libreville, Gabon<br />
*The center represents a new partnership that will enable developed and developing countries to benefit equally from shared research and two way training of students from each nation<br />
*'''Mission: '''Effort to put priority on interdisciplinary research and teaching. Need to reinforce training programs and establish strong and deep partnerships mimicking those created at Oregon.<br />
*'''Leaders: '''UO-led, five-campus Oregon African Studies Consortium: Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland State University, Willamette University and partner with Gabonese Government to fulfill its vision of turning the country into a laboratory for a new model of development for Africa.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
= '''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts''' =<br />
<br />
The example below highlights how University of Oregon likes to work closely with other Oregon universities in order to help the greater community of Oregon reach its potential. Initiatives are very interdisciplinary and collaborative.<br />
<br />
== '''RAIN'''<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Background: Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network (RAIN) connects government, academic and industry resources in the community. There is both a RAIN Eugene and a RAIN@UO branch.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mission: advance the formation, growth, and retention of tech-based startups in the South valley in order to triple the current rate of new tech business formation and job creation</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Goal: Address five key ingredients that transform innovative ideas into viable thriving business for the state of Oregon</span></span><br />
<br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Market opportunities</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">High quality ideas</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Management teams</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Access to investment capital</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Strong community connections</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Outcome: By funding RAIN, Oregon (as a state) will enable these key ingredients by mobilizing and expanding the assets of the South Valley region: nearly $400M of combined research activity at Oregon State, University of Oregon and linked regional economic development initiatives.&nbsp;This will grow the ecosystem of entrepreneurial talent and tech based companies&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
'''RAIN Eugene'''<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Offers a 12 week accelerator program for new businesses and also part of the RAIN innovation network.</span></span><br />
<br />
'''RAIN@UO'''<br />
<br />
•&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">&nbsp; Allows for students and faculty to learn more about innovation and entrepreneurship on campus and in the community.</span></span><br />
<br />
'''Fertilab Thinkubator'''<br />
<br />
'''Background'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Fertilab Thinkubator is an incubator for start-ups, a co-working space and a place for events held for those interested in entrepreneurship and innovation in town. There is a location in Eugene and in Springfield.</span><br />
<br />
*'''Mission'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promote entrepreneurship and innovation as a way to develop the economy and the workforce.</span><br />
*'''Goal'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Build the next generation of businesses in Eugene.</span><br />
*'''Outcome'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promoting entrepreneurship in Eugene and enhancing the collaboration in the start-up community.</span><br />
<br />
==<br />
<br />
= Related Links =<br />
<br />
[[University of Oregon Student Priorities|University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities]]<br />
<br />
[[Claire Sakaguchi|Claire_Sakaguchi]]<br />
<br />
[[David Phillips|David Phillips]]<br />
<br />
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Capaldini Nick Capaldini]<br />
<br />
[[Susan cooper|Susan_cooper]]<br />
<br />
[[Adam Jansons|Adam_Jansons]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Universities]]</div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Resource:How_to_engage_entire_departments_(students_and_faculty)_in_a_design_thinking_workshop&diff=29080Resource:How to engage entire departments (students and faculty) in a design thinking workshop2016-01-22T04:40:48Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
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<div>= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">INTRODUCTION</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Design thinking workshops are a powerful tool to engage both students, faculty, and businesses concerning a common interest. &nbsp;The following “how-to” guide is constructed from an interview with UI fellow Valerie Sherry, who implemented a design thinking workshop about the future of the library at the University of Maryland. &nbsp;She has since conducted several other design thinking workshops.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">AIMS AND GOALS</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">It is likely you are considering a design thinking workshop because of a specific issue that has emerged on your campus or in your community. &nbsp;In Valerie’s case, budget constraints were threatening to close one of the campus libraries. &nbsp;Her goals for the workshop were to use design thinking to shape the future of the library and to engage students, faculty, and stakeholders across campus. &nbsp;She hoped that the workshop would provide a way for students to have a voice in the matter, and that her efforts would have a significant and long-lasting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Think of what goals and outcomes you would like for your workshop as you begin planning.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">PLANNING</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Adequate planning is critical for the implementation and success of a design thinking workshop. &nbsp;The following is Valerie’s advice for planning.