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Fellow:Daniel Dickason

2016-02-12T03:57:06Z

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= About Daniel =

Daniel Dickason is a freshman Mechanical Engineering student at Colorado School of Mines. Growing up, <span class="details" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; display: inline-block;">Daniel always help an interest in taking things apart in order to figure out how they worked. This led to trouble with his mom when he started taking apart kitchen appliances, but he always managed to put everything back together. As he grew up, these forays into understanding basic mechanics were helpful as he went on humanitarian aid trips across the North American Continent. His childhood attempts to understand how the things around him work are responsible for his involvement with the Engineering Grand Challenges Themed Learning Community, with which he holds a leadership position, and because of the aid trips he became involved in the Colorado School of Mines chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB). As a member of EWB he is researching and planning a water supply system for the town of Los Gomez, Nicaragua. Much like anybody with an iPhone or any other smartphone has done, Daniel dropped his iPhone and cracked the screen. Despite the distress that this caused, he was able to turn a tragedy into an opportunity. Ever since he fixed his own iPhone screen, he has operated a business repairing phone screens and various other parts.On the side, Daniel photographs his adventures hiking, camping, and exploring in the Rocky Mountains. He also enjoys working on his car and riding ATV's with his family.

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2016-02-12T03:53:57Z

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2016-02-11T22:54:13Z

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2016-02-11T22:49:33Z

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Daniel Dickason is a freshman Mechanical Engineering student at Colorado School of Mines. Growing up, <span class="details" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; display: inline-block;">Daniel always help an interest in taking things apart in order to figure out how they worked. This led to trouble with his mom when he started taking apart kitchen appliances, but he always managed to put everything back together. As he grew up, these forays into understanding basic mechanics were helpful as he went on humanitarian aid trips across the North American Continent. His childhood attempts to understand how the things around him work are responsible for his involvement with the Engineering Grand Challenges Themed Learning Community, with which he holds a leadership position, and because of the aid trips he became involved in the Colorado School of Mines chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB). As a member of EWB he is researching and planning a water supply system for the town of Los Gomez, Nicaragua. Much like anybody with an iPhone or any other smartphone has done, Daniel dropped his iPhone and cracked the screen. Despite the distress that this caused, he was able to turn a tragedy into an opportunity. Ever since he fixed his own iPhone screen, he has operated a business repairing phone screens and various other parts.On the side, Daniel photographs his adventures hiking, camping, and exploring in the Rocky Mountains. He also enjoys working on his car and riding ATV's with his family.

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2016-02-11T22:48:25Z

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School:Colorado School of Mines

2016-02-11T04:05:42Z

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The [http://www.mines.edu Colorado School of Mines] is a public research university of engineering and applied science in Golden, Colorado. 

== '''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship''' ==

=== Entrepreneurship Club (E-Club) ===

In the Spring 2014 semester, the Entrepreneurship Club at mines was restarted to become an active campus organization that has brought in local entrepreneurs to talk about their experiences. The club will organize several campus wide events in the coming academic year to increase awareness and exposure to innovation and entrepreneurship.

Website is under development.

=== Design Lab ===

The Director of Senior Design for Mechanical Engineering, Jered Dean, has taken steps to transform the mechanical engineering senior design lab into an open design lab that allows students to use equipment for any academic or personal project. The lab consists of 6 new makerbot 3D printers along with other prototyping equipment in the basement of Brown Hall. 

=== Startup Summer ===

Employers participating in [http://www.startupcolorado.com/startup-summer Startup Summer] have come to Mines to promote the program where students interested in startups can have a paid internship and gain valuable insight into innovation and entrepreneurship. This program has been a pathway for post graduation employment for several Mines graduates.

== '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship''' ==

Several faculty members have separate businesses independent of the university. Overall, encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship is not a primary focus of the university. There are no resources or initiatives for this category.

== '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function''' ==

The office of technology transfer (OTT) has primarily been used to commercialize PhD research.

OTT has provided an [http://inside.mines.edu/RES-Resources-Technology-Transfer extensive list] of regional and national resources that might be of use for students interested in innovation and entrepreneurship.

In addition to the above resources, Mines has recently put together a new website named [http://midea.mines.edu/ Midea] that contains resources both on campus and on the web.  The vision for this website is to be a hub for all student innovation and entrepreneurial activities where students can see projects other students have put together, find inspiration, or seek help from other students or faculty.  This site is still in its beginning stages and many of its pages do not yet have any information on them, but this will be changing over the next several weeks as information is continually being added.  

