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Priorities:Pepperdine University Student Priorities

2017-01-28T03:31:06Z

Charchilshah:

== Increasing Community Engagement ==

One of the issues we've discovered in our research of Pepperdine's campus is the lack of community and alumni engagement due to the nature of Pepperdine's geographic location.  Malibu is a very isolated part of Los Angeles county so students often do not tap into the expansive alumni network that is available to them. This is likely due to the lack of knowledge of such resources. Further, the connection to alumni that we do have is quite silo'd between the schools. Our goal will be to integrate and make more visible the amazing alumni network that Pepperdine has to offer so that students can benefit from those currently in the field.

Possible Project: One of the best ways to increase community engagement is to appeal to an individual's competitive spirit. We would like to propose a Student/Faculty/Alumni intramural sports league where upon undergraduates, masters students, faculty, and alumni can engage in low-stakes competitive sports.The event could be held in a central location of Los Angeles to encourage more alumni to come during their weekends.

Prototype:  We created an official email and survey to send to students, faculty, and alumni to gauge interest and suggestions for the league.  We also discussed the idea with students to great response.

Requirements: funding for food, reservation of space and sports equipment

Reflections on this Prototype:  After gauging student interest in this idea, we found that many students were unaware of the vast Pepperdine alumni network in Los Angeles.  There are quite a few movers and shakers in the Entertainment industry who have come out of Pepperdine that would love to give back to their alma mater and guide students in any way possible.  Once this was realized, students were incredibly excited to engage in our league.  The verdict is still out on what kind of alumni interest we would have.  We would need to be very deliberate in how we crafted this so as to make it easy for busy alumni to attend.  Organization will be key.

Possible Dates:

Sign ups during orientaition week of respective schools (Between August 15th-31st of 2017)

Seasons start in September with possible championships in early November.

== Collaboration Between Departments and Campuses ==

Something that everyone at Pepperdine can agree upon is the lack of collaboration in academics. It seems as though every department and campus (along with their resources) is isolated from the others. There are many ways different ways one can address and tackle this problem. But in light of our new Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Culture (IEMC), along with our small film program, UIF candiadtes Keeyana Kian and Moises Barba knew which direction they wanted to go in.

As film students, filmmakers, and representatives of the IEMC Innovation Catalyst Team, we wanted to utilize resources from the undergraduate and graduate schools, the business school, and the law school to completely reinnovate the film program at our school. While certainly promising with its many incredibly talented students, it is still not quite on par with the programs of other universities in the greater Los Angeles area. So for our prototype, we decided to create a theoretical dream major, Cinematic Arts, and its would-be curriculm. 

To begin, we looked at Pepperdine's exisiting undergraduate film programs, Film Studies and Media Production, and pulled all the courses with thought were beneficial to film students. Next, we looked at the MFA Film Program, and added courses that we thought were essential to an undergraduate's education. Afterwards, we perused through course catalogs for the business and law schools. We were able to find invaluable courses in entertainment law/intellectual property from the law school. The business school, unfortunately, doesn't offer many promising courses for film students...yet. 

Our prototype can be found here: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp];

After we had drafted our prototype/proposal for the major, we met with three faculty stakeholders, two of which were Media Production professors. We also conducted a focus group comprised of current Film Studies and Media Production students. The feedback we got from both sides was invaluable, and really helped outline our next steps, which are summarized in the milestones below.

Milestones/ Target Dates:

- 2/26/17: Collaborate with business school UIF Candidates (Charchil and Stephen) to come up with a potential course/courses that would benefit both film students and MBAs looking to get into the entertainment industry.

- 3/26/17: Create sequences so that film students may select an emphasis/specialty within the program by their junior year.

- 4/26/17: Come up with new and innovative film courses unique to Pepperdine that would distinguish it from other film programs

- 4/26/17: Present updated proposal to faculty stakeholders, students.

- 9/26/17: Complete the recommened adjustments by stakeholders, and present the updated proposal to them once more.

- 10/28/17: Present completed proposal to the Executive Board of IEMC, with stakeholders' support.

- 11/28/17: Make any adjustments needed, and either present to faculty stakeholders, or, if ready, present to Seaver Undergraduate Academic Council.

== Enhancing Student Engagement ==

The primary goal of this is to bring students together purely for the purpose of the social experience. Students that we have spoken with speak very highly of the programs and clubs that are offered, but the common thread is that they all tie to something academic, sports-related, etc. This makes sense, nothing wrong with that. This is an institution of higher learning and funding and support should go towards those endeavors.

That said - we believe that there is a gap that can be filled in the social spectrum. After speaking with other UIF fellows about successful programs at their schools, we would like to implement a handful of social clubs that are only for the purpose of bringing good people together. Ideally, out of this students (and maybe even faculty and staff) can form unexpected alliances and share ideas. Participants dictate their own agenda and talking points, the only planned piece is the food.

The best part about this - it's incredibly easy. If you bring food into a room, people will show up. That is a tenant of the college experience. I plan to steal an idea from Drew Spooner to kick this off and then we'll go from there. Ideally we'll do this the first Wednesday of the month over lunch in one of the common areas.

February - Donut Club

March - Bruschetta Club

April - Pizza Club

== '''Orientation Agenda''' ==

<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brainstorming: <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orientation is the first official event that every student who comes to Pepperdine is required to attend. It lays the premises of the student life and the academic pathway the student should expect during his program,hence making it very important for the student. With that, we realised that it would make things much simpler and easier if the orientation process provides more knowledge and if its more detailed about the curriculum and everything what a student must expect from Pepperdine. Specially for the International Students it is lot more difficult if the orientation is not well informed, since they are coming to a completely different study environment as well as to a different Country. It is important for the School administration to communicate clear school agendas and how their academic years are going to look like. At Pepperdine we believe that if the students are guided about the curriculum more in detail it will help a lot. Campus tour of the entire University is a must.

<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prototype<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: We created a pilot recruitment process for Incoming students at B-School for Fall intake students, ensuring their SMOOTH arrival in the United States and at Pepperdine. <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating the convenience of the students was the prime objective and making their arrival hassle free.

<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reflections<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Our reflections coming from the prototype and what we wanted to achieve, we thought of assigning mentors to each incoming student who would be the first resource for the individual incoming student and provide information regarding not only the curriculum but also regarding issues like renting an apartment, opening a bank account (for international students), etc. Further, we made groups according to the countries, considering they would know preferences of the students coming from the same home country and would make their stay better. We decided to go all the way from Airport pickups to hosting them for few days until they find their apartment and are well settled. Apart from that we also provided with a good landscape canvas of Pepperdine University, providing awareness regarding how school systems function from the education perspective as well as from the administrative viewpoint. These steps would make the arrival of every incoming student extremely simple. We beleive how you welcome the student is very important and First Impression is the Last Impression; with this such a well facilitated orientation process will create a positive mind-set to the students and give a good kick-off to their education path ahead which eventually will help them excel in their studies.

== Foster Greater Student Mentorship ==

Intercampus Real World Career Mentorship Program 

*Two students from each the business school, law school and undergraduate school are put in groups to discuss, learn about and simulate real world entertainment/media career projects, sponsored by a collaboration of each school’s career center.
*Film industry example
**A group has an interest in working in the film industry (i.e. 2 undergrad media production/film studies majors, 2 law students with interest in the film industry, and 2 business school students with interest in finance/marketing for films)
**They receive training on group dynamics and how the film industry works then come up with a project to work on. This group decides they want to work on creating/producing/submitting a short film for a festival.
**They strive towards this collective goal with their specific expertise and are coached by alumni mentors through each school’s alumni network, professors and the on-campus industry specialists.
*The overall goal of the program is to serve as a hands on experience for all areas of a production/project for a multi-disciplinary team. <div> </div>

== Related Links ==

Spring 2017 UIF:

[[Kelly Rodriguez|Kelly Rodriguez]]

[[Keeyana Kian|Keeyana Kian]]

[[StephenBalliet|Stephen Baillet]]

[[Charchil shah|Charchil Shah]]

Tracy Smith

Moises Barba

Aundene Szmolyan

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Pepperdine University Student Priorities

2017-01-28T03:30:51Z

Charchilshah:

== Increasing Community Engagement ==

One of the issues we've discovered in our research of Pepperdine's campus is the lack of community and alumni engagement due to the nature of Pepperdine's geographic location.  Malibu is a very isolated part of Los Angeles county so students often do not tap into the expansive alumni network that is available to them. This is likely due to the lack of knowledge of such resources. Further, the connection to alumni that we do have is quite silo'd between the schools. Our goal will be to integrate and make more visible the amazing alumni network that Pepperdine has to offer so that students can benefit from those currently in the field.

Possible Project: One of the best ways to increase community engagement is to appeal to an individual's competitive spirit. We would like to propose a Student/Faculty/Alumni intramural sports league where upon undergraduates, masters students, faculty, and alumni can engage in low-stakes competitive sports.The event could be held in a central location of Los Angeles to encourage more alumni to come during their weekends.

Prototype:  We created an official email and survey to send to students, faculty, and alumni to gauge interest and suggestions for the league.  We also discussed the idea with students to great response.

Requirements: funding for food, reservation of space and sports equipment

Reflections on this Prototype:  After gauging student interest in this idea, we found that many students were unaware of the vast Pepperdine alumni network in Los Angeles.  There are quite a few movers and shakers in the Entertainment industry who have come out of Pepperdine that would love to give back to their alma mater and guide students in any way possible.  Once this was realized, students were incredibly excited to engage in our league.  The verdict is still out on what kind of alumni interest we would have.  We would need to be very deliberate in how we crafted this so as to make it easy for busy alumni to attend.  Organization will be key.

Possible Dates:

Sign ups during orientaition week of respective schools (Between August 15th-31st of 2017)

Seasons start in September with possible championships in early November.

== Collaboration Between Departments and Campuses ==

Something that everyone at Pepperdine can agree upon is the lack of collaboration in academics. It seems as though every department and campus (along with their resources) is isolated from the others. There are many ways different ways one can address and tackle this problem. But in light of our new Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Culture (IEMC), along with our small film program, UIF candiadtes Keeyana Kian and Moises Barba knew which direction they wanted to go in.