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Peer Engagement; identify and interview stakeholders</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Talk to peers who are also passionate about the project. &nbsp;These peers can help take much of the workload off of yourself. &nbsp;From these peers, from a task force that will be focused on gaining insight on the problem at hand. The task force should first identify stakeholders in the matter, and subsequently interview these stakeholders about their experiences and vision.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Planning team</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">From here, form a planning team. &nbsp;In Valerie’s case this planning team was made up of students and faculty from across campus. &nbsp;Valerie notes that faculty engagement was critical, since they would ensure lasting change after the students left. &nbsp;Local community engagement may be appropriate as well. &nbsp;After the planning team is created, the peer task force should present the team with the data from their stakeholder interviews.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">As a planning team, together narrow down the expectations and main question the workshop should try to answer.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Advertising and timing</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">For maximum participation in the event, pick a time that works well with everyone (students and faculty). &nbsp;If the event takes place during class time for students, figure out how to excuse people from the classes for the workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">To increase your chances of more participation, be empathetic when telling them about the event. &nbsp;Put yourself in their shoes and give them a reason to care about the cause by using diction that would appeal to all sectors. &nbsp;Ask students to spread the word to their friends and colleagues, and ask faculty to invite anyone they think would be interested in the event. &nbsp;To gauge participation, resources like Eventbrite could help you estimate the number of people attending. If applicable form a marketing plan, such as advertising through social media forums and other websites.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Physical Space</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Find a space that will accommodate the expected number of people, and will fit your needs. &nbsp;Perhaps you would like mobile white boards, chairs, desks, etc. &nbsp;Locate a neutral space on campus and get the appropriate permission to use it. &nbsp;If additional equipment is needed, locate other resources on campus to acquire them.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Food</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">In Valerie’s words, don’t underestimate the power of free food and coffee, especially if this is a half a day or full day workshop. &nbsp;To help pay for these things, see if your department/other departments or stakeholders have funds to help out.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">WORKSHOP</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">When designing the specific event, make sure you are thinking about your participants. &nbsp;Design activities that make sense for them. &nbsp;Before the event, establish two or more facilitators that can help run things. &nbsp;These people would know the order of activates, and help in any logistics. &nbsp;This may include a lead facilitator, student facilitator, and a faculty facilitator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">&nbsp;In Valerie’s case, a half-day workshop would include:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">A brief welcome and overview talk by the facilitator(s). &nbsp;Consider using resources like Ignite Powerpoint to quickly get your message across</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Break up the large group into small groups for the specific tasks. &nbsp;The small groups should contain team captains that may be at least a little bit familiar with the task at hand. &nbsp;The small teams would then participate in design thinking activities at their station:</span><br/><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">1. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Empathy (gaining insights from people)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">2. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Defining the problem. &nbsp;After the teams complete this part, ask each teams to share their thoughts to the larger group</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ideate – ask each team to brainstorm on their problem(s)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Asses – have people walk around and give real-time feedback on the ideas they thought were the best</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">After the event, closring remarks may be appropriate</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND</span><br/> =<br />
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*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Language is critical when trying to spread the work about the event. &nbsp;Different people will respond the terms differently. &nbsp;Before trying to advertise and tell people about the workshop, frame your idea in a way they can relate to</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Factor in breaks into the workshop.</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Inviting industry and community members to participate could prove insightful and useful for the outcomes of the workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Written by: Adam Jansons, </span><span class="gD">Emily Klonicki, Caroline Millin, Brandon Crockett, Nick Capaldini, Jesus Gomez</span></span><br />
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[[Category:Guides]]</div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Resource:How_to_engage_entire_departments_(students_and_faculty)_in_a_design_thinking_workshop&diff=29075Resource:How to engage entire departments (students and faculty) in a design thinking workshop2016-01-22T04:39:35Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
