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<span id="docs-internal-guid-61dfc40c-46d7-98cb-5b99-4009dddbf355"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INTRO GOES HERE: It starts Innovation and entrepreneurship start with the empowered students. How might we create this “culture” of innovation and entrepreneurship?</span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;">{{#Widget:Youtube|id=</span>v=TI1TZeWU16E<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;">}}</span></p>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-61dfc40c-46d7-98cb-5b99-4009dddbf355"><span style="fontbackground-sizecolor: 15px; font-family: Arialtransparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparentArial; verticalfont-alignsize: baseline15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Idea--Internship program with other students’ start-ups</span>Students must drive the movement. Without having the target market at the center of the programs and initiatives created, we will run the risk of having misplaced resources which would be worse because the people putting the initiatives on would be seen as disconnected.</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-61dfc40c-46d7-98cb-5b99-4009dddbf355"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students must drive the movement6. Without having the target market at the center of the programs and initiatives created, we will run the risk of having misplaced resources which would be worse because the people putting the initiatives on would be seen as disconnectedMake it clear why this is important.</span></span>

''<span id="docs-internal-guid-61dfc40c-46d7-98cb-5b99-4009dddbf355"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Make it clear why this is important. Why do people want I&E to be as big as it is? Why should students care?</span></span>'''''<i><span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span></i>'''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">There must be a clear dialogue between the university and students. Clarifying intentions will allow people to be more open to the idea and make it their own.</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-61dfc40c-46d7-98cb-5b99-4009dddbf355"><span style="fontbackground-sizecolor: 15px; font-family: Arialtransparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparentArial; verticalfont-alignsize: baseline15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Create We plan on tracking the history of innovation the I&E movement here at Maryland</span>, dating back to Kevin Plank, Sergey Brin, and beyond. It's important we are able to keep the pulse of campus, but also, it's important that we allow student to show off their work. We can do this by creating a "Terpfolio" that showcases all of the great projects (big, and small) that make UMD students proud to be in this environment.</span>

'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-61dfc40c-46d746df-98cb45f7-5b992b2d-4009dddbf355ab1c9da5a5c0"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Make it fun! (But seriously, make it fun)</span></span>'''<div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-Track wrap;">I&E can be scary, sometimes. It's daunting to consider the complexities associated with a campus of innovators, but at the pulse end of the movement dating back day, we feel I&E is a great way to Kevin Planck, Oculus, make higher education more engaging and Googlefun. It's not about getting students to create start-ups;''it's about getting students to create.''</span><div><br/></div></div></div>= <spanstyle="font-size:x-large;">How to make UMD I&E:</span><br/> =

<span id="docs-internal-guid-61dfc40c-46d7-98cb-5b99-4009dddbf355">= <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0arial, 0helvetica, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: presans-wrapserif;">We need to value all entrepreneurs</span>1. About passion, not start-ups.</span>==

<span id="docs-internal-guid-61dfc40c-46d7-98cb-5b99-4009dddbf355"u><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent'''&nbsp; vertical-alignTactic: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Family tree</span>TEDx Talks'''</spanu>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-61dfc40c-46d7-98cb-5b99-4009dddbf355"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0*Raise awareness among students that they, 0too, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why is there a push for can be involved with I&E at UMD? There must be a clear dialogue between the university and students. Clarifying intentions will allow people to be more open to the idea and make it their own.</span></span><div>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-61dfc40c-46df-45f7-2b2d-ab1c9da5a5c0"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Make it funthan by INSPIRING! (But seriously, make it fun)</span></span>'''<div>(put stuff here)</div></div>= <span style="font-size:x-large;">How to make UMD I&E:</span><br/> =“Ideas worth spreading”

== <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">12. About passion, not start-upsAccessible to all.</span> ==

== <span style="font-family'''Strategy:arial,helvetica,sansRaising Perception On-serif;">2. Accessible to all.</span> ==Campus for I & E Opportunities for All'''

'''<span style="fontu>4-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">year plan for Entrepreneurship & Innovation</spanu>'''

<span style=== <u>Strategy "font-size:13px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#1ffffff; font-weight:normal; font-style: Raising Perception normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">This will highlight what we already have and what classes should be offered. We will work to identify and Oncreate more interdisciplinary, project-based courses on campus. This is the groundwork for the creation of an interdisciplinary, project-Campus focused major in Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Entrepreneurship Opportunities for All.</uspan> ===

<u><span style=== Tactic "font-size:13px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#1ffffff; font-weight: Design “Tent” ==bold; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline" id="docs-internal-guid-6bbaab3b-ae38-865e-86ab-342348c24ddc">Identify/create more public makerspaces on campus</span></u>

<span style==== ACTIVATING CREATIVITY AND&nbsp"font-size:13px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal;ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH DESIGN&nbsptext-decoration:none; ====vertical-align:baseline">Open to students of all majors, lowering the barrier to entry for prototyping an idea</span>. Recent developments include the TAP Building's Rapid Prototyping Lab, the Mckeldin Library's Makerspace, and an initiative on LAUNCH UMD to build more accessible prototyping labs, regardless of level of ability or field of interest.

