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The Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem at North Dakota State University could best be described as being in an incubation state. A workable amount of resources are present<span style="font-family:times new roman, with a number of key resourcestimes, tools, and programs at various stages of planning and implementation that will allow the campus environment to flourish.serif">{{#Widget:Youtube|id=uKN6KcDZf_M}}<span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style= Strategy #1"font-family: Realizationtimes new roman,times,serif;">Here at North Dakota State University, we are developing a community that lays the framework for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Although events, programs, and resources are needed for an entrepreneurial community to flourish, they are not the most important part of the process. The most important part is the community, and we feel the community has not been given enough attention. </span><br/span></span></span> =
The first area of focus=<span style="font-family:times new roman, or ‘strategytimes,’ is based off of the Realized section of the landscape canvasserif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">1. This section deals with Build & Connect the ability of students to commit to an opportunity, eg; licensing a technology, forming a venture, andCommunity</span></or attaining legal status. A review of this section reveals that while there exist a few spaces for venture startupspan></incubation and a TTO for protecting intellectual property, a stark lack of funding, grant, or investment assistance presents itself.span>=
Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap ==<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #1 over a 2-3 year period:Hammock Initiative (discontinued)</span></span></span>==
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style= Tactic "color:#1000000;"><span style="font-size: Acquire medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">The best opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation mean nothing if people aren't involved. We feel that to create a community of entrepreneurs we have to first create a community where people can just be people. That is why one of our main priorities is to bring an Innovation Space ==organization to campus that will host events where all expectations to be innovative or have creative ideas are eliminated. It's called the Hammock Initiative, or Hi for short and its vision is simple.</span></span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''Description:'We want to see people gathered together for the purpose of relaxing, enjoying each other’s company and, literally, hanging out. This vision may not sound audacious or ambitious, and that’s the point. It’s an opportunity for people to be, not do''. </span></span></span></span></span>
Andy's research has shown that no small number <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">By getting people together to hammock for the sake of just being, we believe natural conversation where ideas and innovation cultures have started with a simple place for like minds to gather and discuss ideas in an informal setting- even something as simple as an old closet filled with whiteboards has done the trick! NDSU does not currently have anywhere that students can identify as such a space. Finding a random empty classroom is not an uncommon practice for students looking to work are born will start all on a project, typically with a few group members, but this comes with its their own complications... a class could come in and take the spaceAnd with how busy people are, students aren't surrounded by any other fresh minds, and the work done in such a space I think we can all agree that some time set aside to relax is almost guaranteed to be gone in the morningneeded. </span></span></span></span></span>
Providing students with <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">The Initiative has had a place 'with a sign on the door' designating it as purely a space for students very successful year, holding several events in North Dakota, Minnesota, California, and Florida. It continues to meet and hang out grow with innovative and entreprenurial interests in mind will encourage and nourish the formation work of ideas and student innovation teams/entrepreneursUIF members. Unfortunately, in no particular order. As rules can the project did not have a tendency to stifle innovationsuccessful year in 2015, the objective is to keep this space as free and open as possible, accessible was discontinued due to all majors and during as much lack of the day as is feasibleparticipants.</span></span></span></span></span>
*'''Team Leader==<span style="font-family:'''times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-family: Andrew Dalman - championoning the idea of a student innovation space & currently times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #2 Innovation Open House (Currently in discussion for a few potential locations. So exciting!process)</span></span></span>==
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Creating an event/program that is simply an open house for people to show off what ideas they have both from the community as well as campus. This opportunity, would not be a competition, but rather a simple venue for anyone with an idea to display their work, regardless of stage. This would allow students to present ideas outside of a competition setting where they could "fail" and community members to see what parallels they are doing with research and development that students are already doing. A great way to create contacts and expand the network, but also the pen minds about what the NDSU Fargo region is capable of. </span></span></span></span></span>
==<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #3 UI Fresh (Updated Fall 2017)</span></span></span>==
*'''Milestones<span style="font-family:'''times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">First year NDSU students are required to take a University 189 course which is essentially a welcome to college class, and for the most part seen as a joke. One challenge we have come up with is to use this opportunity to open the minds of fresh students before they can develop habit and get into their "groove".</span></span></span></span></span>