As film students, filmmakers, and representatives of the IEMC Innovation Catalyst Team, we wanted to utilize resources from the undergraduate and graduate schools, the business school, and the law school to completely reinnovate the film program at our school. While certainly promising with its many incredibly talented students, it is still not quite on par with the programs of other universities in the greater Los Angeles area. So for our prototype, we decided to create a theoretical dream major, Cinematic Arts, and its would-be curriculm. 

To begin, we looked at Pepperdine's exisiting undergraduate film programs, Film Studies and Media Production, and pulled all the courses with thought were beneficial to film students. Next, we looked at the MFA Film Program, and added courses that we thought were essential to an undergraduate's education. Afterwards, we perused through course catalogs for the business and law schools. We were able to find invaluable courses in entertainment law/intellectual property from the law school. The business school, unfortunately, doesn't offer many promising courses for film students...yet. 

Our prototype can be found here: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp];

After we had drafted our prototype/proposal for the major, we met with three faculty stakeholders, two of which were Media Production professors. We also conducted a focus group comprised of current Film Studies and Media Production students. The feedback we got from both sides was invaluable, and really helped outline our next steps, which are summarized in the milestones below.

Milestones/ Target Dates:

- 2/26/17: Collaborate with business school UIF Candidates (Charchil and Stephen) to come up with a potential course/courses that would benefit both film students and MBAs looking to get into the entertainment industry.

- 3/26/17: Create sequences so that film students may select an emphasis/specialty within the program by their junior year.

- 4/26/17: Come up with new and innovative film courses unique to Pepperdine that would distinguish it from other film programs

- 4/26/17: Present updated proposal to faculty stakeholders, students.

- 9/26/17: Complete the recommened adjustments by stakeholders, and present the updated proposal to them once more.

- 10/28/17: Present completed proposal to the Executive Board of IEMC, with stakeholders' support.

- 11/28/17: Make any adjustments needed, and either present to faculty stakeholders, or, if ready, present to Seaver Undergraduate Academic Council.

== Enhancing Student Engagement ==

The primary goal of this is to bring students together purely for the purpose of the social experience. Students that we have spoken with speak very highly of the programs and clubs that are offered, but the common thread is that they all tie to something academic, sports-related, etc. This makes sense, nothing wrong with that. This is an institution of higher learning and funding and support should go towards those endeavors.

That said - we believe that there is a gap that can be filled in the social spectrum. After speaking with other UIF fellows about successful programs at their schools, we would like to implement a handful of social clubs that are only for the purpose of bringing good people together. Ideally, out of this students (and maybe even faculty and staff) can form unexpected alliances and share ideas. Participants dictate their own agenda and talking points, the only planned piece is the food.

The best part about this - it's incredibly easy. If you bring food into a room, people will show up. That is a tenant of the college experience. I plan to steal an idea from Drew Spooner to kick this off and then we'll go from there. Ideally we'll do this the first Wednesday of the month over lunch in one of the common areas.

February - Donut Club

March - Bruschetta Club

April - Pizza Club

== '''Orientation Agenda''' ==

<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brainstorming: <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orientation is the first official event that every student who comes to Pepperdine is required to attend. It lays the premises of the student life and the academic pathway the student should expect during his program,hence making it very important for the student. With that, we realised that it would make things much simpler and easier if the orientation process provides more knowledge and if its more detailed about the curriculum and everything what a student must expect from Pepperdine. Specially for the International Students it is lot more difficult if the orientation is not well informed, since they are coming to a completely different study environment as well as to a different Country. It is important for the School administration to communicate clear school agendas and how their academic years are going to look like. At Pepperdine we believe that if the students are guided about the curriculum more in detail it will help a lot. Campus tour of the entire University is a must.

<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prototype<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: We created a pilot recruitment process for Incoming students at B-School for Fall intake students, ensuring their SMOOTH arrival in the United States and at Pepperdine. <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating the convenience of the students was the prime objective and making their arrival hassle free.

 <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reflections<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Our reflections coming from the prototype and what we wanted to achieve, we thought of assigning mentors to each incoming student who would be the first resource for the individual incoming student and provide information regarding not only the curriculum but also regarding issues like renting an apartment, opening a bank account (for international students), etc. Further, we made groups according to the countries, considering they would know preferences of the students coming from the same home country and would make their stay better. We decided to go all the way from Airport pickups to hosting them for few days until they find their apartment and are well settled. Apart from that we also provided with a good landscape canvas of Pepperdine University, providing awareness regarding how school systems function from the education perspective as well as from the administrative viewpoint. These steps would make the arrival of every incoming student extremely simple. We beleive how you welcome the student is very important and First Impression is the Last Impression; with this such a well facilitated orientation process will create a positive mind-set to the students and give a good kick-off to their education path ahead which eventually will help them excel in their studies.

== Foster Greater Student Mentorship ==

Intercampus Real World Career Mentorship Program 

*Two students from each the business school, law school and undergraduate school are put in groups to discuss, learn about and simulate real world entertainment/media career projects, sponsored by a collaboration of each school’s career center.
*Film industry example
**A group has an interest in working in the film industry (i.e. 2 undergrad media production/film studies majors, 2 law students with interest in the film industry, and 2 business school students with interest in finance/marketing for films)
**They receive training on group dynamics and how the film industry works then come up with a project to work on. This group decides they want to work on creating/producing/submitting a short film for a festival.
**They strive towards this collective goal with their specific expertise and are coached by alumni mentors through each school’s alumni network, professors and the on-campus industry specialists.
*The overall goal of the program is to serve as a hands on experience for all areas of a production/project for a multi-disciplinary team. <div> </div>

== Related Links ==

Spring 2017 UIF:

[[Kelly Rodriguez|Kelly Rodriguez]]

[[Keeyana Kian|Keeyana Kian]]

[[StephenBalliet|Stephen Baillet]]

[[Charchil shah|Charchil Shah]]

Tracy Smith

Moises Barba

Aundene Szmolyan

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Pepperdine University Student Priorities

2017-01-28T03:30:29Z

Charchilshah:

== Increasing Community Engagement ==

One of the issues we've discovered in our research of Pepperdine's campus is the lack of community and alumni engagement due to the nature of Pepperdine's geographic location.  Malibu is a very isolated part of Los Angeles county so students often do not tap into the expansive alumni network that is available to them. This is likely due to the lack of knowledge of such resources. Further, the connection to alumni that we do have is quite silo'd between the schools. Our goal will be to integrate and make more visible the amazing alumni network that Pepperdine has to offer so that students can benefit from those currently in the field.

Possible Project: One of the best ways to increase community engagement is to appeal to an individual's competitive spirit. We would like to propose a Student/Faculty/Alumni intramural sports league where upon undergraduates, masters students, faculty, and alumni can engage in low-stakes competitive sports.The event could be held in a central location of Los Angeles to encourage more alumni to come during their weekends.

Prototype:  We created an official email and survey to send to students, faculty, and alumni to gauge interest and suggestions for the league.  We also discussed the idea with students to great response.

Requirements: funding for food, reservation of space and sports equipment

Reflections on this Prototype:  After gauging student interest in this idea, we found that many students were unaware of the vast Pepperdine alumni network in Los Angeles.  There are quite a few movers and shakers in the Entertainment industry who have come out of Pepperdine that would love to give back to their alma mater and guide students in any way possible.  Once this was realized, students were incredibly excited to engage in our league.  The verdict is still out on what kind of alumni interest we would have.  We would need to be very deliberate in how we crafted this so as to make it easy for busy alumni to attend.  Organization will be key.

Possible Dates:

Sign ups during orientaition week of respective schools (Between August 15th-31st of 2017)

Seasons start in September with possible championships in early November.

== Collaboration Between Departments and Campuses ==

Something that everyone at Pepperdine can agree upon is the lack of collaboration in academics. It seems as though every department and campus (along with their resources) is isolated from the others. There are many ways different ways one can address and tackle this problem. But in light of our new Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Culture (IEMC), along with our small film program, UIF candiadtes Keeyana Kian and Moises Barba knew which direction they wanted to go in.

As film students, filmmakers, and representatives of the IEMC Innovation Catalyst Team, we wanted to utilize resources from the undergraduate and graduate schools, the business school, and the law school to completely reinnovate the film program at our school. While certainly promising with its many incredibly talented students, it is still not quite on par with the programs of other universities in the greater Los Angeles area. So for our prototype, we decided to create a theoretical dream major, Cinematic Arts, and its would-be curriculm. 

To begin, we looked at Pepperdine's exisiting undergraduate film programs, Film Studies and Media Production, and pulled all the courses with thought were beneficial to film students. Next, we looked at the MFA Film Program, and added courses that we thought were essential to an undergraduate's education. Afterwards, we perused through course catalogs for the business and law schools. We were able to find invaluable courses in entertainment law/intellectual property from the law school. The business school, unfortunately, doesn't offer many promising courses for film students...yet. 

Our prototype can be found here: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp];

After we had drafted our prototype/proposal for the major, we met with three faculty stakeholders, two of which were Media Production professors. We also conducted a focus group comprised of current Film Studies and Media Production students. The feedback we got from both sides was invaluable, and really helped outline our next steps, which are summarized in the milestones below.

Milestones/ Target Dates:

- 2/26/17: Collaborate with business school UIF Candidates (Charchil and Stephen) to come up with a potential course/courses that would benefit both film students and MBAs looking to get into the entertainment industry.

- 3/26/17: Create sequences so that film students may select an emphasis/specialty within the program by their junior year.

- 4/26/17: Come up with new and innovative film courses unique to Pepperdine that would distinguish it from other film programs

- 4/26/17: Present updated proposal to faculty stakeholders, students.

- 9/26/17: Complete the recommened adjustments by stakeholders, and present the updated proposal to them once more.

- 10/28/17: Present completed proposal to the Executive Board of IEMC, with stakeholders' support.

- 11/28/17: Make any adjustments needed, and either present to faculty stakeholders, or, if ready, present to Seaver Undergraduate Academic Council.

== Enhancing Student Engagement ==

The primary goal of this is to bring students together purely for the purpose of the social experience. Students that we have spoken with speak very highly of the programs and clubs that are offered, but the common thread is that they all tie to something academic, sports-related, etc. This makes sense, nothing wrong with that. This is an institution of higher learning and funding and support should go towards those endeavors.

That said - we believe that there is a gap that can be filled in the social spectrum. After speaking with other UIF fellows about successful programs at their schools, we would like to implement a handful of social clubs that are only for the purpose of bringing good people together. Ideally, out of this students (and maybe even faculty and staff) can form unexpected alliances and share ideas. Participants dictate their own agenda and talking points, the only planned piece is the food.