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<div>= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">INTRODUCTION</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Design thinking workshops are a powerful tool to engage both students, faculty, and businesses concerning a common interest. &nbsp;The following “how-to” guide is constructed from an interview with UI fellow Valerie Sherry, who implemented a design thinking workshop about the future of the library at the University of Maryland. &nbsp;She has since conducted several other design thinking workshops.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">AIMS AND GOALS</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">It is likely you are considering a design thinking workshop because of a specific issue that has emerged on your campus or in your community. &nbsp;In Valerie’s case, budget constraints were threatening to close one of the campus libraries. &nbsp;Her goals for the workshop were to use design thinking to shape the future of the library and to engage students, faculty, and stakeholders across campus. &nbsp;She hoped that the workshop would provide a way for students to have a voice in the matter, and that her efforts would have a significant and long-lasting.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Think of what goals and outcomes you would like for your workshop as you begin planning.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">PLANNING</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Adequate planning is critical for the implementation and success of a design thinking workshop. &nbsp;The following is Valerie’s advice for planning.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Peer Engagement; identify and interview stakeholders</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Talk to peers who are also passionate about the project. &nbsp;These peers can help take much of the workload off of yourself. &nbsp;From these peers, from a task force that will be focused on gaining insight on the problem at hand. The task force should first identify stakeholders in the matter, and subsequently interview these stakeholders about their experiences and vision.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Planning team</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">From here, form a planning team. &nbsp;In Valerie’s case this planning team was made up of students and faculty from across campus. &nbsp;Valerie notes that faculty engagement was critical, since they would ensure lasting change after the students left. &nbsp;Local community engagement may be appropriate as well. &nbsp;After the planning team is created, the peer task force should present the team with the data from their stakeholder interviews.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">As a planning team, together narrow down the expectations and main question the workshop should try to answer.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Advertising and timing</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">For maximum participation in the event, pick a time that works well with everyone (students and faculty). &nbsp;If the event takes place during class time for students, figure out how to excuse people from the classes for the workshop.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">To increase your chances of more participation, be empathetic when telling them about the event. &nbsp;Put yourself in their shoes and give them a reason to care about the cause by using diction that would appeal to all sectors. &nbsp;Ask students to spread the word to their friends and colleagues, and ask faculty to invite anyone they think would be interested in the event. &nbsp;To gauge participation, resources like Eventbrite could help you estimate the number of people attending. If applicable form a marketing plan, such as advertising through social media forums and other websites.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Physical Space</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Find a space that will accommodate the expected number of people, and will fit your needs. &nbsp;Perhaps you would like mobile white boards, chairs, desks, etc. &nbsp;Locate a neutral space on campus and get the appropriate permission to use it. &nbsp;If additional equipment is needed, locate other resources on campus to acquire them.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Food</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">In Valerie’s words, don’t underestimate the power of free food and coffee, especially if this is a half a day or full day workshop. &nbsp;To help pay for these things, see if your department/other departments or stakeholders have funds to help out.</span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">WORKSHOP</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">When designing the specific event, make sure you are thinking about your participants. &nbsp;Design activities that make sense for them. &nbsp;Before the event, establish two or more facilitators that can help run things. &nbsp;These people would know the order of activates, and help in any logistics. &nbsp;This may include a lead facilitator, student facilitator, and a faculty facilitator.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">&nbsp;In Valerie’s case, a half-day workshop would include:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">A brief welcome and overview talk by the facilitator(s). &nbsp;Consider using resources like Ignite Powerpoint to quickly get your message across</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Break up the large group into small groups for the specific tasks. &nbsp;The small groups should contain team captains that may be at least a little bit familiar with the task at hand. &nbsp;The small teams would then participate in design thinking activities at their station:</span><br />
<br/><br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">1. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Empathy (gaining insights from people)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">2. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Defining the problem. &nbsp;After the teams complete this part, ask each teams to share their thoughts to the larger group</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ideate – ask each team to brainstorm on their problem(s)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Asses – have people walk around and give real-time feedback on the ideas they thought were the best</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">After the event, closring remarks may be appropriate</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND</span><br/> =<br />