# Scouting of open (or offered) spaces to determine size<span style="font-family:times new roman, conditiontimes, and work required to make it usable. Scheduleserif"><span><span style="color: Early-Mid November 2013# 000000;Creation of a shopping/salvage/'stealing'/donation list for required items such as whiteboards"><span style="font-family:times new roman, tablestimes, at least one pc, etc. Schedule: Midserif;"><span style="font-late November 2013. Prerequisitesize: Scouting# medium;Movement ">UI Fresh is in the process of first equipment getting into room. Putting a formal sign on the room course work and doing design thinking activities with the students, thus giving them the ability to give it purpose! Schedule: Early December 2013think creatively, but heavily dependant introducing them to the opportunities on date we'll campus that they would either enjoy working in or use as a resource when need be able . First hand design thinking activities allow them to move see that Design thinking is a tactic they can apply in. This part isn't too much up to usany field or in anyway. Prerequisite: acquisition of required materials.#Hold first meeting! Campuswide announcement about grand opening of NDSU's first student innovation space. Bring in a few speakers, makerspace veterans, etc to get things started. Schedule: previous milestone completion + 1-2 weeks; Est mid Dec 2013-early Jan 2014.#Designate student leader to organize regular events promoting and encouraging I&E, to be held at this location. UI fellow may take a backstage role at this point, if desired. Schedule: mid Jan 2014-mid Feb 2014. Author note: this time flows quite nicely with the tail end NDSU's Innovation Challenge. The facility will ideally be up and running for the stressful last few weeks, and will additionally provide the only innovation events on campus during off-year of Innovation Challenge.</span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style= Tactic "color:#2000000;"><span style="font-family: Acquire Resources =times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">This is currently being implemented in 189 classes as stated above. The curriculum portion is still a work in progress. Our continuing problem for this project is the lack of manpower to reach out to the first year NDSU students in their University 189 courses. However, there have been several lectures given in the 2016 spring semester and the 2017 fall semester, with even more planned for the spring of 2017. The faculty is on board and most of the feedback received has been quite positive. With this program, we hope to eventually help students in all years and disciplines understand design thinking.</span></span></span></span></span>
*'''Description=<span style="font-family:''' While a room with a whiteboard is enough to get us startedtimes new roman, I'd like to expand upon that as much as possible. I'm considering this a seperate tactic as it involves going through different channels and asking for entirely different things from different people. The goal here is to network with as many higher-ups who support the movement as possible (many of whom have already been interviewed for the landscape canvas) and see what kind of extra equipment their department might be willing to lend. We're talking computerstimes, arduinos, soldering irons, scrap metal, hot glue guns.... anything not 'required' to run the Iserif"><span><span style="font-space but would still contribute to its usefulness. More importantlyfamily:times new roman, anything not nailed down! People resources are going in this tactic as well. The I-space will require a semi-regular pool of mentorstimes, be they faculty, community leaders, or just motivate volunteers. The purpose of this group will be to offer more everyday advice and counsel than bringing in a speaker or holding an event.*'''Team Leader::''' Andrew Dalman pending response from a few mentors who may be able to champion this insteadserif; TBD">2. I'm leaving the TBD tacked on here as I'd like to delegate this one off as soon as possible but do not currently have an alternative champion.*'''Milestones:'''Improve Existing Programs</span></span></span>=
#Perform an interest survey of what students would like to see or have access to. This will allow me/us to focus our resources on acquiring what we need....without cluttering up the space with tools that won't be used. Schedule==<span style="font-family: acquisition of space +1 week; Mid December 2013 but dependant on movetimes new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-in date.#See what's there... and see what ''isn't'' there. What can we add to the space in order to bring in demographics of students we notice are lacking? Schedulefamily: inauguration of I-space+1-4 weeks; Early January 2014.#Keep in contact with staff who operate labstimes new roman, department chairstimes, etc... to keep well informed of any 'juicy' equipment or programs that are being underutilized. No schedule.serif;">Tactic #Recruit a pool of staff1 Revamped Innovation Challenge (Updated Fall 2017)</volunteersspan></leadersspan></students willing to 'exist' in the space for a few hours every week, helping studentsas necessary. Schedule: inauguration of I-space -2 weeks or so to allow for recruitment. Early December 2013.span>==
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style= Tactic "color:#3000000;"><span style="font-family: Putting times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">The innovation challenge is great and opens up many opportunities to the student body. However, it all Together ==is heavily based on a business plan and requires the proposal to fit in a specific track that includes Products, Services, or Social Innovations. Because of this, we are suggesting we rework the criteria for the challenge and look at ways we can get more students involved and promote or collaborate on other school functions such as the Clinton Global Initiative. </span></span></span></span></span>
*'''Description'''==<span style="font-family: There does not currently exist any record of I&E resources on campus- when interviewing faculty and students for the Landscape Canvas, only occasionally did the same resource get mentioned twice. During creation of the canvastimes new roman, I learned that while NDSU has plenty of cool people doing cool thingstimes, very few of them actually know about each other. Fewer still actually talk with each other or attempt to cooperate. We're going to fix that by compiling the most comprehensive single resource index that NDSU has ever seenserif"><span><span style="font- a distillation of the Landscape Canvasfamily:times new roman, with a few tweaks for organizationtimes, etc. This will truly allow anyone interested to find out what is going on around campus, the levelserif;">Tactic #2 Clinton Global Initiative (Updated)</span></span></scale of the work, and most importantly, who to contact for more information. Think of this: an entire wiki dedicated explicitly to categorizing and displaying all of the innovative activities on campus, editable and accesible by those doing the innovation!**'''Team Leader:''': Andrew Dalman. I'm going to take lead on the initial formation of this, as I've already done some of the work for the Landscape Canvas. This project may best be set up as an NDSU innovation wiki, requiring very little oversight.*'''Milestones''':span>==