The best part about this - it's incredibly easy. If you bring food into a room, people will show up. That is a tenant of the college experience. I plan to steal an idea from Drew Spooner to kick this off and then we'll go from there. Ideally we'll do this the first Wednesday of the month over lunch in one of the common areas.

February - Donut Club

March - Bruschetta Club

April - Pizza Club

== '''Orientation Agenda''' ==

<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brainstorming: <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orientation is the first official event that every student who comes to Pepperdine is required to attend. It lays the premises of the student life and the academic pathway the student should expect during his program,hence making it very important for the student. With that, we realised that it would make things much simpler and easier if the orientation process provides more knowledge and if its more detailed about the curriculum and everything what a student must expect from Pepperdine. Specially for the International Students it is lot more difficult if the orientation is not well informed, since they are coming to a completely different study environment as well as to a different Country. It is important for the School administration to communicate clear school agendas and how their academic years are going to look like. At Pepperdine we believe that if the students are guided about the curriculum more in detail it will help a lot. Campus tour of the entire University is a must.

<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prototype<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: We created a pilot recruitment process for Incoming students at B-School for Fall intake students, ensuring their SMOOTH arrival in the United States and at Pepperdine. <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating the convenience of the students was the prime objective and making their arrival hassle free.

 <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reflections<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Our reflections coming from the prototype and what we wanted to achieve, we thought of assigning mentors to each incoming student who would be the first resource for the individual incoming student and provide information regarding not only the curriculum but also regarding issues like renting an apartment, opening a bank account (for international students), etc. Further, we made groups according to the countries, considering they would know preferences of the students coming from the same home country and would make their stay better. We decided to go all the way from Airport pickups to hosting them for few days until they find their apartment and are well settled. Apart from that we also provided with a good landscape canvas of Pepperdine University, providing awareness regarding how school systems function from the education perspective as well as from the administrative viewpoint. These steps would make the arrival of every incoming student extremely simple. We beleive how you welcome the student is very important and First Impression is the Last Impression; with this such a well facilitated orientation process will create a positive mind-set to the students and give a good kick-off to their education path ahead which eventually will help them excel in their studies.

== Foster Greater Student Mentorship ==

Intercampus Real World Career Mentorship Program 

*Two students from each the business school, law school and undergraduate school are put in groups to discuss, learn about and simulate real world entertainment/media career projects, sponsored by a collaboration of each school’s career center.
*Film industry example
**A group has an interest in working in the film industry (i.e. 2 undergrad media production/film studies majors, 2 law students with interest in the film industry, and 2 business school students with interest in finance/marketing for films)
**They receive training on group dynamics and how the film industry works then come up with a project to work on. This group decides they want to work on creating/producing/submitting a short film for a festival.
**They strive towards this collective goal with their specific expertise and are coached by alumni mentors through each school’s alumni network, professors and the on-campus industry specialists.
*The overall goal of the program is to serve as a hands on experience for all areas of a production/project for a multi-disciplinary team. <div> </div>

== Related Links ==

Spring 2017 UIF:

[[Kelly Rodriguez|Kelly Rodriguez]]

[[Keeyana Kian|Keeyana Kian]]

[[StephenBalliet|Stephen Baillet]]

[[Charchil shah|Charchil Shah]]

Tracy Smith

Moises Barba

Aundene Szmolyan

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Pepperdine University Student Priorities

2017-01-28T03:30:11Z

Charchilshah:

== Increasing Community Engagement ==

One of the issues we've discovered in our research of Pepperdine's campus is the lack of community and alumni engagement due to the nature of Pepperdine's geographic location.  Malibu is a very isolated part of Los Angeles county so students often do not tap into the expansive alumni network that is available to them. This is likely due to the lack of knowledge of such resources. Further, the connection to alumni that we do have is quite silo'd between the schools. Our goal will be to integrate and make more visible the amazing alumni network that Pepperdine has to offer so that students can benefit from those currently in the field.

Possible Project: One of the best ways to increase community engagement is to appeal to an individual's competitive spirit. We would like to propose a Student/Faculty/Alumni intramural sports league where upon undergraduates, masters students, faculty, and alumni can engage in low-stakes competitive sports.The event could be held in a central location of Los Angeles to encourage more alumni to come during their weekends.

Prototype:  We created an official email and survey to send to students, faculty, and alumni to gauge interest and suggestions for the league.  We also discussed the idea with students to great response.

Requirements: funding for food, reservation of space and sports equipment

Reflections on this Prototype:  After gauging student interest in this idea, we found that many students were unaware of the vast Pepperdine alumni network in Los Angeles.  There are quite a few movers and shakers in the Entertainment industry who have come out of Pepperdine that would love to give back to their alma mater and guide students in any way possible.  Once this was realized, students were incredibly excited to engage in our league.  The verdict is still out on what kind of alumni interest we would have.  We would need to be very deliberate in how we crafted this so as to make it easy for busy alumni to attend.  Organization will be key.

Possible Dates:

Sign ups during orientaition week of respective schools (Between August 15th-31st of 2017)

Seasons start in September with possible championships in early November.

== Collaboration Between Departments and Campuses ==

Something that everyone at Pepperdine can agree upon is the lack of collaboration in academics. It seems as though every department and campus (along with their resources) is isolated from the others. There are many ways different ways one can address and tackle this problem. But in light of our new Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Culture (IEMC), along with our small film program, UIF candiadtes Keeyana Kian and Moises Barba knew which direction they wanted to go in.

As film students, filmmakers, and representatives of the IEMC Innovation Catalyst Team, we wanted to utilize resources from the undergraduate and graduate schools, the business school, and the law school to completely reinnovate the film program at our school. While certainly promising with its many incredibly talented students, it is still not quite on par with the programs of other universities in the greater Los Angeles area. So for our prototype, we decided to create a theoretical dream major, Cinematic Arts, and its would-be curriculm. 

To begin, we looked at Pepperdine's exisiting undergraduate film programs, Film Studies and Media Production, and pulled all the courses with thought were beneficial to film students. Next, we looked at the MFA Film Program, and added courses that we thought were essential to an undergraduate's education. Afterwards, we perused through course catalogs for the business and law schools. We were able to find invaluable courses in entertainment law/intellectual property from the law school. The business school, unfortunately, doesn't offer many promising courses for film students...yet. 

Our prototype can be found here: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp];

After we had drafted our prototype/proposal for the major, we met with three faculty stakeholders, two of which were Media Production professors. We also conducted a focus group comprised of current Film Studies and Media Production students. The feedback we got from both sides was invaluable, and really helped outline our next steps, which are summarized in the milestones below.

Milestones/ Target Dates:

- 2/26/17: Collaborate with business school UIF Candidates (Charchil and Stephen) to come up with a potential course/courses that would benefit both film students and MBAs looking to get into the entertainment industry.

- 3/26/17: Create sequences so that film students may select an emphasis/specialty within the program by their junior year.

- 4/26/17: Come up with new and innovative film courses unique to Pepperdine that would distinguish it from other film programs

- 4/26/17: Present updated proposal to faculty stakeholders, students.

- 9/26/17: Complete the recommened adjustments by stakeholders, and present the updated proposal to them once more.

- 10/28/17: Present completed proposal to the Executive Board of IEMC, with stakeholders' support.

- 11/28/17: Make any adjustments needed, and either present to faculty stakeholders, or, if ready, present to Seaver Undergraduate Academic Council.

== Enhancing Student Engagement ==

The primary goal of this is to bring students together purely for the purpose of the social experience. Students that we have spoken with speak very highly of the programs and clubs that are offered, but the common thread is that they all tie to something academic, sports-related, etc. This makes sense, nothing wrong with that. This is an institution of higher learning and funding and support should go towards those endeavors.

That said - we believe that there is a gap that can be filled in the social spectrum. After speaking with other UIF fellows about successful programs at their schools, we would like to implement a handful of social clubs that are only for the purpose of bringing good people together. Ideally, out of this students (and maybe even faculty and staff) can form unexpected alliances and share ideas. Participants dictate their own agenda and talking points, the only planned piece is the food.

The best part about this - it's incredibly easy. If you bring food into a room, people will show up. That is a tenant of the college experience. I plan to steal an idea from Drew Spooner to kick this off and then we'll go from there. Ideally we'll do this the first Wednesday of the month over lunch in one of the common areas.

February - Donut Club

March - Bruschetta Club

April - Pizza Club

= '''Orientation Agenda''' =
<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brainstorming: <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orientation is the first official event that every student who comes to Pepperdine is required to attend. It lays the premises of the student life and the academic pathway the student should expect during his program,hence making it very important for the student. With that, we realised that it would make things much simpler and easier if the orientation process provides more knowledge and if its more detailed about the curriculum and everything what a student must expect from Pepperdine. Specially for the International Students it is lot more difficult if the orientation is not well informed, since they are coming to a completely different study environment as well as to a different Country. It is important for the School administration to communicate clear school agendas and how their academic years are going to look like. At Pepperdine we believe that if the students are guided about the curriculum more in detail it will help a lot. Campus tour of the entire University is a must.

<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prototype<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: We created a pilot recruitment process for Incoming students at B-School for Fall intake students, ensuring their SMOOTH arrival in the United States and at Pepperdine. <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating the convenience of the students was the prime objective and making their arrival hassle free.

 <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reflections<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Our reflections coming from the prototype and what we wanted to achieve, we thought of assigning mentors to each incoming student who would be the first resource for the individual incoming student and provide information regarding not only the curriculum but also regarding issues like renting an apartment, opening a bank account (for international students), etc. Further, we made groups according to the countries, considering they would know preferences of the students coming from the same home country and would make their stay better. We decided to go all the way from Airport pickups to hosting them for few days until they find their apartment and are well settled. Apart from that we also provided with a good landscape canvas of Pepperdine University, providing awareness regarding how school systems function from the education perspective as well as from the administrative viewpoint. These steps would make the arrival of every incoming student extremely simple. We beleive how you welcome the student is very important and First Impression is the Last Impression; with this such a well facilitated orientation process will create a positive mind-set to the students and give a good kick-off to their education path ahead which eventually will help them excel in their studies.