== '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' ==

Current collaboration exists between research groups and industry. These collaborations are primarily used to fund graduate students and do not promote innovation/entrepreneurship.

== '''Related Links''' ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Corey_Brugh Colorado School of Mines University Innovation Fellow - Corey Brugh]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Daniel_Dickason Colorado School of Mines University Innovation Fellow - Daniel Dickason]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CSM_Strategic_Priorities Mines Strategic Priorities]

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School:Colorado School of Mines

2016-02-11T04:04:17Z

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The [http://www.mines.edu Colorado School of Mines] is a public research university of engineering and applied science in Golden, Colorado. 

== '''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship''' ==

=== Entrepreneurship Club (E-Club) ===

In the Spring 2014 semester, the Entrepreneurship Club at mines was restarted to become an active campus organization that has brought in local entrepreneurs to talk about their experiences. The club will organize several campus wide events in the coming academic year to increase awareness and exposure to innovation and entrepreneurship.

Website is under development.

=== Design Lab ===

The Director of Senior Design for Mechanical Engineering, Jered Dean, has taken steps to transform the mechanical engineering senior design lab into an open design lab that allows students to use equipment for any academic or personal project. The lab consists of 6 new makerbot 3D printers along with other prototyping equipment in the basement of Brown Hall. 

=== Startup Summer ===

Employers participating in [http://www.startupcolorado.com/startup-summer Startup Summer] have come to Mines to promote the program where students interested in startups can have a paid internship and gain valuable insight into innovation and entrepreneurship. This program has been a pathway for post graduation employment for several Mines graduates.

== '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship''' ==

Several faculty members have separate businesses independent of the university. Overall, encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship is not a primary focus of the university. There are no resources or initiatives for this category.

== '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function''' ==

The office of technology transfer (OTT) has primarily been used to commercialize PhD research.

OTT has provided an [http://inside.mines.edu/RES-Resources-Technology-Transfer extensive list] of regional and national resources that might be of use for students interested in innovation and entrepreneurship.

In addition to the above resources, Mines has recently put together a new website named [http://midea.mines.edu/ Midea] that contains resources both on campus and on the web.  The vision for this website is to be a hub for all student innovation and entrepreneurial activities where students can see projects other students have put together, find inspiration, or seek help from other students or faculty.  This site is still in its beginning stages and many of its pages do not yet have any information on them, but this will be changing over the next several weeks as information is continually being added.  

== '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' ==

Current collaboration exists between research groups and industry. These collaborations are primarily used to fund graduate students and do not promote innovation/entrepreneurship.

== '''Related Links''' ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Corey_Brugh Colorado School of Mines University Innovation Fellow - Corey Brugh]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CSM_Strategic_Priorities Mines Strategic Priorities]

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Fellow:Daniel Dickason

2016-02-11T03:48:47Z

Ddickason:

= About Daniel =

Daniel Dickason is a freshman Mechanical Engineering student at Colorado School of Mines. Growing up, <span class="details" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; display: inline-block;">Daniel always help an interest in taking things apart in order to figure out how they worked. This led to trouble with his mom when he started taking apart kitchen appliances, but he always managed to put everything back together. As he grew up, these forays into understanding basic mechanics were helpful as he went on humanitarian aid trips across the North American Continent. His childhood attempts to understand how the things around him work are responsible for his involvement with the Engineering Grand Challenges Themed Learning Community, with which he holds a leadership position, and because of the aid trips he became involved in the Colorado School of Mines chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB). As a member of EWB he is researching and planning a water supply system for the town of Los Gomez, Nicaragua. Much like anybody with an iPhone or any other smartphone has done, Daniel dropped his iPhone and cracked the screen. Despite the distress that this caused, he was able to turn a tragedy into an opportunity. Ever since he fixed his own iPhone screen, he has operated a business repairing phone screens and various other parts.On the side, Daniel photographs his adventures hiking, camping, and exploring in the Rocky Mountains. He also enjoys working on his car and riding ATV's with his family.

