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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/> =

== Tactic #1: Design the Organization and create a "business plan"<br/> == <span style="font-size: 12px;">'''Description:''' Student resources are widely available but not easily accessed by many students due to the fragmentation and lack of collaboration across schools. An organization that overseas 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 step-by-step plan needs to be compiled so that administrators will have a full picture of the organization's benefits and inner workings.&nbsp;</span> '''Team Leader:''' Jonah Kirby<span style="font-size: 12px;"></span>

Identify the needs around campus and form basics of the organization I&E culture shift pillars- 2/1/15

Talk to administration and faculty about preliminary plans draft the manifesto - 2/15/15

Finalize the details of the organization and compile into a business plan begin gaining adminstrative support - 3/8/15

== Tactic #2: Court Adminstration, Faculty, and Donors Design the social network for I&E == '''Description: '''In order to create a new organization, administration, faculty, and donors must be contacted. It takes massive support to make this much change.

Schedule meetings with every school's dean Outline what the network does and other administration needs to be successful - 3/15/15

Meet with everybody and revise plan based on their comments Form a student team to create the app that will connect students - 4/12/15

Acquire the necessary support and money to start the program Begin coding - 5/17/15

== Tactic #3: Create Launch the organization Social network and website watch as the culture evolves ==

'''Description:''' Launching the website and founding /app to the organization public will take a lot of work, but will make a lasting change on the SMU campus. The milestones set in give students the previous tactics are difficult opportunity to estimate because this organization hinges on approval which can be a slow and arduous process. Once the proper support is attainedconnect for projects, homework, the website and organization will launchor think tanks.&nbsp;

Launch the beta/ prototype website /app - 8/1/15 Begin adding programs, classes, and other resources to the website through an approval process - 9/1/15 Find staff to run the program - 10/1/15

Test the website receive feedback and user experience with students revise - 119/1/15

Launch Make the organization app public and make watch the website public community rally behind it - 1/8/16

'''Description:''' Add new programs into the I&E organization and promote them to the student body. '''Team Leaders:''' Jonah Kirby '''Milestones:''' Add programs to website - 4/1/16 Allocate funds and resources - 6/1/16 launch new programs - 9/1/16 = Strategy #4: Create Student-led extracurricular Found more design programs spaces around campus = == Tactic #1: 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 see new spaces - &nbsp;10/1/16 == Tactic #12: 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: Call SMU students ''' Leverage the I&E office to design new programsattract 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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