== Foster Greater Student Mentorship ==

Intercampus Real World Career Mentorship Program 

*Two students from each the business school, law school and undergraduate school are put in groups to discuss, learn about and simulate real world entertainment/media career projects, sponsored by a collaboration of each school’s career center.
*Film industry example
**A group has an interest in working in the film industry (i.e. 2 undergrad media production/film studies majors, 2 law students with interest in the film industry, and 2 business school students with interest in finance/marketing for films)
**They receive training on group dynamics and how the film industry works then come up with a project to work on. This group decides they want to work on creating/producing/submitting a short film for a festival.
**They strive towards this collective goal with their specific expertise and are coached by alumni mentors through each school’s alumni network, professors and the on-campus industry specialists.
*The overall goal of the program is to serve as a hands on experience for all areas of a production/project for a multi-disciplinary team. <div> </div>

== Related Links ==

Spring 2017 UIF:

[[Kelly Rodriguez|Kelly Rodriguez]]

[[Keeyana_Kian|Keeyana Kian]]

[[StephenBalliet|Stephen Baillet]]

[[Charchil_shah|Charchil Shah]]

Tracy Smith

Moises Barba

Aundene Szmolyan

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Pepperdine University Student Priorities

2017-01-28T03:24:56Z

Charchilshah:

Priorities:Pepperdine University Student Priorities

2017-01-28T03:24:16Z

Charchilshah:

== Increasing Community Engagement ==

One of the issues we've discovered in our research of Pepperdine's campus is the lack of community and alumni engagement due to the nature of Pepperdine's geographic location.  Malibu is a very isolated part of Los Angeles county so students often do not tap into the expansive alumni network that is available to them. This is likely due to the lack of knowledge of such resources. Further, the connection to alumni that we do have is quite silo'd between the schools. Our goal will be to integrate and make more visible the amazing alumni network that Pepperdine has to offer so that students can benefit from those currently in the field.

Possible Project: One of the best ways to increase community engagement is to appeal to an individual's competitive spirit. We would like to propose a Student/Faculty/Alumni intramural sports league where upon undergraduates, masters students, faculty, and alumni can engage in low-stakes competitive sports.The event could be held in a central location of Los Angeles to encourage more alumni to come during their weekends.

Prototype:  We created an official email and survey to send to students, faculty, and alumni to gauge interest and suggestions for the league.  We also discussed the idea with students to great response.

Requirements: funding for food, reservation of space and sports equipment

Reflections on this Prototype:  After gauging student interest in this idea, we found that many students were unaware of the vast Pepperdine alumni network in Los Angeles.  There are quite a few movers and shakers in the Entertainment industry who have come out of Pepperdine that would love to give back to their alma mater and guide students in any way possible.  Once this was realized, students were incredibly excited to engage in our league.  The verdict is still out on what kind of alumni interest we would have.  We would need to be very deliberate in how we crafted this so as to make it easy for busy alumni to attend.  Organization will be key.

Possible Dates:

Sign ups during orientaition week of respective schools (Between August 15th-31st of 2017)

Seasons start in September with possible championships in early November.

== Collaboration Between Departments and Campuses ==

Something that everyone at Pepperdine can agree upon is the lack of collaboration in academics. It seems as though every department and campus (along with their resources) is isolated from the others. There are many ways different ways one can address and tackle this problem. But in light of our new Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Culture (IEMC), along with our small film program, UIF candiadtes Keeyana Kian and Moises Barba knew which direction they wanted to go in.

As film students, filmmakers, and representatives of the IEMC Innovation Catalyst Team, we wanted to utilize resources from the undergraduate and graduate schools, the business school, and the law school to completely reinnovate the film program at our school. While certainly promising with its many incredibly talented students, it is still not quite on par with the programs of other universities in the greater Los Angeles area. So for our prototype, we decided to create a theoretical dream major, Cinematic Arts, and its would-be curriculm. 

To begin, we looked at Pepperdine's exisiting undergraduate film programs, Film Studies and Media Production, and pulled all the courses with thought were beneficial to film students. Next, we looked at the MFA Film Program, and added courses that we thought were essential to an undergraduate's education. Afterwards, we perused through course catalogs for the business and law schools. We were able to find invaluable courses in entertainment law/intellectual property from the law school. The business school, unfortunately, doesn't offer many promising courses for film students...yet. 

Our prototype can be found here: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp];

After we had drafted our prototype/proposal for the major, we met with three faculty stakeholders, two of which were Media Production professors. We also conducted a focus group comprised of current Film Studies and Media Production students. The feedback we got from both sides was invaluable, and really helped outline our next steps, which are summarized in the milestones below.

Milestones/ Target Dates:

- 2/26/17: Collaborate with business school UIF Candidates (Charchil and Stephen) to come up with a potential course/courses that would benefit both film students and MBAs looking to get into the entertainment industry.

- 3/26/17: Create sequences so that film students may select an emphasis/specialty within the program by their junior year.

- 4/26/17: Come up with new and innovative film courses unique to Pepperdine that would distinguish it from other film programs

- 4/26/17: Present updated proposal to faculty stakeholders, students.

- 9/26/17: Complete the recommened adjustments by stakeholders, and present the updated proposal to them once more.

- 10/28/17: Present completed proposal to the Executive Board of IEMC, with stakeholders' support.

- 11/28/17: Make any adjustments needed, and either present to faculty stakeholders, or, if ready, present to Seaver Undergraduate Academic Council.

== Enhancing Student Engagement ==

The primary goal of this is to bring students together purely for the purpose of the social experience. Students that we have spoken with speak very highly of the programs and clubs that are offered, but the common thread is that they all tie to something academic, sports-related, etc. This makes sense, nothing wrong with that. This is an institution of higher learning and funding and support should go towards those endeavors.

That said - we believe that there is a gap that can be filled in the social spectrum. After speaking with other UIF fellows about successful programs at their schools, we would like to implement a handful of social clubs that are only for the purpose of bringing good people together. Ideally, out of this students (and maybe even faculty and staff) can form unexpected alliances and share ideas. Participants dictate their own agenda and talking points, the only planned piece is the food.

The best part about this - it's incredibly easy. If you bring food into a room, people will show up. That is a tenant of the college experience. I plan to steal an idea from Drew Spooner to kick this off and then we'll go from there. Ideally we'll do this the first Wednesday of the month over lunch in one of the common areas.

February - Donut Club

March - Bruschetta Club

April - Pizza Club

<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brainstorming: <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orientation is the first official event that every student who comes to Pepperdine is required to attend. It lays the premises of the student life and the academic pathway the student should expect during his program,hence making it very important for the student. With that, we realised that it would make things much simpler and easier if the orientation process provides more knowledge and if its more detailed about the curriculum and everything what a student must expect from Pepperdine. Specially for the International Students it is lot more difficult if the orientation is not well informed, since they are coming to a completely different study environment as well as to a different Country. It is important for the School administration to communicate clear school agendas and how their academic years are going to look like. At Pepperdine we believe that if the students are guided about the curriculum more in detail it will help a lot. Campus tour of the entire University is a must.

 <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prototype<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: We created a pilot recruitment process for Incoming students at B-School for Fall intake students, ensuring their SMOOTH arrival in the United States and at Pepperdine. <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating the convenience of the students was the prime objective and making their arrival hassle free.

<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reflections<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Our reflections coming from the prototype and what we wanted to achieve, we thought of assigning mentors to each incoming student who would be the first resource for the individual incoming student and provide information regarding not only the curriculum but also regarding issues like renting an apartment, opening a bank account (for international students), etc. Further, we made groups according to the countries, considering they would know preferences of the students coming from the same home country and would make their stay better. We decided to go all the way from Airport pickups to hosting them for few days until they find their apartment and are well settled. Apart from that we also provided with a good landscape canvas of Pepperdine University, providing awareness regarding how school systems function from the education perspective as well as from the administrative viewpoint. These steps would make the arrival of every incoming student extremely simple. We beleive how you welcome the student is very important and First Impression is the Last Impression; with this such a well facilitated orientation process will create a positive mind-set to the students and give a good kick-off to their education path ahead which eventually will help them excel in their studies. 

== Foster Greater Student Mentorship ==

Intercampus Real World Career Mentorship Program 

*Two students from each the business school, law school and undergraduate school are put in groups to discuss, learn about and simulate real world entertainment/media career projects, sponsored by a collaboration of each school’s career center.
*Film industry example
**A group has an interest in working in the film industry (i.e. 2 undergrad media production/film studies majors, 2 law students with interest in the film industry, and 2 business school students with interest in finance/marketing for films)
**They receive training on group dynamics and how the film industry works then come up with a project to work on. This group decides they want to work on creating/producing/submitting a short film for a festival.
**They strive towards this collective goal with their specific expertise and are coached by alumni mentors through each school’s alumni network, professors and the on-campus industry specialists.
*The overall goal of the program is to serve as a hands on experience for all areas of a production/project for a multi-disciplinary team. <div> </div>

== Related Links ==

Spring 2017 UIF:

[[Kelly Rodriguez|Kelly Rodriguez]]

[[Keeyana_Kian|Keeyana Kian]]

[[StephenBalliet|Stephen Baillet]]

[[Charchil_shah|Charchil Shah]]

Tracy Smith

Moises Barba

Aundene Szmolyan

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Pepperdine University Student Priorities

2017-01-28T03:22:48Z

Charchilshah:

== Increasing Community Engagement ==

One of the issues we've discovered in our research of Pepperdine's campus is the lack of community and alumni engagement due to the nature of Pepperdine's geographic location.  Malibu is a very isolated part of Los Angeles county so students often do not tap into the expansive alumni network that is available to them. This is likely due to the lack of knowledge of such resources. Further, the connection to alumni that we do have is quite silo'd between the schools. Our goal will be to integrate and make more visible the amazing alumni network that Pepperdine has to offer so that students can benefit from those currently in the field.

Possible Project: One of the best ways to increase community engagement is to appeal to an individual's competitive spirit. We would like to propose a Student/Faculty/Alumni intramural sports league where upon undergraduates, masters students, faculty, and alumni can engage in low-stakes competitive sports.The event could be held in a central location of Los Angeles to encourage more alumni to come during their weekends.

Prototype:  We created an official email and survey to send to students, faculty, and alumni to gauge interest and suggestions for the league.  We also discussed the idea with students to great response.