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Fellow:Daniel Dickason

2016-02-11T03:46:36Z

Ddickason:

= About Daniel =

Daniel Dickason is a freshman Mechanical Engineering student at Colorado School of Mines. Growing up, <span class="details" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; display: inline-block;">Daniel always help an interest in taking things apart in order to figure out how they worked. This led to trouble with his mom when he started taking apart kitchen appliances, but he always managed to put everything back together. As he grew up, these forays into understanding basic mechanics were helpful as he went on humanitarian aid trips across the North American Continent. His childhood attempts to understand how the things around him work are responsible for his involvement with the Engineering Grand Challenges Themed Learning Community, with which he holds a leadership position, and because of the aid trips he became involved in the Colorado School of Mines chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB). As a member of EWB he is researching and planning a water supply system for the town of Los Gomez, Nicaragua. Much like anybody with an iPhone or any other smartphone has done, Daniel dropped his iPhone and cracked the screen. Despite the distress that this caused, he was able to turn a tragedy into an opportunity. Ever since he fixed his own iPhone screen, he has operated a business repairing phone screens and various other parts.On the side, Daniel photographs his adventures hiking, camping, and exploring in the Rocky Mountains. He also enjoys working on his car and riding ATV's with his family.

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2016-02-11T03:46:24Z

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= About Daniel =

Daniel Dickason is a freshman Mechanical Engineering student at Colorado School of Mines. Growing up, <span class="details" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; display: inline-block;">Daniel always help an interest in taking things apart in order to figure out how they worked. This led to trouble with his mom when he started taking apart kitchen appliances, but he always managed to put everything back together. As he grew up, these forays into understanding basic mechanics were helpful as he went on humanitarian aid trips across the North American Continent. His childhood attempts to understand how the things around him work are responsible for his involvement with the Engineering Grand Challenges Themed Learning Community, with which he holds a leadership position, and because of the aid trips he became involved in the Colorado School of Mines chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB). As a member of EWB he is researching and planning a water supply system for the town of Los Gomez, Nicaragua. Much like anybody with an iPhone or any other smartphone has done, Daniel dropped his iPhone and cracked the screen. Despite the distress that this caused, he was able to turn a tragedy into an opportunity. Ever since he fixed his own iPhone screen, he has operated a business repairing phone screens and various other parts.On the side, Daniel photographs his adventures hiking, camping, and exploring in the Rocky Mountains. He also enjoys working on his car and riding ATV's with his family.

Fellow:Daniel Dickason

2016-02-11T03:45:57Z

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= About =

Daniel Dickason is a freshman Mechanical Engineering student at Colorado School of Mines. Growing up, <span class="details" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; display: inline-block;">Daniel always help an interest in taking things apart in order to figure out how they worked. This led to trouble with his mom when he started taking apart kitchen appliances, but he always managed to put everything back together. As he grew up, these forays into understanding basic mechanics were helpful as he went on humanitarian aid trips across the North American Continent. His childhood attempts to understand how the things around him work are responsible for his involvement with the Engineering Grand Challenges Themed Learning Community, with which he holds a leadership position, and because of the aid trips he became involved in the Colorado School of Mines chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB). As a member of EWB he is researching and planning a water supply system for the town of Los Gomez, Nicaragua. Much like anybody with an iPhone or any other smartphone has done, Daniel dropped his iPhone and cracked the screen. Despite the distress that this caused, he was able to turn a tragedy into an opportunity. Ever since he fixed his own iPhone screen, he has operated a business repairing phone screens and various other parts.On the side, Daniel photographs his adventures hiking, camping, and exploring in the Rocky Mountains. He also enjoys working on his car and riding ATV's with his family.

Fellow:Daniel Dickason

2016-02-11T03:45:13Z

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= About =

Daniel Dickason is a freshman Mechanical Engineering student at Colorado School of Mines. Growing up, <span class="details" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; display: inline-block;">Daniel always help an interest in taking things apart in order to figure out how they worked. This led to trouble with his mom when he started taking apart kitchen appliances, but he always managed to put everything back together. As he grew up, these forays into understanding basic mechanics were helpful as he went on humanitarian aid trips across the North American Continent. His childhood attempts to understand how the things around him work are responsible for his involvement with the Engineering Grand Challenges Themed Learning Community, with which he holds a leadership position, and because of the aid trips he became involved in the Colorado School of Mines chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB). As a member of EWB he is researching and planning a water supply system for the town of Los Gomez, Nicaragua. Much like anybody with an iPhone or any other smartphone has done, Daniel dropped his iPhone and cracked the screen. Despite the distress that this caused, he was able to turn a tragedy into an opportunity. Ever since he fixed his own iPhone screen, he has operated a business repairing phone screens and various other parts.On the side, Daniel photographs his adventures hiking, camping, and exploring in the Rocky Mountains. He also enjoys working on his car and riding ATV's with his family.