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*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Language is critical when trying to spread the work about the event. &nbsp;Different people will respond the terms differently. &nbsp;Before trying to advertise and tell people about the workshop, frame your idea in a way they can relate to</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Factor in breaks into the workshop.</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Inviting industry and community members to participate could prove insightful and useful for the outcomes of the workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Written by: Adam Jansons, </span><span class="gD">Emily Klonicki, Caroline Millin, Brandon Crockett, Nick Capaldini, Jesus Gomez</span></span></div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Resource:How_to_engage_entire_departments_(students_and_faculty)_in_a_design_thinking_workshop&diff=29073Resource:How to engage entire departments (students and faculty) in a design thinking workshop2016-01-22T04:38:57Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
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<div>= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">INTRODUCTION</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Design thinking workshops are a powerful tool to engage both students, faculty, and businesses concerning a common interest. &nbsp;The following “how-to” guide is constructed from an interview with UI fellow Valerie Sherry, who implemented a design thinking workshop about the future of the library at the University of Maryland. &nbsp;She has since conducted several other design thinking workshops.</span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">AIMS AND GOALS</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">It is likely you are considering a design thinking workshop because of a specific issue that has emerged on your campus or in your community. &nbsp;In Valerie’s case, budget constraints were threatening to close one of the campus libraries. &nbsp;Her goals for the workshop were to use design thinking to shape the future of the library and to engage students, faculty, and stakeholders across campus. &nbsp;She hoped that the workshop would provide a way for students to have a voice in the matter, and that her efforts would have a significant and long-lasting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Think of what goals and outcomes you would like for your workshop as you begin planning.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">PLANNING</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Adequate planning is critical for the implementation and success of a design thinking workshop. &nbsp;The following is Valerie’s advice for planning.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Peer Engagement; identify and interview stakeholders</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Talk to peers who are also passionate about the project. &nbsp;These peers can help take much of the workload off of yourself. &nbsp;From these peers, from a task force that will be focused on gaining insight on the problem at hand. The task force should first identify stakeholders in the matter, and subsequently interview these stakeholders about their experiences and vision.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Planning team</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">From here, form a planning team. &nbsp;In Valerie’s case this planning team was made up of students and faculty from across campus. &nbsp;Valerie notes that faculty engagement was critical, since they would ensure lasting change after the students left. &nbsp;Local community engagement may be appropriate as well. &nbsp;After the planning team is created, the peer task force should present the team with the data from their stakeholder interviews.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">As a planning team, together narrow down the expectations and main question the workshop should try to answer.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Advertising and timing</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">For maximum participation in the event, pick a time that works well with everyone (students and faculty). &nbsp;If the event takes place during class time for students, figure out how to excuse people from the classes for the workshop.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">To increase your chances of more participation, be empathetic when telling them about the event. &nbsp;Put yourself in their shoes and give them a reason to care about the cause by using diction that would appeal to all sectors. &nbsp;Ask students to spread the word to their friends and colleagues, and ask faculty to invite anyone they think would be interested in the event. &nbsp;To gauge participation, resources like Eventbrite could help you estimate the number of people attending. If applicable form a marketing plan, such as advertising through social media forums and other websites.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Physical Space</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Find a space that will accommodate the expected number of people, and will fit your needs. &nbsp;Perhaps you would like mobile white boards, chairs, desks, etc. &nbsp;Locate a neutral space on campus and get the appropriate permission to use it. &nbsp;If additional equipment is needed, locate other resources on campus to acquire them.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Food</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">In Valerie’s words, don’t underestimate the power of free food and coffee, especially if this is a half a day or full day workshop. &nbsp;To help pay for these things, see if your department/other departments or stakeholders have funds to help out.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">WORKSHOP</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">When designing the specific event, make sure you are thinking about your participants. &nbsp;Design activities that make sense for them. &nbsp;Before the event, establish two or more facilitators that can help run things. &nbsp;These people would know the order of activates, and help in any logistics. &nbsp;This may include a lead facilitator, student facilitator, and a faculty facilitator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">&nbsp;In Valerie’s case, a half-day workshop would include:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">A brief welcome and overview talk by the facilitator(s). &nbsp;Consider using resources like Ignite Powerpoint to quickly get your message across</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Break up the large group into small groups for the specific tasks. &nbsp;The small groups should contain team captains that may be at least a little bit familiar with the task at hand. &nbsp;The small teams would then participate in design thinking activities at their station:</span><br />