Requirements: funding for food, reservation of space and sports equipment

Reflections on this Prototype:  After gauging student interest in this idea, we found that many students were unaware of the vast Pepperdine alumni network in Los Angeles.  There are quite a few movers and shakers in the Entertainment industry who have come out of Pepperdine that would love to give back to their alma mater and guide students in any way possible.  Once this was realized, students were incredibly excited to engage in our league.  The verdict is still out on what kind of alumni interest we would have.  We would need to be very deliberate in how we crafted this so as to make it easy for busy alumni to attend.  Organization will be key.

Possible Dates:

Sign ups during orientaition week of respective schools (Between August 15th-31st of 2017)

Seasons start in September with possible championships in early November.

== Collaboration Between Departments and Campuses ==

Something that everyone at Pepperdine can agree upon is the lack of collaboration in academics. It seems as though every department and campus (along with their resources) is isolated from the others. There are many ways different ways one can address and tackle this problem. But in light of our new Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Culture (IEMC), along with our small film program, UIF candiadtes Keeyana Kian and Moises Barba knew which direction they wanted to go in.

As film students, filmmakers, and representatives of the IEMC Innovation Catalyst Team, we wanted to utilize resources from the undergraduate and graduate schools, the business school, and the law school to completely reinnovate the film program at our school. While certainly promising with its many incredibly talented students, it is still not quite on par with the programs of other universities in the greater Los Angeles area. So for our prototype, we decided to create a theoretical dream major, Cinematic Arts, and its would-be curriculm. 

To begin, we looked at Pepperdine's exisiting undergraduate film programs, Film Studies and Media Production, and pulled all the courses with thought were beneficial to film students. Next, we looked at the MFA Film Program, and added courses that we thought were essential to an undergraduate's education. Afterwards, we perused through course catalogs for the business and law schools. We were able to find invaluable courses in entertainment law/intellectual property from the law school. The business school, unfortunately, doesn't offer many promising courses for film students...yet. 

Our prototype can be found here: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp];

After we had drafted our prototype/proposal for the major, we met with three faculty stakeholders, two of which were Media Production professors. We also conducted a focus group comprised of current Film Studies and Media Production students. The feedback we got from both sides was invaluable, and really helped outline our next steps, which are summarized in the milestones below.

Milestones/ Target Dates:

- 2/26/17: Collaborate with business school UIF Candidates (Charchil and Stephen) to come up with a potential course/courses that would benefit both film students and MBAs looking to get into the entertainment industry.

- 3/26/17: Create sequences so that film students may select an emphasis/specialty within the program by their junior year.

- 4/26/17: Come up with new and innovative film courses unique to Pepperdine that would distinguish it from other film programs

- 4/26/17: Present updated proposal to faculty stakeholders, students.

- 9/26/17: Complete the recommened adjustments by stakeholders, and present the updated proposal to them once more.

- 10/28/17: Present completed proposal to the Executive Board of IEMC, with stakeholders' support.

- 11/28/17: Make any adjustments needed, and either present to faculty stakeholders, or, if ready, present to Seaver Undergraduate Academic Council.

== Enhancing Student Engagement ==

The primary goal of this is to bring students together purely for the purpose of the social experience. Students that we have spoken with speak very highly of the programs and clubs that are offered, but the common thread is that they all tie to something academic, sports-related, etc. This makes sense, nothing wrong with that. This is an institution of higher learning and funding and support should go towards those endeavors.

That said - we believe that there is a gap that can be filled in the social spectrum. After speaking with other UIF fellows about successful programs at their schools, we would like to implement a handful of social clubs that are only for the purpose of bringing good people together. Ideally, out of this students (and maybe even faculty and staff) can form unexpected alliances and share ideas. Participants dictate their own agenda and talking points, the only planned piece is the food.

The best part about this - it's incredibly easy. If you bring food into a room, people will show up. That is a tenant of the college experience. I plan to steal an idea from Drew Spooner to kick this off and then we'll go from there. Ideally we'll do this the first Wednesday of the month over lunch in one of the common areas.

February - Donut Club

March - Bruschetta Club

April - Pizza Club

== Orientation Changes - Charchil ==

<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brainstorming:<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orientation is the first official event that every student who comes to Pepperdine is required to attend. It lays the premises of the student life and the academic pathway the student should expect during his program,hence making it very important for the student. With that, we realised that it would make things much simpler and easier if the orientation process provides more knowledge and if its more detailed about the curriculum and everything what a student must expect from Pepperdine. Specially for the International Students it is lot more difficult if the orientation is not well informed, since they are coming to a completely different study environment as well as to a different Country. It is important for the School administration to communicate clear school agendas and how their academic years are going to look like. At Pepperdine we believe that if the students are guided about the curriculum more in detail it will help a lot. Campus tour of the entire University is a must.
 
<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prototype<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: We created a pilot recruitment process for Incoming students at B-School for Fall intake students, ensuring their SMOOTH arrival in the United States and at Pepperdine.

<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating the convenience of the students was the prime objective and making their arrival hassle free.
 
<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reflections<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Our reflections coming from the prototype and what we wanted to achieve, we thought of assigning mentors to each incoming student who would be the first resource for the individual incoming student and provide information regarding not only the curriculum but also regarding issues like renting an apartment, opening a bank account (for international students), etc. Further, we made groups according to the countries, considering they would know preferences of the students coming from the same home country and would make their stay better. We decided to go all the way from Airport pickups to hosting them for few days until they find their apartment and are well settled. Apart from that we also provided with a good landscape canvas of Pepperdine University, providing awareness regarding how school systems function from the education perspective as well as from the administrative viewpoint. These steps would make the arrival of every incoming student extremely simple. We beleive how you welcome the student is very important and First Impression is the Last Impression; with this such a well facilitated orientation process will create a positive mind-set to the students and give a good kick-off to their education path ahead which eventually will help them excel in their studies.

== Foster Greater Student Mentorship ==

Intercampus Real World Career Mentorship Program 

*Two students from each the business school, law school and undergraduate school are put in groups to discuss, learn about and simulate real world entertainment/media career projects, sponsored by a collaboration of each school’s career center.
*Film industry example
**A group has an interest in working in the film industry (i.e. 2 undergrad media production/film studies majors, 2 law students with interest in the film industry, and 2 business school students with interest in finance/marketing for films)
**They receive training on group dynamics and how the film industry works then come up with a project to work on. This group decides they want to work on creating/producing/submitting a short film for a festival.
**They strive towards this collective goal with their specific expertise and are coached by alumni mentors through each school’s alumni network, professors and the on-campus industry specialists.
*The overall goal of the program is to serve as a hands on experience for all areas of a production/project for a multi-disciplinary team. <div> </div>

== Related Links ==

Spring 2017 UIF:

[[Kelly Rodriguez|Kelly Rodriguez]]

[[Keeyana_Kian|Keeyana Kian]]

[[StephenBalliet|Stephen Baillet]]

[[Charchil_shah|Charchil Shah]]

Tracy Smith

Moises Barba

Aundene Szmolyan

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

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Charchilshah:

[[File:Charchil Pic.jpg]]Mr. Charchil Shah 

Charchil is a full-time MBA Candidate at Pepperdine University's B-School Graziadio School of Business and Management in Malibu, United States concentrating in Finance and Entrepreneurship. Currently he is also working on a Hedge-Fund Project with Dun & Bradstreet (Bryant & Stbel Fund) as Financial Analyst.  Before beginning the MBA journey in the U.S., Charchil was working for a Real-Estate Company in Ahmedabad, India managing the finance, accounts and business development departments for 1.5 years. Mr. Shah, in 2011 while pursuing his Bachelors in Commerce from Ahmedabad University started pursuing the Chartered Accountancy Course (Indian CPA) and parallel started working for an Indian CPA firm "Shah & Shah Associates". Charchil Shah is a C.A Final Candidate with his last 4 subjects of Chartered Accountancy pending. There Charchil developed specialization in the field of Assurance, Internal Auditing, Management Advisory and Finance. During his 4.5 years tenure Charchil led Audit teams for several Statutory and Internal Audits and eventually specialized in the field of Management & Systems Audit, where in the nature of work included analyzing the current systems & processes and recommending better systems in-order to achieve optimum utilization of resources. While heading ahead in the professional career, during the same time academically he finished his Masters of Commerce and Business from Gujarat University. In 2015, considering his driving passion of improving systems and policies, was selected for Public Policy Boot Camp by Vision India Foundation in New Delhi. Where Charchil connected with several bureaucrats and people working under the Public Policy domain for the Government of India. There, considering his finance and audit background he worked on project called "Flow of Public Money in India". Continuing that work, currently in the United States, he is active member of Hindu Swayam Sevak Sangh (Indian Organization).

Charchil has always been very active at his undergrad college- H.L. Institute of Commerce (Ahmedabad University) managing and organizing various events for involved community and for the growth and development of Students. In 2015 as an alum he headed an event called "''Seekho'' 2015" in which 975 students  participated. ''Seekho,'' in Hindi means "to learn" was organized involving various workshops and seminars for personality development. Charchil was also the Vice-President of Students Council at Gujarat University. He has also worked with several NGOs in India for providing education to under-privileged kids in India. 

On the Spiritual front, Charchil is a Reiki Master and a certified Healer. He has conducted several seminars on Philosophical Subjects. In his free time, he loves to meet new people and build long-lasting connections. By joining UIF, he wishes to create education models for Schools and Universities across the Globe and make a difference in the world. 

Fellow:Charchil Shah

2017-01-05T22:58:20Z

Charchilshah:

[[File:PHOTO.jpg]]Mr. Charchil Shah 

Charchil is a full-time MBA Candidate at Pepperdine University's B-School Graziadio School of Business and Management in Malibu, United States concentrating in Finance and Entrepreneurship. Currently he is also working on a Hedge-Fund Project with Dun & Bradstreet (Bryant & Stbel Fund) as Financial Analyst.  Before beginning the MBA journey in the U.S., Charchil was working for a Real-Estate Company in Ahmedabad, India managing the finance, accounts and business development departments for 1.5 years. Mr. Shah, in 2011 while pursuing his Bachelors in Commerce from Ahmedabad University started pursuing the Chartered Accountancy Course (Indian CPA) and parallel started working for an Indian CPA firm "Shah & Shah Associates". Charchil Shah is a C.A Final Candidate with his last 4 subjects of Chartered Accountancy pending. There Charchil developed specialization in the field of Assurance, Internal Auditing, Management Advisory and Finance. During his 4.5 years tenure Charchil led Audit teams for several Statutory and Internal Audits and eventually specialized in the field of Management & Systems Audit, where in the nature of work included analyzing the current systems & processes and recommending better systems in-order to achieve optimum utilization of resources. While heading ahead in the professional career, during the same time academically he finished his Masters of Commerce and Business from Gujarat University. In 2015, considering his driving passion of improving systems and policies, was selected for Public Policy Boot Camp by Vision India Foundation in New Delhi. Where Charchil connected with several bureaucrats and people working under the Public Policy domain for the Government of India. There, considering his finance and audit background he worked on project called "Flow of Public Money in India". Continuing that work, currently in the United States, he is active member of Hindu Swayam Sevak Sangh (Indian Organization).