#Fleshing out of the Landscape Canvas & reformatting it. The canvas, while 'done' (and never will be)<span style="font-family:times new roman, is still being tweaked and added to as busy faculty get around to finding time to meet. The Canvas also requires a total reformat in order to be presentible in wiki formtimes, at leasy in the way Andy envisions it. Scheduleserif"><span><span style="color: Early November 2013#Launch of wiki. A wiki is expected to be a constantly evolving creature000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, so aside from risk of a 'premature' launch with no contenttimes, the wiki can be launched early. Scheduleserif;"><span style="font-size: Mid December 2013medium; Give 1 month to create and populate pages for all of ">Furthering the Innovation Challenge by augmenting it with the Landscape Canvas entries.#Notification Clinton Global Initiative is one of all entries of their presence in the wiki. It's now their responsibility methods to keep their pages up to datemake it better. The objective CGI is for the wiki to be THE resource amongst the NDSU I&E community, so groups more social based and will allow those who do not have motivation a business plan to keep their page up-to-date. Schedule: Launch not only enter a innovation club but will give the chance of Wiki - 1 week, if possible. This is to allow groups to make changes to their preset pagesmoving even farther on than just NDSU.</span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style= Strategy "color:#2000000;"><span style="font-family: Provide Financial times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">One group was successfully chosen to participate and Legal Assistance for I&E Teamswas very successful at the CGI meeting last spring. One UIF member was part of the winning team in the Hackathon. We are hoping to build upon this success this year.</span></span></span><br/span></span> =
It was noted upon review of the landscape canvas that NDSU I&E resources in grant==<span style="font-family:times new roman, legaltimes, and financial assistance were found sorely wanting. The ability for teams/individuals to understand how to receive funding is of paramount importance asserif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman, much as we hate to admit ittimes, innovation generally isn't free....patents ''definitely'' aren't free, and turning an idea into a marketable product is something that can kill a project if the financials are not planned for.serif;">Tactic #3 Professional Lecture Series (Updated Fall 2017)</span></span></span>==
Following are <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU had recently begun to bring regional professionals and entrepreneurs onto campus on a monthly basis called, Career Conversations, and its attendance has been abysmal. The value in a system like this could be incredible for opening minds, exposing new trends in the business environment to students and also simply networking, yet very few students attend. The system is flawed but the idea is there. One new method would be to change venues base on the department or realm that the speaker is based around, and also changing the mentality. A one hour lecture over a student's lunch is not an array ideal manner, for either the student or the professional, yet having it at the tail end of strategies that will fully address Gap #2 over a 2-3 year period:small intense course would gain results.</span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style= Tactic "color:#1000000;"><span style="font-family: Distillation of Grants =times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">This process can open up doors for students and those in the business sector, by simply getting the conversation going, the fundamental element to connection. Bringing in speakers people know and or care about/ discussing topics people are intrigued about can further bridge the gap between the campus and community. </span></span></span></span></span>
*'''Description'''=<span style="font-family: Grants like SBIRs, Venture grants, NSF grantstimes new roman, etc... aren't the easiest thing to just jump right intotimes, especially considering that your main competition is established professors and businessesserif"><span><span style="font- heckfamily:times new roman, some of them even write grants exclusively for a living! We're going to find a diverse pool of grant recipients in and around NDSU and interview them. If possibletimes, we'd like to review their grant as well. The objective? Distilling as much information as possible into a 'how to' guide for writing grantsserif;">3. Generalized, of course, but I foresee the document having a basic template of succesful grants along with at least a 'what works, what doesn't' section. With it, students will have a much better understanding of how money flows in a research environment- and how to get some for themselves.*'''Team Leader:''': TBD. This will require sifting through large amounts of literature. This may be a good time to take advantage of non-engineer I&E supporters who want to assist but don't have technical expertise.*'''Milestones:'''Knock Down Barriers</span></span></span>=
#Start searching for succesful grant recipients==<span style="font- compile a list. Additionally, see who is willing to allow us to see their grant proposal(s). Schedulefamily: now until August 2014.#Compile data and distill what works/what doesn'ttimes new roman, any patternstimes, etc. Delegateserif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman, delegatetimes, delegate! This can be started as soon as a few grants/interviews are received. Schedule: Projected early March 2014 at the earliestserif; Andy won't have time to pursue team building until I-challenge is done in February.">Tactic #Create a rough guide, posted in PDF form on the wiki and sent to all interviewed persons for review and comment. Schedule: Unknown; Likely August 2014 at the earliest. Let's say 'fall semester 2014'.#Finalize document. Andy is realizing, as he writes this, that a document control scheme may have to be developed in order to ensure things are kept in order and up to date. Schedule: TBD1 Engineering Wide Lab Access (Progressing)</span></span></span>==
<span style= Tactic "font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#2000000;"><span style="font-family: Intellectual Property Management times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Students need a work to develop their ideas. The college of Engineering has a number of labs with space, materials and equipment to further these ideas but they are not open to all NDSU students and even other Engineering students. The only way to get into many of the labs is to go in during business hours and be of that particular major. Allowing any Engineering student to access these labs would help provide a starter innovation space and show need for one in the future.</span></span></span></span></span>