<br/><br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">1. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Empathy (gaining insights from people)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">2. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Defining the problem. &nbsp;After the teams complete this part, ask each teams to share their thoughts to the larger group</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ideate – ask each team to brainstorm on their problem(s)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Asses – have people walk around and give real-time feedback on the ideas they thought were the best</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">After the event, closring remarks may be appropriate</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND</span><br/> =<br />
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*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Language is critical when trying to spread the work about the event. &nbsp;Different people will respond the terms differently. &nbsp;Before trying to advertise and tell people about the workshop, frame your idea in a way they can relate to</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Factor in breaks into the workshop.</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Inviting industry and community members to participate could prove insightful and useful for the outcomes of the workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Written by: Adam Jansons, </span><span class="gD">Emily Klonicki, Caroline Millin, Brandon Crockett, Nick Capaldini, Jesus Gomez</span></span></div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Resource:How_to_engage_entire_departments_(students_and_faculty)_in_a_design_thinking_workshop&diff=29071Resource:How to engage entire departments (students and faculty) in a design thinking workshop2016-01-22T04:38:04Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
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<div>= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">INTRODUCTION</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Design thinking workshops are a powerful tool to engage both students, faculty, and businesses concerning a common interest. &nbsp;The following “how-to” guide is constructed from an interview with UI fellow Valerie Sherry, who implemented a design thinking workshop about the future of the library at the University of Maryland. &nbsp;She has since conducted several other design thinking workshops.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">AIMS AND GOALS</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">It is likely you are considering a design thinking workshop because of a specific issue that has emerged on your campus or in your community. &nbsp;In Valerie’s case, budget constraints were threatening to close one of the campus libraries. &nbsp;Her goals for the workshop were to use design thinking to shape the future of the library and to engage students, faculty, and stakeholders across campus. &nbsp;She hoped that the workshop would provide a way for students to have a voice in the matter, and that her efforts would have a significant and long-lasting.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Think of what goals and outcomes you would like for your workshop as you begin planning.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">PLANNING</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Adequate planning is critical for the implementation and success of a design thinking workshop. &nbsp;The following is Valerie’s advice for planning.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Peer Engagement; identify and interview stakeholders</span><br/> ==<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Talk to peers who are also passionate about the project. &nbsp;These peers can help take much of the workload off of yourself. &nbsp;From these peers, from a task force that will be focused on gaining insight on the problem at hand. The task force should first identify stakeholders in the matter, and subsequently interview these stakeholders about their experiences and vision.</span><br />
<br/><br />
== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Planning team</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">From here, form a planning team. &nbsp;In Valerie’s case this planning team was made up of students and faculty from across campus. &nbsp;Valerie notes that faculty engagement was critical, since they would ensure lasting change after the students left. &nbsp;Local community engagement may be appropriate as well. &nbsp;After the planning team is created, the peer task force should present the team with the data from their stakeholder interviews.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">As a planning team, together narrow down the expectations and main question the workshop should try to answer.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Advertising and timing</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">For maximum participation in the event, pick a time that works well with everyone (students and faculty). &nbsp;If the event takes place during class time for students, figure out how to excuse people from the classes for the workshop.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">To increase your chances of more participation, be empathetic when telling them about the event. &nbsp;Put yourself in their shoes and give them a reason to care about the cause by using diction that would appeal to all sectors. &nbsp;Ask students to spread the word to their friends and colleagues, and ask faculty to invite anyone they think would be interested in the event. &nbsp;To gauge participation, resources like Eventbrite could help you estimate the number of people attending. If applicable form a marketing plan, such as advertising through social media forums and other websites.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Physical Space</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Find a space that will accommodate the expected number of people, and will fit your needs. &nbsp;Perhaps you would like mobile white boards, chairs, desks, etc. &nbsp;Locate a neutral space on campus and get the appropriate permission to use it. &nbsp;If additional equipment is needed, locate other resources on campus to acquire them.</span><br />
