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Additionally, there are gaps seen in the survey of campus resources. More programs devoted to spinning out ideas are necessary, a technology transfer overhaul is a must, and extra-curricular student run more design programs spacesaround campus are necessary for greater student devotion to entrepreneurship and innovation.&nbsp;<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Administration and faculty are devoted to continue making SMU a birthplace of innovation. There are hurdles to overcome, but there is enough backing to push SMU to the forefront in entrepreneurship and innovation.&nbsp;</span>

= <span style="font-webkit-text-stroke-widthsize: initial12px;">Strategy #1'''Description: Create an Umbrella Organization ''' Student resources are widely available but not easily accessed by many students due to the fragmentation and lack of collaboration across schools. A new way for all students to connect to each other related to interdisciplinary collaboration needs to be created. Before launching the network, a manifesto containing the outline for I&E culture shift needs to be created and signed by every dean and even the president. This is a formal document citing the university's committment to new I&E resourcesinitiatives including 24 hour access to collaborative spaces in EVERY buiding.</span><br/> =

<span style== Tactic #1"font-size: Design the Organization and create a "business plan12px;"><br/span> =='''Team Leader:''' Jonah Kirby

<span style="font-size: 12px;">'''DescriptionMilestones:''' Student resources are widely available but not easily accessed by many students due to  Identify the fragmentation and lack of collaboration across schools. An organization that overseas I&E culture shift pillars- 2/1/15 draft the entrepreneurial and innovative resources on campus needs to be formulated. Students need a way to connect to all of the programs and classes offered all across the school. In order to accomplish this, a stepmanifesto -by2/15/15 begin gaining adminstrative support -step plan needs to be compiled so that administrators will have a full picture of 3/8/15 == Tactic #2: Design the organization's benefits and inner workings.social network for I&nbsp;</span>E ==

'''Description:&nbsp;'''This is a website or app that will allow students to connect to each other desiring to work on something. People can receive homework help or post a project they want to work on. Students from across the school can connect and join in.&nbsp;'''Team Leader:''' Jonah Kirby<span style="font-size: 12px;"></span>

Identify Outline what the network does and needs around campus and form basics of the organization to be successful - 23/115/15

Talk Form a student team to administration and faculty about preliminary plans create the app that will connect students - 24/1512/15

Finalize the details of the organization and compile into a business plan Begin coding - 35/817/15

== Tactic #23: Court Adminstration, Faculty, Launch the Social network and Donors watch as the culture evolves ==

'''Description: '''In order Launching the website/app to create a new organizationthe public will give students the opportunity to connect for projects, administrationhomework, faculty, and donors must be contacted. It takes massive support to make this much changeor think tanks.

'''Team Leader:&nbsp;''' Jonah Kirby

Schedule meetings with every school's dean Launch the beta/ prototype website/app - 8/1/15 receive feedback and other administration revise - 39/1/15 Make the app public and watch the community rally behind it - 1/8/1516 = Strategy #2: Form a Technology Transfer Office = == Tactic #1: Form Technology Transfer Board == '''Description:''' SMU lacks a formal techonology transfer board. In order to be competitive with other major universitities, SMU needs a Technology Trasnfer office or department to formerly protect student's IP. Forming a board is the first steo to creating a tech trasnfer office. '''Team Leader:''' Jonah Kirby

Acquire the necessary support Find important faculty and money administration to start serve on the program Tech Transfer board - 59/171/15

== Tactic #32: Create the organization and website Tech Transfer Policy ==

'''Description:''' Launching the website The Tech Transfer board will meet and founding the organization decide what policies to put in place. Their main focus should be to protect student IP that will take a lot of work, but will make a lasting change encourage more and more students to innovate on the SMU campus. The milestones set in the previous tactics are difficult to estimate because this organization hinges on approval which can be a slow and arduous process. Once the proper support is attained, the website and organization will launch.&nbsp;

Launch the beta/ prototype website Board researches Tech Transfer and gathers information - 8/1/15/16

Begin adding programs, classes, and other resources to the website through an approval process Board writes Technology transfer policy - 95/1/1516

Find staff to run == Tactic #3: Tie the program - 10/1/15Technology Transfer Office in with the Umbrella I&E Organization ==

Test '''Description:''' Once campus leaders decide to found a tech trasnfer office, they will need a place to put it. The newly founded Umbrella Organization is the website and user experience with students - 11/1/15perfect place for the technology trasnfer office to go.&nbsp;

= Strategy #2'''Milestones: Form a Technology Transfer Office ='''

== Tactic #2: Create Fund the Tech Transfer Policy ==Trasnfer office through the avenues established in the I&E office - 9/1/16

== Tactic #3: Tie Officially Launch the Technology Tech Transfer Office in with the Umbrella I&E Organization ==office - 10/1/15

= Strategy #4'''Description:''' Add new programs into the I&E organization and promote them to the student body. '''Team Leaders:''' Jonah Kirby '''Milestones: Create Student''' Add programs to website -led extracurricular design programs =4/1/16

Allocate funds and resources - 6/1/16 launch new programs - 9/1/16 = Strategy #4: Found more design spaces around campus = == Tactic #1: Call SMU Assess areas of need == '''Descriptions:''' Design spaces shouldn't be able to be counted on one hand. Spaces for ideation and creation should be in buildings all around campus for students to work and innovate. After all of the above strategies have come to fruition, the student body will be begging for more creative spaces. '''Team Leader: N/A''' '''Milestones:''' Survey the campus and look for places and schools that lack common areas and creative space - 9/1/16 Have students vote on where they would most like to design see new programsspaces - &nbsp; 10/1/16 == Tactic #2: Allocate Resources and Build out == '''Description:''' Use the I&E office to raise funds. After the student body rallies around I&E on campus, there will be strong support for more spaces. Administration will not be able to ignore their requests. '''Team Leader:''' N/A '''Milestones:''' Leverage the I&E office to attract more donors - &nbsp;6/15/16 Create a discretionary building fund - 10/1/15 Find Space on campus for build outs - 11/115 Begin Construction on the first of many new spaces - 6/1/17

Although spaces are available already, there More student-led design organizations need to be design and incubating spaces all around had on campus. With the proliferation of I&E through the new campus in order to not ostracize institution, students who don't live or study near existing spaces. Creating spaces will require a lot of funding be eager and direction from the umbrella organization cited in Strategy #1motivated to form new programs.&nbsp;   = Related Links: =

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