Charchil has always been very active at his undergrad college- H.L. Institute of Commerce (Ahmedabad University) managing and organizing various events for involved community and for the growth and development of Students. In 2015 as an alum he headed an event called "''Seekho'' 2015" in which 975 students  participated. ''Seekho,'' in Hindi means "to learn" was organized involving various workshops and seminars for personality development. Charchil was also the Vice-President of Students Council at Gujarat University. He has also worked with several NGOs in India for providing education to under-privileged kids in India. 

On the Spiritual front, Charchil is a Reiki Master and a certified Healer. He has conducted several seminars on Philosophical Subjects. In his free time, he loves to meet new people and build long-lasting connections. By joining UIF, he wishes to create education models for Schools and Universities across the Globe and make a difference in the world.

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Mr. Charchil Shah 

Charchil is a full-time MBA Candidate at Pepperdine University's B-School Graziadio School of Business and Management in Malibu, United States concentrating in Finance and Entrepreneurship. Currently he is also working on a Hedge-Fund Project with Dun & Bradstreet (Bryant & Stbel Fund) as Financial Analyst.  Before beginning the MBA journey in the U.S., Charchil was working for a Real-Estate Company in Ahmedabad, India managing the finance, accounts and business development departments for 1.5 years. Mr. Shah, in 2011 while pursuing his Bachelors in Commerce from Ahmedabad University started pursuing the Chartered Accountancy Course (Indian CPA) and parallel started working for an Indian CPA firm "Shah & Shah Associates". Charchil Shah is a C.A Final Candidate with his last 4 subjects of Chartered Accountancy pending. There Charchil developed specialization in the field of Assurance, Internal Auditing, Management Advisory and Finance. During his 4.5 years tenure Charchil led Audit teams for several Statutory and Internal Audits and eventually specialized in the field of Management & Systems Audit, where in the nature of work included analyzing the current systems & processes and recommending better systems in-order to achieve optimum utilization of resources. While heading ahead in the professional career, during the same time academically he finished his Masters of Commerce and Business from Gujarat University. In 2015, considering his driving passion of improving systems and policies, was selected for Public Policy Boot Camp by Vision India Foundation in New Delhi. Where Charchil connected with several bureaucrats and people working under the Public Policy domain for the Government of India. There, considering his finance and audit background he worked on project called "Flow of Public Money in India". Continuing that work, currently in the United States, he is active member of Hindu Swayam Sevak Sangh (Indian Organization).

Charchil has always been very active at his undergrad college- H.L. Institute of Commerce (Ahmedabad University) managing and organizing various events for involved community and for the growth and development of Students. In 2015 as an alum he headed an event called "''Seekho'' 2015" in which 975 students  participated. ''Seekho,'' in Hindi means "to learn" was organized involving various workshops and seminars for personality development. Charchil was also the Vice-President of Students Council at Gujarat University. He has also worked with several NGOs in India for providing education to under-privileged kids in India. 

On the Spiritual front, Charchil is a Reiki Master and a certified Healer. He has conducted several seminars on Philosophical Subjects. In his free time, he loves to meet new people and build long-lasting connections. By joining UIF, he wishes to create education models for Schools and Universities across the Globe and make a difference in the world. 

Resource:How to organize an unconference for other student groups on campus

2017-01-05T20:28:39Z

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'''What is Unconference, its Purpose and Topics :'''

'''What is Unconference:''' An unconference is a group of people of any size that get together to bounce ideas off of each other. Usually, people come in with ideas of topics they would like to talk about. Attendees then vote on which ideas they would like to be in the Unconference. The top votes will be given a space and something to present on. Unconferences look to foster an environment of creativity and new ideas. Unconference is also known as Open Space Technology, considering the format wherein anyone can speak.

'''Purpose:''' Primary purpose of Unconferencing is to discuss topics of common interests and mix people have healthy discussions. Unconferences typically feature open discussions rather than having a single speaker at the front of the room giving a talk, although any format is permitted. This form of conference is particularly useful when the attendees generally have a high level of expertise or knowledge in the field the conference convenes to discuss.

'''Topics:''' While deciding on the topic of Unconferencing, it must be decided that the topic shall be more broad or specific? Depending on the topic, which organizations, groups and you want to partner with? If there are, start talking to them to see if they would be interested and try to get sponsorships from them. Collaborating with other interest groups helps a lot.  Try to keep Topics such that people attending can actively partcipate and incolve in conversations with other attendees. 

== Pre-Event Tasks: ==

Following are the activities recommended to be accomplished before the Unconference:

#'''Form a committee:''' Delegate positions and define responsibilities of committee members, it is advised to have atleast the following sub-committees and the tasks to be accomplished by them before the event: 

*'''Marketing Team''': To advertise and publicise your unconference, Also, this team must make sure people understand the meaning of Unconference. The marketing team under the core committee must focus on following wasy of publicing the event :
**School newspaper (online or in print)- Event Lisitng in Newspaper
**Word of mouth- Network with friends and encourage them to bring people (their friends).
**Talk to professors from multiple disciplines and check if they are willing to endorse you as well as sponsor the event
**Flyers, Posters & Social media- Try to get administrators to post from your school’s account. Ensure to communicate the key attractions to the target attendance. Since, the most important part is to have a good turnout.
**Media Collaboration: Contact your local newspaper and discuss to cover your event. It also builds your own personal network with the city journalists and media folks.
*'''Logistics Team:''' This team needs to find and book a venue immediately.
**Venue: While choosing the venue consider that it has wide open space, avoid doorways wherein people have to walk through several gates, Ensure there are a few chairs and tables, but you want to encourage people to be standing and walking around.
**Time: Avoid times too late at night- commuter schools will have less of a turn out. To ensure that most convinient time is selected, put out feelers to students and professors to see what times work well- but remember you won’t be able to please everyone. Schedule your event ensuring no other important meetings/ gatherings are happening at the same day and time.
**Catering : Catering is an important element for your unconference, since for college students Food (especially Pizza) is something which everyone would like to come for to your event. Look for restaurants to sponsor you, pizza is always a hit. Ensure to mention the same on the flyers and media that is sent.
**Insurance: If the scale of the Unconference is big and if event is happening outside campus, it is advised to take insurance for  your event. 
*'''Communications Team''': For an Unconference communication is important for the organisers as well as the attendees.
**Organisers' Internal Communiaction: It’s important for everyone to stay updated about the ongoing progress and the upcoming event agendas. For the same, try using messaging platforms such a "Slack" or "Facebook Messaging" (Slack is great because you can divide people up into groups such as the people who are working on marketing can all be in a group together, but everyone is still in a big group together). Email is also a tried and true method of communication Google drive is a great way to share documents
**Attendees: The communication team must collaborate with the marketing team and work together to shoot out messages on social media and other media platforms. The event must be well communicated in-order to explan them about the event as well as keep them excited to show up for it.
*'''Finance Team''': The finance team must be responsible for raising funds and paying expenses for the conferene. Someone responsible must be appointed as the “Treasurer”- To keep track of money spent and money donated/earned.  Finance tema shall also be responsible to prepare budgets for sponsorships and donations.

 2.  '''Gather Resources Needed:''' Considering the type of Unconference and event, ensure to buy in advance the needed resources.

*White-Boards or Big-Pads: Have white boards or big pads of paper and markers that people can write on Sticky notes are an easy way to vote and take inputs from attendees during the unconference
*Audio/Visual: A microphone helps to organize people without having to scream. Ensure the mice is connected to speakers and tested twice before the event. Try to avoid technology as much as possible, you want your conference to be as organic as possible
*Projector: It can be used to show your organization’s logo and your sponsor’s logo Blank name tags that people can fill out upon arrival help to promote conversation

== During and Ending your Unconference :  ==

=== As People Walk In ===

Hand out name tags and have people write their name and something interesting about them. This will help to stimulate conversation and give people confidence knowing something interesting about them is being shown.

=== Once Most People Have Arrived ===

Explain what an unconference is. You and the rest of the people hosting the event know about unconferences and why they are beneficial, but other people don't. Make sure to tell people how they are different and what they will be doing.

=== Choosing Topics ===

==== Suggesting Topics ====

Have sticky notes and writing utensils available that people can use to write down topics of discussion. Limit everyone to ten seconds or one sentence so that the initial topics are not too difficult to understand. The details will come later during the discussion period.

==== Voting on Topics ====

Once all the suggestions have been made, have people vote on topics they find interesting. This can be done through more sticky notes or stickers. People put the sticky note or stickers under the topic the wish to include in the discussion period. After voting, choose the most popular topics for the discussion period. The number you choose will is highly variable and depends on the number of people attending your event and the results of the voting. For example, if you were planning to have five topics, but two topics had almost the same amount of votes, you might want to include both of them and have six topics instead of five.

=== Before Starting the Discussion Period ===

==== Do an Ice Breaker Activity ====

This will help people to be more comfortable during the discussion period. A couple types of ice breaker games are outlined below.

*A Big Game of Rock, Paper, Scissors
**Make sure everyone is familiar with the rules.
**Everyone should then pair up and play until someone wins.
**The winner then looks for the winner of another match, the loser becomes the winner's biggest fan and continues to cheer them on.
**The process continues until there is one winner.
*Draw Your Partner
**Paper and writing utensils must be provided to the attendees.
**Have everyone pair up. Suggest that people partner with someone they don't already know.
**Allow for a quick introduction period, 30 seconds per person prevents the conversation from getting stale.
**For 30 seconds, each person draws the other.
**This a quick time period so the drawing will probably be funny and a great way for people to meet others.