<br/><br />
== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Food</span><br/> ==<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">In Valerie’s words, don’t underestimate the power of free food and coffee, especially if this is a half a day or full day workshop. &nbsp;To help pay for these things, see if your department/other departments or stakeholders have funds to help out.</span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">WORKSHOP</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">When designing the specific event, make sure you are thinking about your participants. &nbsp;Design activities that make sense for them. &nbsp;Before the event, establish two or more facilitators that can help run things. &nbsp;These people would know the order of activates, and help in any logistics. &nbsp;This may include a lead facilitator, student facilitator, and a faculty facilitator.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">&nbsp;In Valerie’s case, a half-day workshop would include:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">A brief welcome and overview talk by the facilitator(s). &nbsp;Consider using resources like Ignite Powerpoint to quickly get your message across</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Break up the large group into small groups for the specific tasks. &nbsp;The small groups should contain team captains that may be at least a little bit familiar with the task at hand. &nbsp;The small teams would then participate in design thinking activities at their station:</span><br />
<br/><br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">1. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Empathy (gaining insights from people)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">2. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Defining the problem. &nbsp;After the teams complete this part, ask each teams to share their thoughts to the larger group</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ideate – ask each team to brainstorm on their problem(s)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Asses – have people walk around and give real-time feedback on the ideas they thought were the best</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">After the event, closring remarks may be appropriate</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND</span><br/> =<br />
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*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Language is critical when trying to spread the work about the event. &nbsp;Different people will respond the terms differently. &nbsp;Before trying to advertise and tell people about the workshop, frame your idea in a way they can relate to</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Factor in breaks into the workshop.</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Inviting industry and community members to participate could prove insightful and useful for the outcomes of the workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Written by: Adam Jansons, </span><span class="gD">Emily Klonicki, Caroline Millin, Brandon Crockett, Nick Capaldini, Jesus Gomez</span></span></div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Resource:How_to_engage_entire_departments_(students_and_faculty)_in_a_design_thinking_workshop&diff=29067Resource:How to engage entire departments (students and faculty) in a design thinking workshop2016-01-22T04:37:24Z<p>Ajansons: </p>
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<div>= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">INTRODUCTION</span><br/> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Design thinking workshops are a powerful tool to engage both students, faculty, and businesses concerning a common interest. &nbsp;The following “how-to” guide is constructed from an interview with UI fellow Valerie Sherry, who implemented a design thinking workshop about the future of the library at the University of Maryland. &nbsp;She has since conducted several other design thinking workshops.</span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">AIMS AND GOALS</span><br/> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">It is likely you are considering a design thinking workshop because of a specific issue that has emerged on your campus or in your community. &nbsp;In Valerie’s case, budget constraints were threatening to close one of the campus libraries. &nbsp;Her goals for the workshop were to use design thinking to shape the future of the library and to engage students, faculty, and stakeholders across campus. &nbsp;She hoped that the workshop would provide a way for students to have a voice in the matter, and that her efforts would have a significant and long-lasting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Think of what goals and outcomes you would like for your workshop as you begin planning.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">PLANNING</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Adequate planning is critical for the implementation and success of a design thinking workshop. &nbsp;The following is Valerie’s advice for planning.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Peer Engagement; identify and interview stakeholders</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Talk to peers who are also passionate about the project. &nbsp;These peers can help take much of the workload off of yourself. &nbsp;From these peers, from a task force that will be focused on gaining insight on the problem at hand. The task force should first identify stakeholders in the matter, and subsequently interview these stakeholders about their experiences and vision.