*'''Description'''<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family: The author requests that you note the use of 'management' vs. 'protection.' Currentlytimes new roman, there is little understanding amongst students that work they do that utilizes 'significant university resources' qualifies as university property. The native stance of the IP management system here is to ''protect'' all IP generatedtimes, not toserif;"><span style="font-size:medium">''manage and distribute'' it. We hope that, by working with the Tech Transfer Office and university higherTactic #1-ups, a Develop more transparent system can be developed... one that can be explained to students quickly and efficiently. Most importantlyconnections between various engineering majors (Senior Design, the delivery system for getting the knowledge ect) to encourage students has to be structured not as far in such a manner that it doesn't scare them off! Barring the ability program to get the TTO more involved begin working in proactively assisting with student IP, we at least hope to provide students with a seminar, guide, etc... on what exactly the relationship between them, their work, and the university actually is.*'''Team Leader''':: TBD*'''Milestones:other labs from an earlier date'''</span></span></span></span></span>
#Meetings with the TTO to review the NDSU IP policy in detail. Schedule<span style="font-family: Early December '13.#Suggested ideas for revisiontimes new roman,times, focusing on transparency and clarity in wording. Scheduleserif"><span><span style="color: Early January '14.#Distill as much knowledge as possible into a pamphlet form000000;"><span style="font- chosen because it is simple to both distribute and process as a reader. Schedulefamily: TBD- Spring semester '14#Arrange for seminarstimes new roman, bootcampstimes, etc... to be held educating students on IP, focusing on the relationship between them, their work, and NDSU. Scheduleserif;"><span style="font-size: TBDmedium">Description- Fall semester '14 (no time to organize until then)Form bonds between all majors under the College of Engineering</span></span></span></span></span>
'''Tactic <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#3000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size: Creation of a streamlined program to START BUSINESSES!'''medium">Team Leaders</span></span></span></span></span>
*'''Description''' With this tactic<span style="font-family:times new roman,times, we're going to work closely with the NDSU research park and Tech Transfer Office to establish as best we can a formal stepserif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-byfamily:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-step process for entreprenuers looking to start a business andsize:medium">Univ 189 Professors</or license their own IP back from the university. Note that the point here is not to ''constrain'' but to ''assist''. The purpose of the formal system is to allow rails for the students to follow along their journeyspan></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font- right now there is nothing in place to assist students in the early or middle stages of planningfamily:times new roman,times, for example. Late stage businessserif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-founding can be handled by the Research Incubator... but how do you know to contact them? That's precisely what we're going to fix. ''At the very leastfamily:times new roman,'' this tactic will produce a flow chart of stepstimes, people, and processes that have been succesful in the past for starting businesses at NDSU.serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Academic Advisors</span></span></span></span></span>*'''Team Leader<span style="font-family:''' TBD*'''Milestonestimes new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:'''medium">Senior Design Advisors</span></span></span></span></span>
#Meeting with boots on the ground at as many levels of business development as possible<span style="font- as they relate to students on campus. Schedulefamily: now-August 2014.#Establishing a rough chart for 'how and who' an idea progresses through the pipeline and who can assist with each step. Scheduletimes new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color: summer '14-January 2015.#Formally launching a 'fast track to business creation' (name definitely not final!) program, or at least being able to feature it as one of the services of the I000000;"><span style="font-space. Schedulefamily: Spring semester 2015. Reason: The fulfillment of this tactic requires that almost every other tactic listed thus far be fairly well completed before it can be done. This is also one of the more ambitious tactics in playtimes new roman,times, banking on the success of the Iserif;"><span style="font-space and cooperation between multiple departments.size:medium">Milestones</span></span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Convince the Dean of Engineering and department heads that it is beneficial to get outside of their specific major</span></span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Form more interdisciplinary senior designs</span></span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Develop strong ties between majors</span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">'''Tactic #2 Open up Computer Labs for all majors'''</span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-sizefamily:xx-largetimes new roman,times,serif">'''Strategy <span><span style="color:#3000000;"><span style="font-family: Creating a More Appliedtimes new roman, Hands ontimes, Undergraduate Experience'''serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Description- Allow key card access to all engineering computer labs by all engineering students</span></span></span></span></span>
2<span style="font-3 year periodfamily:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Team Leaders</span></span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:largemedium">'''Tactic Lab Instructors</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#1000000;"><span style="font-family:Hit the Ground Runningtimes new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">IT Department</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font- Student Driven Experience.'''family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">UIF Students</span></span></span></span></span>
