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<span style="font-size:medium">'''Description: '''Makerspaces and machining locations are scattered in several locations across the University of Michigan. By no means is the university lacking in sheer quantity of makerspaces;however, these resources are not available for use by undergraduate students. This is largely due to a lack of training resources which in turn can cause safety concerns among administrators when confronted with opening these resources to the undergraduate student body. We propose to create a passport system where an individual will be trained on a specific piece of equiptment and will the recieve a certification or "passport" to designate that an individual has been trained for that piece of equiptment. Then by showing this passport to the supervisor of any machine shop on campus they will be able to use identical pieces of equipment.</span>
== <span style="font-size:large">Tactic #2: C</span>cataloging ataloging available resources ==
<span style="font-size:medium">'''Description:'''</span> == <span style="font-size:large">Tactic #3: </span><br/> == <span style="font-size: medium ">'''Description:''' stuffCurrently the University of Michigan entrepreneurial resource availabilility can be difficult to navigate. There is no consolidated list in order to identify the supplies available for innovation and the creation of new ventures among the undergraduate community. We propose to create a catalog of these resources in order to accelarate entrepreneurial activity. This catalog will be widely distributed among the undergraduate community by way of integration into the freshman orientation packet with additional circulation augmented by the University of Michigan Center For Entrepreneurship. This will help prospective and current students catalyze the initiation of their ideas.</span>
== <span style="font-size: large;">Tactic #3: Online portal for building a connected maker community</span><br/> ==
<span style="font-size: medium;">'''Description:''' While creating a "passport" and cataloging resources are highly beneficial to improving the accessibility of resources, the main goal is actually to engage students, faculty and administrators in the community, share resources and ideas, and work together to produce new ventures and innovations. By creating a roster of individuals trained on equipment available online students will be able to pair with other individuals who come from similar mechanistic backgrounds. More specifically allowing the students who comprise the roster to designate a willingness to help other people with their projects can foster a greater sense of community and cooperation throughout the maker community.</span>
= Strategy #4: Networking Meeting Spaces =
== <span style="font-size:large">Tactic #1: Start-up Networking Spac</span>e ==
<span style="font-size:medium">'''Description: '''Designate a space and time for students to meet that have ideas and are interested in building a team, or are interested in joining a team. Have students with existing ideas make a list of the type of skill sets they need to build on their idea, and allow interested students to fill in the openings. </span>
== <br/><span style="font-size:large">Tactic #2: Online Networking Portal</span> ==
= <br/>Related Links<br/> =
<div>[[Amanda Ejups|Amanda Ejups]]</div><div></div><div>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan_at_Ann_Arbor U][[University of Michigan, Ann Arbor|niversity of Michigan Ann Arbor]]</div>
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