Design Tent events are a chance for students to come together to “play under the same tent” and exchange ideas. Through collaboration that is dynamic, active, and fun, these events aim to generate new interests, raise awareness and energize participants to cross<u><span style="font-size:13px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline" id="docs-internal-guid-6bbaab3b-ae39-83fd-pollinate ideas. The focus of the January 2014 Design Tent was to rec009-think our perception of garbage and use materials from local waste streams 25ea0c73e732">Central place to design and build prototypes to test entrepreneurial ideas. The value of waste was repurposed into both a process and product that brought together (STEAM) students and exposed them to the get all resources for entrepreneurship/innovation process through iterative making and fabrication. &nbsp;</span></u>

**Contact designDesign Tent events are a chance for students to come together to “play under the same tent” and exchange ideas.impactThrough collaboration that is dynamic, active, and fun, these events aim to generate new interests, raise awareness and energize participants to cross-pollinate ideas.lab@gmailThe focus of the January 2014 Design Tent was to re-think our perception of garbage and use materials from local waste streams to design and build prototypes to test entrepreneurial ideas.com if interested in helping The value of waste was repurposed into both a process and product that brought together (STEAM) students and exposed them to sponsor, coordinate or participate in next Design tent event!the innovation process through iterative making and fabrication. &nbsp;

MilestonesTeam Leader(s):

**The first Design Tent event was co-hosted by [mDIL] Maryland Design Impact Lab Valerie Sherry and Natalya Dikanov with the Linear Gallery**The event was held as a two-day workshop January 22-23, 2014**Visiting Professionals and Facilitators included International firm,&nbsp;[http://refunc.nl/ REFUNC]&nbsp;and local firm&nbsp;[http://salvagingcreativity.com/ Salvaging Creativity]**Participants included: 50+ students**Disciplines involved: Over 16 different disciplines**A tremendous thank you to our Event Sponsors: Academy help of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the Architecture Department, The Kibel Gallery**A stopmotion video of some of the event work can be seen at the following link:**This first Design Tent mDIL and REFUNC Workshop was also featured in a student curated Linear Gallery exhibition called&nbsp;''Transforming Waste''members

''​''Upcoming EventsOpen Positions:

*<span style="color: rgb(34Contact design.impact.lab@gmail.com if interested in helping to sponsor, 34, 34);">Next Design Tent will be co hosted by the [mDIL] Maryland coordinate or participate in next Design Impact Lab, Rawlings Undergraduate Leadership Program and Books Breaking Borders Innovation Team.&nbsp;</span>*<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">I</span>'''NTERDISCIPLINARY PLAY THROUGH MAKING.'''tent event!

== <span style="font-familyMilestones:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Sexy.</span> ==

== *The first Design Tent event was co-hosted by [mDIL] Maryland Design Impact Lab and the Linear Gallery*The event was held as a two-day workshop January 22-23, 2014*Visiting Professionals and Facilitators included International firm,&nbsp;[http://refunc.nl/ REFUNC]&nbsp;and local firm&nbsp;[http://salvagingcreativity.com/ Salvaging Creativity]*Participants included: 50+ students*Disciplines involved: Over 16 different disciplines*A tremendous thank you to our Event Sponsors: Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the Architecture Department, The Kibel Gallery*A stopmotion video of some of the event work can be seen at the following link:*This first Design Tent and REFUNC Workshop was also featured in a student curated Linear Gallery exhibition called&nbsp;''Transforming Waste''*''​''Upcoming Events:*<span style="font-familycolor:arialrgb(34,helvetica34,sans-serif;34)">4. Real worldNext Design Tent will be co hosted by the [mDIL] Maryland Design Impact Lab, Rawlings Undergraduate Leadership Program and Books Breaking Borders Innovation Team.&nbsp;</span> *<span style=="color: rgb(34, 34, 34)">I</span>'''NTERDISCIPLINARY PLAY THROUGH MAKING.''''''​'''

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== <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">63. Relevant and important to studentsSexy.</span><br/> ==

== <u>'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">7. Fun!Demo Day</span> =='''</u>