*Description<span style="font-family: The sooner students realize that the faster they can get involved with the campustimes new roman, potential employers, real world work and experience the more excited they will be about taking the bull by the horns to steer their desires in whichever way they want them to go. Many students dreaded the way their high school educations were conducted. In high school lots of people saytimes, serif"When am I ever going to use this stuff?><span><span style=" Now is time! Unforetunately, many freshman students have no clue what they want to do with their lives, and others just need to follow the directions to the map they have made in their heads (minority of students). The catering to these color:#000000;"undecided><span style=" students is essential to change the mindset of what it is to experience college. (Not just going to parties) The basis of this tactic is to empower students to actively seek hands on skills in their choosen career path. This maybe in the form of jobs, volunteering, clubs, and other outgoing groups.*Team Leadersfont-family: UNIV 189 professors? Dorm RAs? People responsible for scheduling motivational speakers (Specifically for college students)? I placed question marks behind each of these leaders because this is just what comes to mind of people who would be able to aid in this tactic. Possibly more.*Milestones:**Support from potential team leaders**Actually getting students to go to speakerstimes new roman, be active in clubstimes, take internships, and learn what they want to learn outside of the traditional classroom.**Students pressure higher-ups of the university to cater to their educational wants.**University and individual colleges alter ciriculums**Entire college culture is changed from serif;"Partying><span style=" to "Let's do something for ourselves along with the worldfont-size:medium">Milestones</span></span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-sizefamily:largetimes new roman,times,serif">'''Tactic #2'''</span><span style="font-sizecolor:large#000000;">: </span><span style="font-sizefamily:largetimes new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:x-largemedium">Gain computer lab access</span></span style="font-size:large">'''Classroom Driven Experience'''</span></span></span> (Science Student Perspective)
*Description<span style="font-family: Use critical thinking and problem solving educational tactics along with or after a times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000; traditional lecture class and lab is complete. Labs are where these problem solving strategies can be applied more. An additional lab course should be available that adhears to more of using what they learned in that lab and lecture in a more investigative/problem solving way. This critical thinking experience would come after the student has complete the previous course.The class would be structured around what I would say as mini-research experiments. The students would use previous knowledge to help guide themselves into theories and hypothesies of what they believe could be the answer to whatever they are working on. Then they would carry out experiments to tests these ideas. "><span style="font-A very rough outline on how the class would be structured.*Team Leadersfamily: Jordan Brummondtimes new roman,times, I have heard rumors of similiar sounding classes that will be starting up soon in my department by serif;"><span style="font- Janice Haggart. I also believe Dr. Angela Hodgson is in her second year of a similiar class.*Milestonessize:**Curriculum Assesments**Find evidence that students who take this class are more succesful academicallymedium">'''Tactic #3 Open up Technical Labs for all majors'''</span></span></span></span></professionally and provide it to the masses- Brings hype to the class**Integrate into regular ciriculum**Faculty support from multiple departments**Development of similiar courses in other departmentsspan>
<span style="font-sizefamily:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:x#000000;"><span style="font-largefamily:times new roman,times,serif;">'''<span style="font-size:largemedium">Tactic #3: Mentor DrivenDescription- Open technical labs like the IME, ME, EE, AG, and other labs so any Engineering major can enter them</span>'''</span></span></span style="font-size:large">'''Experience'''</span>
*<span style="font-sizefamily:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:mediumtimes new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:smallmedium">Description:Team Leaders</span></span></span> Having outside entrepreneurs, businesses, or research professors "take in" students as mentees</apprenticesspan></interns. A good comparison would be like a "Big Brother, Big Sister" for students with drive and passion to get right out into the real world while they work on their degrees.*Team Leaders: TBD*Milestones:**Small number of mentors ready to pave the way**Incorporate into already existing career fair**More mentors view it as a recruitment tool to attrack the best and brightest**"Career fair" specifically as the recruitment tool**Students rewarded for their work other than the experience**Succes stories as a recruitment tool for both students and new mentorsspan>
*<span style= Strategy "font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#4 Opening up 000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Lab spaces for all Engineering Majors Instructors</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Department Heads</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">UIF Students</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Students</span></span></span></span></span>
Students need a work to develop their ideas. The college of Engineering has a number of labs with space<span style="font-family:times new roman, materials and equipment to further these ideas but they are not open to all NDSU students and even other Engineering students. The only way to get into many of the labs is to go in during business hours and be of that particular major. Allowing any Engineering student to access these labs would help provide a starter innovation space and show need for one in the future.times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Milestones</span></span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style= Tactic #1"font- Develop more connections between various engineering majors (Senior Designfamily:times new roman,times, ect) to encourage serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Allow students not as far in the program to begin working work in other labs from an earlier date during business hours (8-5)</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Look into getting off hours lab space for weeknights and weekends for students to get into the current lab</span></span></span></span></span>
Description<span style="font- Form bonds between all majors under the College of Engineeringfamily:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">'''Tactic #4 Skill Accreditation'''</span></span></span></span></span>