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Planning team</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">From here, form a planning team. &nbsp;In Valerie’s case this planning team was made up of students and faculty from across campus. &nbsp;Valerie notes that faculty engagement was critical, since they would ensure lasting change after the students left. &nbsp;Local community engagement may be appropriate as well. &nbsp;After the planning team is created, the peer task force should present the team with the data from their stakeholder interviews.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">As a planning team, together narrow down the expectations and main question the workshop should try to answer.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Advertising and timing</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">For maximum participation in the event, pick a time that works well with everyone (students and faculty). &nbsp;If the event takes place during class time for students, figure out how to excuse people from the classes for the workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">To increase your chances of more participation, be empathetic when telling them about the event. &nbsp;Put yourself in their shoes and give them a reason to care about the cause by using diction that would appeal to all sectors. &nbsp;Ask students to spread the word to their friends and colleagues, and ask faculty to invite anyone they think would be interested in the event. &nbsp;To gauge participation, resources like Eventbrite could help you estimate the number of people attending. If applicable form a marketing plan, such as advertising through social media forums and other websites.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Physical Space</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Find a space that will accommodate the expected number of people, and will fit your needs. &nbsp;Perhaps you would like mobile white boards, chairs, desks, etc. &nbsp;Locate a neutral space on campus and get the appropriate permission to use it. &nbsp;If additional equipment is needed, locate other resources on campus to acquire them.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Food</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">In Valerie’s words, don’t underestimate the power of free food and coffee, especially if this is a half a day or full day workshop. &nbsp;To help pay for these things, see if your department/other departments or stakeholders have funds to help out.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">WORKSHOP</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">When designing the specific event, make sure you are thinking about your participants. &nbsp;Design activities that make sense for them. &nbsp;Before the event, establish two or more facilitators that can help run things. &nbsp;These people would know the order of activates, and help in any logistics. &nbsp;This may include a lead facilitator, student facilitator, and a faculty facilitator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">&nbsp;In Valerie’s case, a half-day workshop would include:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">A brief welcome and overview talk by the facilitator(s). &nbsp;Consider using resources like Ignite Powerpoint to quickly get your message across</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Break up the large group into small groups for the specific tasks. &nbsp;The small groups should contain team captains that may be at least a little bit familiar with the task at hand. &nbsp;The small teams would then participate in design thinking activities at their station:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">1. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Empathy (gaining insights from people)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">2. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Defining the problem. &nbsp;After the teams complete this part, ask each teams to share their thoughts to the larger group</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ideate – ask each team to brainstorm on their problem(s)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Asses – have people walk around and give real-time feedback on the ideas they thought were the best</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">After the event, closring remarks may be appropriate</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND</span><br/> =<br />
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*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Language is critical when trying to spread the work about the event. &nbsp;Different people will respond the terms differently. &nbsp;Before trying to advertise and tell people about the workshop, frame your idea in a way they can relate to</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Factor in breaks into the workshop.</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Inviting industry and community members to participate could prove insightful and useful for the outcomes of the workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Written by: Adam Jansons, </span><span name="Emily Klonicki" class="gD">Emily Klonicki, Caroline Millin, Brandon Crockett, Nick Capaldini, Jesus Gomez</span></span></div>Ajansonshttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Resource:How_to_engage_entire_departments_(students_and_faculty)_in_a_design_thinking_workshop&diff=29055Resource:How to engage entire departments (students and faculty) in a design thinking workshop2016-01-22T04:32:08Z<p>Ajansons: Created page with "= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decora..."</p>