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2016-02-11T03:44:23Z

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Daniel Dickason is a freshman Mechanical Engineering student at Colorado School of Mines. Growing up, <span class="details" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; display: inline-block;">Daniel always help an interest in taking things apart in order to figure out how they worked. This led to trouble with his mom when he started taking apart kitchen appliances, but he always managed to put everything back together. As he grew up, these forays into understanding basic mechanics were helpful as he went on humanitarian aid trips across the North American Continent. His childhood attempts to understand how the things around him work are responsible for his involvement with the Engineering Grand Challenges Themed Learning Community, with which he holds a leadership position, and because of the aid trips he became involved in the Colorado School of Mines chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB). As a member of EWB he is researching and planning a water supply system for the town of Los Gomez, Nicaragua. Much like anybody with an iPhone or any other smartphone has done, Daniel dropped his iPhone and cracked the screen. Despite the distress that this caused, he was able to turn a tragedy into an opportunity. Ever since he fixed his own iPhone screen, he has operated a business repairing phone screens and various other parts.On the side, Daniel photographs his adventures hiking, camping, and exploring in the Rocky Mountains. He also enjoys working on his car and riding ATV's with his family.

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2016-02-11T03:42:46Z

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2016-02-10T19:00:37Z

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Resource:How to engage the university leadership in a design thinking workshop

2016-01-22T02:21:43Z

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Introduction

              Tanner Wheadon, a UI Fellow, hosted a design thinking workshop with professors and faculty to address challenges faced at his university.  This workshop included an overview of the design thinking process as well as icebreaking activities to break people out of their shells and encourage collaboration in ways that do not normally occur.  It was introducing this new idea of design thinking that led faculty at Tanner’s university, Utah Valley University, to work towards implementing solutions created during the workshop.

'''Goals and Purpose'''

              In hosting a design thinking workshop, one of the first decisions made has to be the purpose of the workshop.  For Tanner, his goal was to bring people together who wouldn’t normally work in the same room and collaborate in an interactive way that they wouldn’t in other situations.  This is simply an example of a goal, some questions to help you find the goal for your design thinking workshop are:

1.       Who are you attempting to target?

          a.       Faculty?

          b.      Students?

          c.       The campus culture?

2.       What is the faculty’s current stance towards design thinking?

          a.       If it is supportive:

                    i.      Do you want to build on that attitude?

                   ii.      Do you want faculty to buy into the idea that this is a beneficial thing for students to learn?

                  iii.      Do you want faculty to work with each other in more a productive manner to create solutions to problems faced

                            at the university?

          b.      If it is not supportive:

                    i.      Do you want faculty to understand the idea behind design thinking?

                   ii.      Why do the faculty need to buy into the idea of design thinking?

3.       What impact are you trying to produce?

From these questions you can work towards defining a purpose and goal for your design thinking workshop.

Communications and Event Set Up

           How to find stakeholders and show them you are worth their time

           How to get the right people in one room

Wiki outline Stakeholder and Set Up / Logistics

If you want to put on an executive leadership design thinking workshop like Tanner, one of the first hurdles to jump to your mind is probably getting everyone in the room.

1.       Find a date when another leadership event going on

a.       Tanner was able to find out that there was a leadership training event going on at his school focusing on innovation. The great thing about leveraging one of these events is the people are already there and you just need to show up with your curriculum.

2.       Mini break out session within existing meeting

a.       Find another university wide administrative meeting. At some universities this can be called university council or administrative council. You can find this information on the committees section of your universities’ website. Send an email to the committee chair and let them know what you are wanting to do.

3.       Contacting event planning personal within your president’s office.

a.       Most University presidents or provosts’ office will have an event planning and coordinating staff. If you are able to get the approval of your president or provost, this staff should work with your to put on and coordinate the

4.       Putting on smaller event with leadership from your college or department

a.       If you are just beginning as a fellow on your campus and do not have relationships with high level leadership, it can be smart to start having sessions with your faculty and administrators from your academic program or major. This will give you a chance to prototype your presentation and make connections with administrators who can introduce you to leadership is greater positions of authority.

5.       Using residential life as a stepping stone to other leaders

a.       Residential life departments are always looking for interesting events and trainings to put on for students and their staffs. Putting on a good event for a dorm community or group of RA’s can be a great way to get on the radar of residential life administrators who might want to use your example.

6.       Building trust and respect on your campus

a.       One of the major things that allowed Tanner to succeed is he had a track record of successful workshops on his campus. He started small, teaching freshman classes or covering for a teacher who had a sick day. For over a year he served his campus and built up good will with administrators around his university who saw he was truly passionate about this topic.

b.      Though you may not have a year to begin working around your campus, you can start putting on innovation workshops for your peers and serving your campus community today. This will build good will that will be reciprocated back to you in the future.