*'''Institutional Look== <span style="font-family: '''The University of Maryland, College Park has a wealth of Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources for students and faculty. The University promotes I&E on campus primarily through course and program offerings in the Smith School of Businessarial, the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurshiphelvetica, M.TECH within the Clark School of Engineering and most recently with the launch of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.&nbsp;*'''Lifestyle Look: '''Living Learning Communities offer University of Maryland undergraduates the opportunity to live and surround themselves with academically likesans-minded faculty and students.*'''Regional Look:'''&nbspserif;University of Maryland, College Park is a regional force for innovation">4. Our proximity to federal agencies and the nation’s capital allow for strategic partnerships to be formed and high level facilities to be accessible for research and incubation purposes. If you have a start up or a venture and you are in need of funding, tech transfer, high level incubation space or business mentors, the University can bolster your process through its resources, partnerships and connection to the region.*'''Current Gaps: '''A gap exists in the access for students of all disciplines to apply their skills as entrepreneurs and innovators regardless of whether they come from STEM backgrounds. We hope to increase the cross pollination of ideas and expertise from different disciplines and to empower all students to be innovators.*'''The UMD future: '''the TIME IS NOW. Let’s get started on building a better I&E Ecosystem at the University of Maryland.*'''Student Charge:''' Use the resources at hand or create the ones that don’t existReal world. Be a part of this movement and let the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship ignite inspiration in you as your ideas collide with others at the university to create change!</span><br/> ==

'''<div><br/span style="font-size: 12px;">Strategy: Create the Platform for Applied Learning & ACTION</divspan>== &nbsp;Tactic #2: TEDx Talks =='''

*<span u style="font-size: 12px;">What better way to raise awareness among students that they, too, can be involved with I & E than by INSPIRING! “Ideas worth spreading”'''Tactic: maryland Design Impact Lab [mDIL]'''</spanu>*Team Leader:: Open Position – Team Leader TBD*Milestones:**&nbsp;

*<span style="font-size: 12px">The purpose of this faculty workshop School is a time to promote test, create, experiment and take initiative. [mDIL] attracts students interested in social change facilitated by designing, making, building, prototyping, and instill the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation in the classroom. The goal organization strives for an environment that fosters creative thinking through design and is that their inspiration filters down open to undergraduate and graduate students!</span>*Team Leader:: Open Position – Team Leader TBD*Milestones:**from all disciplines and years ranging from freshman to Doctoral candidates.&nbsp;

= Strategy #2*'''Who can qualify for membership:''' ANY University of Maryland student.*'''Member candidate qualities: '''Commitment, curiosity, and critical thinking! It is not only exciting to be activated, as students, to generate ideas, now you have a chance to put those ideas into action, to implement and thereby create impact by following through with an idea and by working with local and global communities to design for users in mind.*'''Team Leader:''' Valerie Sherry*'''Contact Information:''' design.impact.lab@gmail.com*'''Milestones: Create the Platform '''**Held first "Design Tent" event in January 2014**Working local communities and organizations such as Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington DC and Strive DC to design for Applied Learning positive social impact.& ACTION =nbsp;

Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap {| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" style="width: 500px;"|-| About Passion, Not Start Ups| <span style="color:#ff0000;">'''<u>Yes</u>'''</span><br/>| No|-| Accessible for All| <span style="color:#2 over a 2ff0000;">'''<u>Yes</u>'''</span>| No|-3 year period| Sexy| <span style="color:#ff0000;">'''<u>Yes</u>'''</span>| No|-| Real World| <span style="color:#ff0000;">'''<u>Yes</u>'''</span>| No|-| Student Driven| <span style="color:#ff0000;">'''<u>Yes</u>'''</span>| No|-| Relevant and Important for Students| <span style="color:#ff0000;">'''<u>Yes</u>'''</span>| No|-| Fun| <span style="color:#ff0000;">'''<u>Yes</u>'''</span>| No|}

== <br/><u>'''Tactic #1: maryland Winter Term Interdisciplinary EdxIE Applied Course (Engineering, Design Impact Lab (mDILThinking x Innovation Entrepreneurship) =='''</u>

Maryland Design Impact Lab [mDIL] is a cross*For-disciplinary collaborative focused on leveraging credit course and program sparks interest amongst students who may not have the diverse expertise of students time to “be involved” with entrepreneurship and using design-thinking methods during their regular semester.*Allows students opportunity to create social change at multiple scales. This student led organization was founded in Fall 2013 gain a design thinking and entrepreneurial mindset and hosted the first “Design Tent” in January 2014skillset through applied learning. Moving forward, mDIL will host Design Tents throughout each semester at *Structure of the University of Maryland15 day course oriented towards design idea incubation, College Parkprototypingfabrication and pitching your idea to experienced entrepreneurs for guidance.&nbsp;*'''Team Leader:''' Open Position

School is a time to test== <span style="font-family:arial, createhelvetica, experiment and take initiativesans-serif">5. [mDIL] attracts students interested in social change facilitated by designing, making, building, prototyping, and entrepreneurship. The organization strives for an environment that fosters creative thinking through design and is open to undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines and years ranging from freshman to Doctoral candidatesStudent-driven.&nbsp;</span><br/> ==