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<div>= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">INTRODUCTION</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Design thinking workshops are a powerful tool to engage both students, faculty, and businesses concerning a common interest. &nbsp;The following “how-to” guide is constructed from an interview with UI fellow Valerie Sherry, who implemented a design thinking workshop about the future of the library at the University of Maryland. &nbsp;She has since conducted several other design thinking workshops.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">AIMS AND GOALS</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">It is likely you are considering a design thinking workshop because of a specific issue that has emerged on your campus or in your community. &nbsp;In Valerie’s case, budget constraints were threatening to close one of the campus libraries. &nbsp;Her goals for the workshop were to use design thinking to shape the future of the library and to engage students, faculty, and stakeholders across campus. &nbsp;She hoped that the workshop would provide a way for students to have a voice in the matter, and that her efforts would have a significant and long-lasting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Think of what goals and outcomes you would like for your workshop as you begin planning.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">PLANNING</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Adequate planning is critical for the implementation and success of a design thinking workshop. &nbsp;The following is Valerie’s advice for planning.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Peer Engagement; identify and interview stakeholders</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Talk to peers who are also passionate about the project. &nbsp;These peers can help take much of the workload off of yourself. &nbsp;From these peers, from a task force that will be focused on gaining insight on the problem at hand. The task force should first identify stakeholders in the matter, and subsequently interview these stakeholders about their experiences and vision.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Planning team</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">From here, form a planning team. &nbsp;In Valerie’s case this planning team was made up of students and faculty from across campus. &nbsp;Valerie notes that faculty engagement was critical, since they would ensure lasting change after the students left. &nbsp;Local community engagement may be appropriate as well. &nbsp;After the planning team is created, the peer task force should present the team with the data from their stakeholder interviews.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">As a planning team, together narrow down the expectations and main question the workshop should try to answer.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Advertising and timing</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">For maximum participation in the event, pick a time that works well with everyone (students and faculty). &nbsp;If the event takes place during class time for students, figure out how to excuse people from the classes for the workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">To increase your chances of more participation, be empathetic when telling them about the event. &nbsp;Put yourself in their shoes and give them a reason to care about the cause by using diction that would appeal to all sectors. &nbsp;Ask students to spread the word to their friends and colleagues, and ask faculty to invite anyone they think would be interested in the event. &nbsp;To gauge participation, resources like Eventbrite could help you estimate the number of people attending. If applicable form a marketing plan, such as advertising through social media forums and other websites.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Physical Space</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Find a space that will accommodate the expected number of people, and will fit your needs. &nbsp;Perhaps you would like mobile white boards, chairs, desks, etc. &nbsp;Locate a neutral space on campus and get the appropriate permission to use it. &nbsp;If additional equipment is needed, locate other resources on campus to acquire them.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Food</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">In Valerie’s words, don’t underestimate the power of free food and coffee, especially if this is a half a day or full day workshop. &nbsp;To help pay for these things, see if your department/other departments or stakeholders have funds to help out.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">WORKSHOP</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">When designing the specific event, make sure you are thinking about your participants. &nbsp;Design activities that make sense for them. &nbsp;Before the event, establish two or more facilitators that can help run things. &nbsp;These people would know the order of activates, and help in any logistics. &nbsp;This may include a lead facilitator, student facilitator, and a faculty facilitator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">&nbsp;In Valerie’s case, a half-day workshop would include:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">A brief welcome and overview talk by the facilitator(s). &nbsp;Consider using resources like Ignite Powerpoint to quickly get your message across</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Break up the large group into small groups for the specific tasks. &nbsp;The small groups should contain team captains that may be at least a little bit familiar with the task at hand. &nbsp;The small teams would then participate in design thinking activities at their station:</span><br />
<br/><br />
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">1. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Empathy (gaining insights from people)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">2. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Defining the problem. &nbsp;After the teams complete this part, ask each teams to share their thoughts to the larger group</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ideate – ask each team to brainstorm on their problem(s)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Asses – have people walk around and give real-time feedback on the ideas they thought were the best</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">After the event, closring remarks may be appropriate</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND</span><br/> =<br />
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*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Language is critical when trying to spread the work about the event. &nbsp;Different people will respond the terms differently. &nbsp;Before trying to advertise and tell people about the workshop, frame your idea in a way they can relate to</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Factor in breaks into the workshop.</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Inviting industry and community members to participate could prove insightful and useful for the outcomes of the workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Written by:</span></div>Ajansons