7.       Setting up the event independently

a.       If you have to set up the event independently, there are a few key logistical things to keep in mind.

                                                               i.      Identify your target list of attendees and email them early. The key administrators you want at your event have very busy calendars maintained by assistants that set events months in advance. I would email all parties you are interested in attending at least 2 months in advance and send follow up emails if you do not hear back.

                                                             ii.      Room availability. You need to begin by doing an inventory of what spaces on campus have all the equipment your need (movable desks, white boards, ect) and it large enough to hold everyone you want to attend. These rooms are also scheduled months in advance so find your campus’s space scheduler and lock up your date before you start sending out personal invitations.

                                                           iii.      Find sources of funding for food. It would be great to have cookies, finger foods, or even a light lunch at your event, but you certainly don’t want to foot the bill for this yourself. Talk with your college’s dean, UIF sponsor, and campus’s innovation center about sources of possible funding for this.

b.      Once you have your room reserved, guest list invited, and preparations for food, all that is left is preparing your curriculum and self to put on a great workshop the day of. 

Curriculum and How to Teach

           

Teach Design Thinking: The first step of this workshop is to teach the professors the process of design thinking. Knowing design thinking for themselves will allow the staff to pinpoint many problems that might not be visible to students such as you!

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Explain the steps of design thinking to the professors. Following the explanation, engage them in activities that allow them to truly comprehend the process. One way is having them analyses a basic concept or object with the design thinking process. For example, one could use a garbage can as the object to be analyzed. Have the staff use the design thinking process to pinpoint problems that may be associated with garbage cans and their users. After they discuss a few problems, they should the come up with some solutions such as changes that can be made to the garbage can design or use. After figuring out ideas that solve the problems, encourage the professors to prototype their solutions. It is great to have a variety of rapid prototyping supplies such as markers, paper, cardboard, glue tape, and clay at the workshop. Have them make a physical model or  demonstrate a use by role playing a scene. If possible, they should try to test these new designs or uses with other individuals at the workshop.

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 By teaching the members the process of design thinking through a fun and simple example, they become enthusiastic and invested in the process. After the professors have mastered design thinking, it is time to have them apply it to education. Have them define educational problems themselves. By defining these problems on their own, they become more familiar with the process and will come up with some problems you likely hadn’t even spotted. Have them formulate solutions and discuss them amongst themselves. Remember that one goal of this workshop is to encourage more involvement and collaboration between staff members.

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 They should prototype and attempt to test their solutions just like they did with the garbage can example. It is important to note that there are many ways to ‘prototype,’ it doesn't always involve some physical model or device. You can have them act out a solution or draw out a plan or layout. Encourage creativity and collaboration!
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'''SUCCESS STORIES'''

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The tips on this Wiki were inspired by Tanner Wheadon, a University Innovation Fellow from the Spring 2015 cohort.He hosted a Design Thinking Workshop at his university, Utah Valley University, where he is studying Technology Management.Tanner also teaches small innovation workshops at UVU, sometimes even during general-ed classes. Tanner’s Design Thinking Workshop that he hosted for his university’s leadership was focused on simple cart that he had purchased through the university for about $400-$500. He filled this cart with “rapid prototyping supplies”. With this cart, Tanner essentially had a classroom with wheels! This is how he would go around to different classrooms to have innovation/design thinking workshops.

As explained in the above information, Tanner started by doing basic Design Thinking activities, and later, having the participants apply this mindset to their everyday environment. By doing this, Tanner was getting the participants to be more open-minded before trying to solve real problems. After hosting the Design thinking Workshop, and presenting his cart to faculty and staff, Tanner had great response. Tanner’s (originally) 5-7 year plan for his make space soon turned into a 3-year plan by the university, and in the meantime, Tanner was even offered spaces around campus to host workshops by the faculty members who participated in his workshop.
Much of Tanner’s success came from not taking “no” for an answer, and finding an innovative way to work around barriers. Because of his persistence and passion for Design Thinking, Tanner made a lot of headway into his plan. Instead of sitting around and waiting, Tanner hosted his Design Thinking Workshop for university leadership, which in turn, helped to make progress on getting a makerspace for him to host more workshops.If you are ever struggling with your university leadership not understanding the importance of Design Thinking and Innovation on your campus, we hope you will refer to the above tips, so you can become another success story! Tanner is living proof that hosting Design Thinking Workshop can be wildly successful and make a huge impact on campus.</div>
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