Remember that people will follow your lead, so the more excited about these games you are, the more excited they will be.

==== Point Out Where Each Topic Will Be ====

While it is good to let people wander and discover, it is nice to have some original direction. It is also a good way to remind people of the topics that will be presented and discussed.

=== During the Discussion Period ===

Not only is this a chance for your attendees to enjoy the unconference, it is a chance for you to do so as well. Make sure you have an opportunity to join in on the discussion.

=== Ending the Discussion Period and the Unconference ===

==== Ending the Discussion Period ====

Give people a ten or fifteen minute warning so conversations can begin to wrap up. The last thing you want is to have to stop someone in the middle of a great idea. Once the warning time is up, gather everyone for final remarks or a closing presenter.

==== Ending the Unconference ====

Depending on the time you have left, there are a couple different options.

*If you have a good amount of time:
**Choose a presenter who was popular during the discussion period and allow them to state a few ideas that were discussed to the group as a whole. Do not force the presenter to do this, it is optional.
*If you are pressed for time:
**Simply have a few closing remarks. Short and sweet usually does the trick.

Make sure to stay after for last minute questions and to clean the venue.

==   ==

== '''Post - Event Tasks:'''  ==

After the end of the Unconference, follwoing are the tasks to be undertaken: 

*Follow-Up Mail: Send out an e-mail to all the attendees mentioning about the details(minutes) of the unconference and the discussions that took place at the event. In this mail also mention the conclusions (if any) which were reached at. 
*School News Letter: Try to get your Unconference Event Covered in the newsletter once again after the event. In this article mention the details such as
**Which Topics were discussed,
**Which topic and speaker was the most popular
**No. of attendees 
**Future Events  
*Contacting Stakeholders: It is very important to send out a 'Thank You' mail and get in touch with all the stakeholders - Partner organisations, Sponsors, Professors who endorsed your event and the local media newspapers who covered the event.

Resource:How to organize an unconference for other student groups on campus

2017-01-05T20:09:26Z

Charchilshah:

Hey Candidates! Welcome. Thank you for collaborating with your fellow interviewees to create a resource that helps student changemakers for years to come. We created a very simple template for you with section headings that your should swap out for your own, picking from [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B6mlePQGB7ElzwcdtQD09p3Z6IFCi_jy2vQAJmmxt_I/edit the template we provided you here]. Use the text editor or OR click on '''Show wiki text editor''' (highly recommended) to use the very simple text interface. To add photos, you must create an account by clicking 'Log in / create account' under 'Personal Tools' menu to the right. Wait 12-24 hours for access. Don't forget to write down your username and password. If you have any questions, [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGmMfSglkVGHZtQobS8oEPsfkpGZY-Njh visit this page] or contact [mailto:team@universityinnovation.org team@universityinnovation.org]. Delete this paragraph after building out your page.

'''What is Unconference, its Purpose and Topics :'''

'''What is Unconference:''' An unconference is a group of people of any size that get together to bounce ideas off of each other. Usually, people come in with ideas of topics they would like to talk about. Attendees then vote on which ideas they would like to be in the Unconference. The top votes will be given a space and something to present on. Unconferences look to foster an environment of creativity and new ideas. Unconference is also known as Open Space Technology, considering the format wherein anyone can speak.

'''Purpose:''' Primary purpose of Unconferencing is to discuss topics of common interests and mix people have healthy discussions. Unconferences typically feature open discussions rather than having a single speaker at the front of the room giving a talk, although any format is permitted. This form of conference is particularly useful when the attendees generally have a high level of expertise or knowledge in the field the conference convenes to discuss.

'''Topics:''' While deciding on the topic of Unconferencing, it must be decided that the topic shall be more broad or specific? Depending on the topic, which organizations, groups and you want to partner with? If there are, start talking to them to see if they would be interested and try to get sponsorships from them. Collaborating with other interest groups helps a lot.  Try to keep Topics such that people attending can actively partcipate and incolve in conversations with other attendees. 

== Preparing for your Unconference ==

== Pre-Event Tasks: ==

Following are the activities recommended to be accomplished before the Unconference:

#'''Form a committee:''' Delegate positions and define responsibilities of committee members, it is advised to have atleast the following sub-committees and the tasks to be accomplished by them before the event: 

*'''Marketing Team''': To advertise and publicise your unconference, Also, this team must make sure people understand the meaning of Unconference. The marketing team under the core committee must focus on following wasy of publicing the event :
**School newspaper (online or in print)- Event Lisitng in Newspaper
**Word of mouth- Network with friends and encourage them to bring people (their friends).
**Talk to professors from multiple disciplines and check if they are willing to endorse you as well as sponsor the event
**Flyers, Posters & Social media- Try to get administrators to post from your school’s account. Ensure to communicate the key attractions to the target attendance. Since, the most important part is to have a good turnout.
**Media Collaboration: Contact your local newspaper and discuss to cover your event. It also builds your own personal network with the city journalists and media folks.
*'''Logistics Team:''' This team needs to find and book a venue immediately.
**Venue: While choosing the venue consider that it has wide open space, avoid doorways wherein people have to walk through several gates, Ensure there are a few chairs and tables, but you want to encourage people to be standing and walking around.
**Time: Avoid times too late at night- commuter schools will have less of a turn out. To ensure that most convinient time is selected, put out feelers to students and professors to see what times work well- but remember you won’t be able to please everyone. Schedule your event ensuring no other important meetings/ gatherings are happening at the same day and time.
**Catering : Catering is an important element for your unconference, since for college students Food (especially Pizza) is something which everyone would like to come for to your event. Look for restaurants to sponsor you, pizza is always a hit. Ensure to mention the same on the flyers and media that is sent.
**Insurance: If the scale of the Unconference is big and if event is happening outside campus, it is advised to take insurance for  your event. 
*'''Communications Team''': For an Unconference communication is important for the organisers as well as the attendees.
**Organisers' Internal Communiaction: It’s important for everyone to stay updated about the ongoing progress and the upcoming event agendas. For the same, try using messaging platforms such a "Slack" or "Facebook Messaging" (Slack is great because you can divide people up into groups such as the people who are working on marketing can all be in a group together, but everyone is still in a big group together). Email is also a tried and true method of communication Google drive is a great way to share documents
**Attendees: The communication team must collaborate with the marketing team and work together to shoot out messages on social media and other media platforms. The event must be well communicated in-order to explan them about the event as well as keep them excited to show up for it.
*'''Finance Team''': The finance team must be responsible for raising funds and paying expenses for the conferene. Someone responsible must be appointed as the “Treasurer”- To keep track of money spent and money donated/earned.  Finance tema shall also be responsible to prepare budgets for sponsorships and donations.

 2.  '''Gather Resources Needed:''' Considering the type of Unconference and event, ensure to buy in advance the needed resources.

*White-Boards or Big-Pads: Have white boards or big pads of paper and markers that people can write on Sticky notes are an easy way to vote and take inputs from attendees during the unconference
*Audio/Visual: A microphone helps to organize people without having to scream. Ensure the mice is connected to speakers and tested twice before the event. Try to avoid technology as much as possible, you want your conference to be as organic as possible
*Projector: It can be used to show your organization’s logo and your sponsor’s logo Blank name tags that people can fill out upon arrival help to promote conversation

== Activities at Unconference :  ==
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hand out name tags:Have people write their name and an interesting skill they possess</li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Explain what an unconference is to all the attendees</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do an icebreaker activity- unconferences do better when people are comfortable talking to each other<ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Big game of rock paper scissors</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">30 seconds to draw your partner</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have people write down Suggestions/Topics of interest for discussion:Limit people to 10 seconds or one sentence so this part doesn’t take too long</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vote on those topics:The number that you choose will depend on the number of people attending the Unconference</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Direct speakers to their different areas to begin the unconference</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To end have a closing presenter- Someone who was really popular and got a good amount of feedback. Or if you’re pressed for time then have a couple closing remarks</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other Points: At an unconference the organisers would not know how many attendees are presenting. For the same it is important to manage time wisely and ensure all the important and popular topics are discussed.</li>
</ul>

==   ==

== Section 4 ==

Sample text

Resource:How to organize an unconference for other student groups on campus

2017-01-05T20:09:12Z

Charchilshah:

Hey Candidates! Welcome. Thank you for collaborating with your fellow interviewees to create a resource that helps student changemakers for years to come. We created a very simple template for you with section headings that your should swap out for your own, picking from [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B6mlePQGB7ElzwcdtQD09p3Z6IFCi_jy2vQAJmmxt_I/edit the template we provided you here]. Use the text editor or OR click on '''Show wiki text editor''' (highly recommended) to use the very simple text interface. To add photos, you must create an account by clicking 'Log in / create account' under 'Personal Tools' menu to the right. Wait 12-24 hours for access. Don't forget to write down your username and password. If you have any questions, [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGmMfSglkVGHZtQobS8oEPsfkpGZY-Njh visit this page] or contact [mailto:team@universityinnovation.org team@universityinnovation.org]. Delete this paragraph after building out your page.

'''What is Unconference, its Purpose and Topics :'''

'''What is Unconference:''' An unconference is a group of people of any size that get together to bounce ideas off of each other. Usually, people come in with ideas of topics they would like to talk about. Attendees then vote on which ideas they would like to be in the Unconference. The top votes will be given a space and something to present on. Unconferences look to foster an environment of creativity and new ideas. Unconference is also known as Open Space Technology, considering the format wherein anyone can speak.

'''Purpose:''' Primary purpose of Unconferencing is to discuss topics of common interests and mix people have healthy discussions. Unconferences typically feature open discussions rather than having a single speaker at the front of the room giving a talk, although any format is permitted. This form of conference is particularly useful when the attendees generally have a high level of expertise or knowledge in the field the conference convenes to discuss.

'''Topics:''' While deciding on the topic of Unconferencing, it must be decided that the topic shall be more broad or specific? Depending on the topic, which organizations, groups and you want to partner with? If there are, start talking to them to see if they would be interested and try to get sponsorships from them. Collaborating with other interest groups helps a lot.  Try to keep Topics such that people attending can actively partcipate and incolve in conversations with other attendees. 