*Who can qualify for membership: ANY University of Maryland student.*Member candidate qualities: Commitment, curiosity, and critical thinking! It is not only exciting to be activated, as students, to generate ideas, now you have a chance to put those ideas into action, to implement and thereby create impact by following through with an idea.*Team Leader: Valerie Sherry*Contact Information: &#x5B;&#x5B;Vsherry@umd.edu&#x5D;&#x5D; or design.impact.lab@gmail.com*Milestones:**Constition and bylaws written to register as a university organization**Recruit members from across the university**Recruitment through table and prototyping in Stamp Student Union (3d printed giveaways)**Recruitment through faculty and student leaders in each school<u>'''Startup Shell'''</discipline**Recruitment through Design Tent Workshop Weekend **Assemble a Faculty Advisory team, "The Faculty Force" from (varied disciplines)**Arrange permission to use a space or group of spaces for meetings or fabrication**Hold a first meeting**Launch via hack-a-thon or brainstorming session**Second Meeting, Use OpenIDEO program for starting prompts**Write grant(s) for resources**Seek out local partnerships to aid communitiesu>

== Tactic #2: Winter Term Interdisciplinary EdxIE Applied Course (EngineeringStartup Shell is a student-driven and student-run nonprofit. It's a startup incubator and coworking space - students run the incubator, Design Thinking x Innovation Entrepreneurship)<br/> ==maintain the space and membership, design its expansion plan, and more.

*== <span style="font-sizefamily: 12pxarial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This program is meant to spark interest amongst students who may not feel they have the time to “be involved” with entrepreneurship and design thinking during their regular semester6. It is also for students wishing to gain a design thinking Relevant and entrepreneurial mindset and skillset through applied learning. The structure of the 15 day course would be oriented towards design idea incubation, prototyping or fabrication and pitching your idea important to external criticsstudents.</span>*Team Leader: Open Position – Team Leader TBD*Milestones:**Interview participants in programs similar to this at other schools**Research Applied Design thinking curriculums & similar programs**Reach out to faculty and administration regarding eligibility for “credit” or “certificate” status for the course**If course is not eligible for credit, seek funding to support a trial run of the program otherwise create budget for operating cost of the program vs. profit from target participants**Develop Curriculum & professional aids**Raise awareness among students==

== <u>'''Tactic #3: Space Finder/Creater'''<br/u> ==

*<span style="font-size: 12px">Maker spaces should and could be available for ALL students! Think of the invention and spark that could happen if we as students knew physical spaces where we could go to test our new ideas. This program *Program leverages existing resources and spaces and would , provide assistance for finding or making physical space for new startups. *Students would be able to search through an online platform and mobile app that connects individual students and student groups with available immediate, temporary, short and long-term spaces. The program and *Program task team would have documented a document network of spaces on campus and their availability, which could be seen through a *Interface: map interface on the system. If no space exists, students can contact mDIL (Maryland Design Impact Lab) and request a task team to design a temporary flex-space. This method would thereby provide a need and direction for students looking for innovation space that may not be part of an existing start up, or part of the Engineering or business school. In addition, this service will also give mDIL interdisciplinary design teams the opportunity to practice applying their developing ideation, fabrication and implementation skillsets to address a need.</span>*'''Team Leader: ''' Open Position – Team Leader TBD*'''Milestones:'''

== <brspan style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">7. Fun!</span> ==

= Resource Synopsis = *'''Institutional Look: '''The University of Maryland, College Park has a wealth of Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources for students and faculty. The University promotes I&E on campus primarily through course and program offerings in the Smith School of Business, the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, M.TECH within the Clark School of Engineering and most recently with the launch of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.&nbsp;*'''Lifestyle Look: '''Living Learning Communities offer University of Maryland undergraduates the opportunity to live and surround themselves with academically like-minded faculty and students.*'''Regional Look:'''&nbsp;University of Maryland, College Park is a regional force for innovation. Our proximity to federal agencies and the nation’s capital allow for strategic partnerships to be formed and high level facilities to be accessible for research and incubation purposes. If you have a start up or a venture and you are in need of funding, tech transfer, high level incubation space or business mentors, the University can bolster your process through its resources, partnerships and connection to the region.*'''Current Gaps: '''A gap exists in the access for students of all disciplines to apply their skills as entrepreneurs and innovators regardless of whether they come from STEM backgrounds. We hope to increase the cross pollination of ideas and expertise from different disciplines and to empower all students to be innovators.*'''The UMD future: '''the TIME IS NOW. Let’s get started on building a better I&E Ecosystem at the University of Maryland.*'''Student Charge:''' Use the resources at hand or create the ones that don’t exist. Be a part of this movement and let the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship ignite inspiration in you as your ideas collide with others at the university to create change!<div><br/> =</div><div>

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