Team Leaders<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Description - There are hundreds of students on our campus that research and work on their own projects outside of the classroom. Although this is great for personal learning, this does not benefit the student when looking for a job or internship. The employer only sees what is on their resume or transcript. Maybe the student is an Industrial Engineer who is very skilled in machining. To a potential employer, they see that the student is an Industrial Engineer. There is no documented proof that this student is a skilled machinist. If a professor is willing to vouch for any student who, for example, is skilled in machining. Then the student should be giving the opportunity to prove to potential employers (on their transcript) that they are in fact skilled in machining.</span></span></span></span></span>
*Univ 189 Professors*Academic Advisors*Senior Design Adviors<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Team Leaders: Kyle Stapleton, David Syverson</span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Milestones:</span></span></span></span></span>
*Convince <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Find potential professors who are interested in giving the Dean of Engineering and department heads that it is beneficial to get outside of their specific majorcertificates.</span></span></span></span></span>*Form more interdisciplinary senior designs<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Talk with the academic office to have the certificates put onto transcripts.</span></span></span></span></span>*Develop strong ties between majors<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Tweak the accreditation program to suit the students.</span></span></span></span></span>
==<span style= "font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #2 Open up Computer Labs for all majors =Collaborative Innovation Course (New Fall 2015)</span></span></span></span>==
Description<span style="font- Allow key card access family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">One major Pitfall with North Dakota State University is the lack of cross discipline coursework. There are 0 programs that connect majors that will be dealing with each other every day in the professional world, this needs to be changed. Creating a course with an enrollment cap per section that does not discriminate on major, class or even prerequisites is the ideal way to do so. Having a course with a wide variety of majors and backgrounds that are required to unify and complete a task/solve a problem/ etc., can plant the seed of innovation and design thinking in every student. Instructors that have some background in innovation, would form the problem around the demographics in a way to all engineering computer labs by all engineering studentsopen their minds and change it. </span></span></span></span></span>
Team Leaders<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">As a student that needs a few credits to take care of an "Innovation Alliance 320" Course would be far more appealing than "Billiards 120"</span></span></span></span></span>
*Lab Instructors*IT Department*UIF Students=<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">4. Imagine the Future</span></span></span>=
Milestones==<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #1 Critical Thinking Classes (Progressing)</span></span></span></span>==
*Gain computer lab access<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''Part #1: Hit the Ground Running- Student Driven Experience.'''</span></span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style= Tactic "font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Description: The sooner students realize that the faster they can get involved with the campus, potential employers, real world work and experience the more excited they will be about taking the bull by the horns to steer their desires in whichever way they want them to go. Many students dreaded the way their high school educations were conducted. In high school lots of people say, "When am I ever going to use this stuff?" Now is time! Unfortunately, many freshman students have no clue what they want to do with their lives, and others just need to follow the directions to the map they have made in their heads (minority of students). The catering to these "undecided" students is essential to change the mindset of what it is to experience college. (Not just going to parties) The basis of this tactic is to empower students to actively seek hands on skills in their choosen career path. This maybe in the form of jobs, volunteering, clubs, and other outgoing groups.</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#3 Open up Technical Labs 000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Team Leaders: UNIV 189 professors? Dorm RAs? People responsible for scheduling motivational speakers (Specifically for all majors college students)? I placed question marks behind each of these leaders because this is just what comes to mind of people who would be able to aid in this tactic. Possibly more.</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Milestones:</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Support from potential team leaders.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Actually getting students to go to speakers, be active in clubs, take internships, and learn what they want to learn outside of the traditional classroom.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Students pressure higher-ups of the university to cater to their educational wants.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">University and individual colleges alter curriculums.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Entire college culture is changed from "Partying" to "Let's do something for ourselves along with the world".</span></span></span></span></span>