== Preparing for your Unconference ==

== Pre-Event Tasks: ==

Following are the activities recommended to be accomplished before the Unconference:

#'''Form a committee:''' Delegate positions and define responsibilities of committee members, it is advised to have atleast the following sub-committees and the tasks to be accomplished by them before the event: 

*'''Marketing Team''': To advertise and publicise your unconference, Also, this team must make sure people understand the meaning of Unconference. The marketing team under the core committee must focus on following wasy of publicing the event :
**School newspaper (online or in print)- Event Lisitng in Newspaper
**Word of mouth- Network with friends and encourage them to bring people (their friends).
**Talk to professors from multiple disciplines and check if they are willing to endorse you as well as sponsor the event
**Flyers, Posters & Social media- Try to get administrators to post from your school’s account. Ensure to communicate the key attractions to the target attendance. Since, the most important part is to have a good turnout.
**Media Collaboration: Contact your local newspaper and discuss to cover your event. It also builds your own personal network with the city journalists and media folks.
*'''Logistics Team:''' This team needs to find and book a venue immediately.
**Venue: While choosing the venue consider that it has wide open space, avoid doorways wherein people have to walk through several gates, Ensure there are a few chairs and tables, but you want to encourage people to be standing and walking around.
**Time: Avoid times too late at night- commuter schools will have less of a turn out. To ensure that most convinient time is selected, put out feelers to students and professors to see what times work well- but remember you won’t be able to please everyone. Schedule your event ensuring no other important meetings/ gatherings are happening at the same day and time.
**Catering : Catering is an important element for your unconference, since for college students Food (especially Pizza) is something which everyone would like to come for to your event. Look for restaurants to sponsor you, pizza is always a hit. Ensure to mention the same on the flyers and media that is sent.
**Insurance: If the scale of the Unconference is big and if event is happening outside campus, it is advised to take insurance for  your event. 
*'''Communications Team''': For an Unconference communication is important for the organisers as well as the attendees.
**Organisers' Internal Communiaction: It’s important for everyone to stay updated about the ongoing progress and the upcoming event agendas. For the same, try using messaging platforms such a "Slack" or "Facebook Messaging" (Slack is great because you can divide people up into groups such as the people who are working on marketing can all be in a group together, but everyone is still in a big group together). Email is also a tried and true method of communication Google drive is a great way to share documents
**Attendees: The communication team must collaborate with the marketing team and work together to shoot out messages on social media and other media platforms. The event must be well communicated in-order to explan them about the event as well as keep them excited to show up for it.
*'''Finance Team''': The finance team must be responsible for raising funds and paying expenses for the conferene. Someone responsible must be appointed as the “Treasurer”- To keep track of money spent and money donated/earned.  Finance tema shall also be responsible to prepare budgets for sponsorships and donations.

 2.  '''Gather Resources Needed:''' Considering the type of Unconference and event, ensure to buy in advance the needed resources.

*White-Boards or Big-Pads: Have white boards or big pads of paper and markers that people can write on Sticky notes are an easy way to vote and take inputs from attendees during the unconference
*Audio/Visual: A microphone helps to organize people without having to scream. Ensure the mice is connected to speakers and tested twice before the event. Try to avoid technology as much as possible, you want your conference to be as organic as possible
*Projector: It can be used to show your organization’s logo and your sponsor’s logo Blank name tags that people can fill out upon arrival help to promote conversation

== Activities at Unconference :  ==
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hand out name tags:Have people write their name and an interesting skill they possess</li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Explain what an unconference is to all the attendees</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do an icebreaker activity- unconferences do better when people are comfortable talking to each other<ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Big game of rock paper scissors</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">30 seconds to draw your partner</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have people write down Suggestions/Topics of interest for discussion:Limit people to 10 seconds or one sentence so this part doesn’t take too long</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vote on those topics:The number that you choose will depend on the number of people attending the Unconference</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Direct speakers to their different areas to begin the unconference</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To end have a closing presenter- Someone who was really popular and got a good amount of feedback. Or if you’re pressed for time then have a couple closing remarks</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other Points: At an unconference the organisers would not know how many attendees are presenting. For the same it is important to manage time wisely and ensure all the important and popular topics are discussed.</li>
</ul>

==   ==

== Section 4 ==

Sample text

Resource:How to organize an unconference for other student groups on campus

2017-01-05T20:08:20Z

Charchilshah:

Hey Candidates! Welcome. Thank you for collaborating with your fellow interviewees to create a resource that helps student changemakers for years to come. We created a very simple template for you with section headings that your should swap out for your own, picking from [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B6mlePQGB7ElzwcdtQD09p3Z6IFCi_jy2vQAJmmxt_I/edit the template we provided you here]. Use the text editor or OR click on '''Show wiki text editor''' (highly recommended) to use the very simple text interface. To add photos, you must create an account by clicking 'Log in / create account' under 'Personal Tools' menu to the right. Wait 12-24 hours for access. Don't forget to write down your username and password. If you have any questions, [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGmMfSglkVGHZtQobS8oEPsfkpGZY-Njh visit this page] or contact [mailto:team@universityinnovation.org team@universityinnovation.org]. Delete this paragraph after building out your page.

'''What is Unconference, its Purpose and Topics :'''

'''What is Unconference:''' An unconference is a group of people of any size that get together to bounce ideas off of each other. Usually, people come in with ideas of topics they would like to talk about. Attendees then vote on which ideas they would like to be in the Unconference. The top votes will be given a space and something to present on. Unconferences look to foster an environment of creativity and new ideas. Unconference is also known as Open Space Technology, considering the format wherein anyone can speak.

'''Purpose:''' Primary purpose of Unconferencing is to discuss topics of common interests and mix people have healthy discussions. Unconferences typically feature open discussions rather than having a single speaker at the front of the room giving a talk, although any format is permitted. This form of conference is particularly useful when the attendees generally have a high level of expertise or knowledge in the field the conference convenes to discuss.

'''Topics:''' While deciding on the topic of Unconferencing, it must be decided that the topic shall be more broad or specific? Depending on the topic, which organizations, groups and you want to partner with? If there are, start talking to them to see if they would be interested and try to get sponsorships from them. Collaborating with other interest groups helps a lot.  Try to keep Topics such that people attending can actively partcipate and incolve in conversations with other attendees. 

== Preparing for your Unconference ==

== Pre-Event Tasks: ==

Following are the activities recommended to be accomplished before the Unconference:

#'''Form a committee:''' Delegate positions and define responsibilities of committee members, it is advised to have atleast the following sub-committees and the tasks to be accomplished by them before the event: 

*'''Marketing Team''': To advertise and publicise your unconference, Also, this team must make sure people understand the meaning of Unconference. The marketing team under the core committee must focus on following wasy of publicing the event :
**School newspaper (online or in print)- Event Lisitng in Newspaper
**Word of mouth- Network with friends and encourage them to bring people (their friends).
**Talk to professors from multiple disciplines and check if they are willing to endorse you as well as sponsor the event
**Flyers, Posters & Social media- Try to get administrators to post from your school’s account. Ensure to communicate the key attractions to the target attendance. Since, the most important part is to have a good turnout.
**Media Collaboration: Contact your local newspaper and discuss to cover your event. It also builds your own personal network with the city journalists and media folks.
*'''Logistics Team:''' This team needs to find and book a venue immediately.
**Venue: While choosing the venue consider that it has wide open space, avoid doorways wherein people have to walk through several gates, Ensure there are a few chairs and tables, but you want to encourage people to be standing and walking around.
**Time: Avoid times too late at night- commuter schools will have less of a turn out. To ensure that most convinient time is selected, put out feelers to students and professors to see what times work well- but remember you won’t be able to please everyone. Schedule your event ensuring no other important meetings/ gatherings are happening at the same day and time.
**Catering : Catering is an important element for your unconference, since for college students Food (especially Pizza) is something which everyone would like to come for to your event. Look for restaurants to sponsor you, pizza is always a hit. Ensure to mention the same on the flyers and media that is sent.
**Insurance: If the scale of the Unconference is big and if event is happening outside campus, it is advised to take insurance for  your event. 
*'''Communications Team''': For an Unconference communication is important for the organisers as well as the attendees.
**Organisers' Internal Communiaction: It’s important for everyone to stay updated about the ongoing progress and the upcoming event agendas. For the same, try using messaging platforms such a "Slack" or "Facebook Messaging" (Slack is great because you can divide people up into groups such as the people who are working on marketing can all be in a group together, but everyone is still in a big group together). Email is also a tried and true method of communication Google drive is a great way to share documents
**Attendees: The communication team must collaborate with the marketing team and work together to shoot out messages on social media and other media platforms. The event must be well communicated in-order to explan them about the event as well as keep them excited to show up for it.
*'''Finance Team''': The finance team must be responsible for raising funds and paying expenses for the conferene. Someone responsible must be appointed as the “Treasurer”- To keep track of money spent and money donated/earned.  Finance tema shall also be responsible to prepare budgets for sponsorships and donations.

 2.  '''Gather Resources Needed:''' Considering the type of Unconference and event, ensure to buy in advance the needed resources.

*White-Boards or Big-Pads: Have white boards or big pads of paper and markers that people can write on Sticky notes are an easy way to vote and take inputs from attendees during the unconference
*Audio/Visual: A microphone helps to organize people without having to scream. Ensure the mice is connected to speakers and tested twice before the event. Try to avoid technology as much as possible, you want your conference to be as organic as possible
*Projector: It can be used to show your organization’s logo and your sponsor’s logo Blank name tags that people can fill out upon arrival help to promote conversation

== Activities at Unconference :  ==
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hand out name tags:Have people write their name and an interesting skill they possess</li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Explain what an unconference is to all the attendees</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do an icebreaker activity- unconferences do better when people are comfortable talking to each other<ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Big game of rock paper scissors</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">30 seconds to draw your partner</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have people write down Suggestions/Topics of interest for discussion:Limit people to 10 seconds or one sentence so this part doesn’t take too long</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vote on those topics:The number that you choose will depend on the number of people attending the Unconference</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Direct speakers to their different areas to begin the unconference</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To end have a closing presenter- Someone who was really popular and got a good amount of feedback. Or if you’re pressed for time then have a couple closing remarks</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other Points: At an unconference the organisers would not know how many attendees are presenting. For the same it is important to manage time wisely and ensure all the important and popular topics are discussed.</li>
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Resource:How to organize an unconference for other student groups on campus

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Resource:How to organize an unconference for other student groups on campus

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Resource:How to organize an unconference for other student groups on campus

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