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= Fellow Project Pitches =
(Prepared by Yaser Alkayale and Seline Dogan)
= OVERVIEW =
Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society (D.E.S.) has done tremendous work in the short amount of time they have had since the society was created. Most of the activities and events that we will host will be under D.E.S. because it will give us the platform and power to be in touch with students who have shown some interest in E&I. The D.E.S. will be our main hub that will allow us to get funding and reach the maximum number of students, stakeholder and investors. Our main goal this year is to get increased involvement from students, and for that, we need some funding to be able to bring value to them where they will have the incentive to join our society and take part in our activities.
= Strategy #1 - Connecting Engineering Students with the rest of the campus =
We are very pleased with the initiative from the university and the province to create the Innovation Hub (IDEA Building) which is a multipurpose building on Sexton Campus. As University Fellow candidates, we fully support this initiative and are willing to help to further promote it as well as help with information interviews, planning and further ideation on its programs and events.
== Tactic no.1: Engineering Connect (E-Connect) Future Plans for Events in the IDEA Project Building == Once the IDEA Building is complete, we wish to utilise some of the collaborative spaces that it will entail to run design workshops and entrepreneurship events out of it. By doing so, we prioritise the access of engineering students, whose campus on which the building will be located, while at the same time including students from all Dalhousie campuses. This will be a great way to promote cross-faculty, and even moreso cross-campus collaboration and innovation.
= Strategy #2 - Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society (D.E.S.) =
In addition, we are currently in the process of creating new By-Laws and a more comprehensive Constitution to enable us fully establish ourselves as the leading student-led organization promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovation on Campus and help us seek further funding opportunities.
= Strategy #4 3 - Co-curricular Record (Design Thinking & Lean Methodology) =
We proposing to have Design Thinking & Lean Methodology offered as official co-curricular record to motivate students to get introduced to the entrepreneurial mindset. This would serve as an ideal channel to non-invasively encourage students to get involved with entrepreneurship on the campus.
By allowing students to specify their roles for the specified events, workshops, contests, projects etc. in the co-curricular record will build the desire of wanting to engage more and be a part of something. This way students can have an attachment to the event, workshop etc. they took a part in.
== Tactic no. 21: Build a design thinking corner Hosting regular workshops and hackathons in the collider space order to get students more informed and engaged about E&I ==
= Strategy #6 – Hold More Student-Lead Hackathons on = Tactic no.2: Promote the Collider as more of a Regular Basis specifically entrepreneurial space or modify an existing space ==
We want wish to challenge transform the idea that hackathons are only techCollider (or modify a new existing space) into a more entrepeneurship and innovation-relatedoriented space. In order to get students from all backgrounds We will do this by physically transforming the room, "theming" it with entrepreneurship and faculties involvedinnovation inspirational quotes on the wall, we etc. We also wish to have to host hackathons for different disciplines like a hackathon for computer scienceregular walk-in times every week, one for health sciences when students can come in and another for ocean science. Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society held work on their own entrepreneurial ideas in the first student-led hackathon for Oceanography and Marine programs Hackamarine 2015space. Hackamarine is going We wish to be an annual event held at Dalhousie Universityhave a posted professor or other university staff with experience in entrepreneurship present during these times to answer any questions that students may have about startups, a school well known for its world-class Marine & Oceanography programsand provide help on specific issues should students need it. This is a cross-faculty event aiming We also wish to enable students to bring talent from various fields use physical office/home supplies to work on major problems create their prototypes right in Oceans & Marine Sciencesthe collider/other space during the workshops, events, or contests. The winning teams took home This will allow students to create a cumulative total of $5,000 in prizesphysical prototype and get one step closer to the final product.
== Tactic no.1: Keep Hackamarine running annually to get more oceanography/earth sciences students engaged in E&I. =Strategy #5 – Hold More Student-Lead Hackathons on a Regular Basis =
== Tactic no.21: Start the Dalhousie Hackathon Series (DHS), a series of monthly held hackathons created by partnering with different organizations and faculties to ensure collaboration. ==
As mentioned above, the hackathons will be a great way to get all students involved in different fields and to start to get them innovating. The hackathons will have different themes, but they will all be open to all students so everyone is welcome to join and learn about the different topics. We believe this will be a great way to attract students from all around dalhousie and get them together working on great ideas. Having traditional hackathons is great, but adding different topics and inviting the general student body will ensure high attendance numbers and excitement for everyone.
== Tactic no.32: Make Hackathons inviting for any student all over the four campuses of Dalhousie University. ==
We decided to call all the students around all four campuses into action! Sending out emails, hanging posters on the walls, creating social media invitations etc. We are dedicated to grab the attention of students in different faculties. We want to show students that E&I isn't only for engineering and business students.
= Strategy #6 - Encouraging Cross-Faculty Understanding and Shared Experience = In order to enchance enhance the interaction between students across faculties, we aim to lauch such launch a class-exchange system where they can take the classes with students from other faculties in a monthlly monthly basis. The way how it works is that some specific classes from each faculty would offer up to 10 students per month, to voluntarily take a part in the class. The potential outcomes of this system would let students walk into the shoes of others in terms of academic lives of one to another. In addition to that, they can connect and get to know students from variety of faculty for a greater ability to form a diverse team once they decide to take their innovative ideas and start working on it as entrepreneurs. == Tactic no.1: Get in touch with stakeholders to ensure the success of exchange system == Class exchange initiative deeply relies on the collaborative support and dedication of various stakeholders on campus. To ensure that the initiative will be successfull, the idea should be clearly delivered to the deans and professors. In this regard, we plan to have meetings to receive their feedback on the class exchange system. We believe this would lead for a better continuation by having the prior aggrement and commitment of affiliated stakeholders. = Strategy #7 - Creation of a Beginner-Oriented LaunchDAL Sub-brand = Beginners feel alienated in the status quo with regards to entrepreneurship activities. They have a perception that they do not have the "right stuff", that it is too difficult, that it is reserved only for business majors, etc. In order to fill the gap and correct these misconceptions, we will strive to create friendlier and more approachable branding for all existing and future entrepreneurship activities, as well as simply informative promotion with regards to beginners that will strive for inclusivity and approachability. This will be a part of a larger marketing/promotional campaign for entrepreneurship events on campus. This campaign will be supplemented by CKDU (university radio) spots, the creation of a unified informational/update system (D.E.S. Facebook group), and other such initiatives. == Tactic no.1: Get feedback from entrepreneurship beginners on approachability of promotional material == To achieve this approachability and friendly marketing, we will run marketing by actual students and get feedback vis-a-vis these characteristics that we are striving for.
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