Decription<span style="font- Open technical labs like the IMEfamily:times new roman, MEtimes, EEserif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, AGtimes, and other labs so any Engineering major can enter themserif;">'''Part #2''': '''Classroom Driven Experience''' (Science Student Perspective)</span></span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Description: Use critical thinking and problem solving educational tactics along with or after a traditional lecture class and lab is complete. Labs are where these problem solving strategies can be applied more. An additional lab course should be available that adheres to more of using what they learned in that lab and lecture in a more investigative/problem solving way. This critical thinking experience would come after the student has complete the previous course. The class would be structured around what I would say as mini-research experiments. The students would use previous knowledge to help guide themselves into theories and hypothesis of what they believe could be the answer to whatever they are working on. Then they would carry out experiments to tests these ideas. -A very rough outline on how the class would be structured.</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Team Leaders: Jordan Brummond, "I have heard rumors of similar sounding classes that will be starting up soon in my department by - Janice Haggart. I also believe Dr. Angela Hodgson is in her second year of a similar class."</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Milestones:</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Curriculum Assessments.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Find evidence that students who take this class are more successful academically/professionally and provide it to the masses- Brings hype to the class.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Integrate into regular curriculum.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Faculty support from multiple departments.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Development of similar courses in other departments.</span></span></span></span></span>
*Lab Instructors*Department Heads*UIF Students*Students<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''Part #3: Mentor Driven Experience'''</span></span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span class="s1">Description:</span> Having outside entrepreneurs, businesses, or research professors "take in" students as mentees/apprentices/interns. A good comparison would be like a "Big Brother, Big Sister" for students with drive and passion to get right out into the real world while they work on their degrees.</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Team Leaders: TBD</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Milestones:</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Small number of mentors ready to pave the way.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Incorporate into already existing career fair.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">More mentors view it as a recruitment tool to attract the best and brightest students.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">"Career fair" specifically as the recruitment tool.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Students rewarded for their work other than the experience.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Success stories as a recruitment tool for both students and new mentors</span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Explore opportunities for an internship to be implemented into the curriculum. Possibly meet once a week with other students who have similar internships</span></span></span></span>
*Allow students to work in labs during business hours (8==<span style="font-5)*Look into getting off hours lab space for weeknights and weekends for students to get into the current labfamily:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #2 Furthering I&E</span></span></span></span>==
<span style= University Wide Involvement Whitepages "font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Further strategies for future development of I&E on NDSU campus include:</span></span></span></span></span>
There is a large number of organizations on and off campus that are beneficial to innovation and entrepreneaurship. NDSU overhauled its organization database recently but it is not all inclusive the and search button does not work like it should. The other issue is that it does not tie into the community. The Fargo===<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Acquire an Innovation Space (Progressing)</span></span></Moorhead area has a strong I&E culture but there is no easy way for students to search and see what is available. span></span>===
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style= Tactic #1"font-Pull together resources on campus =size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">Providing students with a place 'with a sign on the door' designating it as purely a space for students to meet and hang out with innovative and entrepreneurial interests in mind will encourage and nourish the formation of ideas and student innovation teams/entrepreneurs, in no particular order. As rules can have a tendency to stifle innovation, the objective is to keep this space as free and open as possible, accessible to all majors and during as much of the day as is feasible.</span></span></span></span></span></span>
Goal<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="line-Create height: 1.4;">While a room with a whiteboard is enough to get us started, I would like to expand upon that as much as possible. I'm considering this a wikiseparate tactic as it involves going through different channels and asking for entirely different things from different people. The goal here is to network with as many higher-based whitepage style repository ups who support the movement as possible (many of all innovative whom have already been interviewed for the landscape canvas) and entreprenearistic events on campus see what kind of extra equipment their department might be willing to lend. We're talking computers, Arduinos, soldering irons, scrap metal, hot glue guns.... anything not 'required' to run the I-space but would still contribute to its usefulness. More importantly, anything not nailed down! People resources are going in this tactic as well. The I-space will require a semi-regular pool of mentors, be they faculty, community leaders, or just motivate volunteers. The purpose of this group will be to offer more everyday advice and counsel than bringing in the communitya speaker or holding an event. </span></span></span></span></span></span>
Tactic==<span style="font- Create a wiki page for the university organizationsfamily:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.4444px; line-height: 1.4;">Provide Legal and Financial Assistant to I&E Teams (Progressing)</span></span></span></span></span>==
Tactic<span style="font- Compile family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">The author requests that you note the use of 'management' vs. 'protection.' Currently, there is little understanding amongst students that work they do that utilizes 'significant university resources' qualifies as university property. The native stance of the IP management system here is to </span>protect<span style="line-height: 1.4;"> all IP generated, not to </span>manage and distribute<span style="line-height: 1.4;"> it. We hope that, by working with the Tech Transfer Office and university higher-ups, a list of current more transparent system can be developed... one that can be explained to students quickly and efficiently. Most importantly, the delivery system for getting the knowledge to students has to be structured in such a manner that it doesn't scare them off! Barring the ability to get the TTO more involved in proactively assisting with student IP, we at least hope to provide students with a seminar, guide, etc... on campus activities what exactly the relationship between them, their work, and the university actually is.</span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;">With this tactic, we're going to work closely with the NDSU research park and Tech Transfer Office to establish as best we can a formal step-by-step process for entrepren</span><span style="line-height: 1.4;">e</span><span style="line-height: 1.4;">urs looking to start a business and/or license their own IP back from the university. Note that the point here is not to </span>constrain<span style="line-height: 1.4;"> but to </span>assist<span style="line-height: 1.4;">. The purpose of the formal system is to allow rails for the students to add follow along their journey- right now there is nothing in place to assist students in the early or edit activites as neededmiddle stages of planning, for example. Late stage business-founding can be handled by the Research Incubator... but how do you know to contact them? That is precisely what we are going to fix. </span>At the very least,<span style="line-height: 1.4;"> this tactic will produce a flow chart of steps, people, and processes that have been successful in the past for starting businesses at NDSU.</span></span></span></span></span></span>
== <brspan style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #3 Drone Focus (Discontinued Fall 2017)</span></span></span></span> ==
*<span style= Taking a Step Back"font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Description: DroneFocus is an annual event that brings together leaders in the drone industry from all acorss the country for an all-day conference. A recap of of last year's (2015) event is available at </span></span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[https://vimeo.com/133365221 <span style="color:#000000;">https://vimeo.com/133365221</span>]<span style="color:#000000;">. North Dakota is home to one of the leading Unmanned Arial System (UAS) hotspots in the nation. With industry leaders such as Botlink (</span>[https://botlink.com <span style="color:#000000;">https://botlink.com</span>]<span style="color:#000000;">) and facilities such as the Northern Plains UAS Test Site (</span>[http://www.npuasts.com <span style="color:#000000;">http://www.npuasts. com</span>]</span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">), North Dakota holds the resources, technologies, and networking opportunity to experience the regional and national state of the UAS atmosphere. Guest speakers, pitch events, and networking opportunities will be just a few of the events available to attendees.</span></span></span></span></span>
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;">The best opportunities <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">While the DroneFocus competition was a mild success in 2016 with 8 teams competing, there was not enough interest to continue the competition for entrepreneurship and innovation mean nothing if 2017. There are still many drone teams in the area, however, they were not willing to compete with their design for some reason. There are still monthly UAS meetings held by Emerging Prairie in downtown Fargo, which are attended by approximately 30-40 people aren't involvedper event. We feel that NDSU attempted to create host a community of entrepreneurs we have to first create a community where people can just be peopleseparate drone competition, which actually yielded some success. That is why one of our main priorities is Investigations are currently underway to bring an organization determine how to campus that will host events where all expectations to be innovative or have creative ideas are eliminated. It's called the Hammock Initiative, or Hi for short grow this competition in terms of both size and its vision is simplescope.</span></span></span></span></span>
=<span style="font-sizefamily:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:medium#000000;">''<span classstyle="s1font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">We want </spanstyle="font-size:large">to see people gathered together for the purpose of relaxing, enjoying each other’s company and, literally, hanging out. This vision may not sound audacious or ambitious, and that’s the point. It’s an opportunity for people to be, not do''. <span style="line- [httpheight:1.4;">Tactic #4 In House Entrepreneurship Program (New Fall 2015)</span></hammockinitiative.tumblr.comspan></postspan></97170910339span></whats-hammock-initiative @HiFargo]span></span>=
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">By getting people together to hammock for NDSU Currently offers a Certificate of Entrepreneurship as part of a collaborative program with the sake University of just beingNorth Dakota. This program, we believe natural conversation where ideas although very beneficial, has seen very little student enrollment, primarily due to a lack of advertising and innovation are born confusion coming from the partnership with UND. NDSU must work to establish its own, in house, entrepreneurship program. This will start all have an enormous effect on their own. And the level of entrepreneurship on campus and when partnered with how busy people areexisting resources on campus, I think we can all agree that some time set aside to relax is neededwill have a massive impact. </span></span></span></span></span>
= University Wide Involvement Whitepages <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:x-large;">I-CORP</span></span></span></span></span>=
There <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">I-CORP is a student organization that is set up to help students who are at a large number mid-level of organizations on entrepreneurship activities. The students who are at a crossroads of innovation meeting entrepreneurship and off campus that are beneficial looking to innovation get their ideas out and entrepreneaurshiprecognized in a company aspect but are unsure where to start. NDSU overhauled its organization database recently but it is not all inclusive the Such topics covered will be speakers from outside companies, classes on legal and search button does not work like it shouldfinancial aspects of starting up a business. The other issue is that it does not tie into the community. The Fargo </Moorhead area has a strong I&E culture but span><span style="font-size: medium;">Additionally there is no easy way for will be networking to encourage students to search and see what converse with one another. This is available.to inspire help become </span><span style="font-size: medium;">entrepreneurial.</span></span></span></span></span>
Goal-Create a wiki-based whitepage style repository of all innovative and entreprenearistic events on campus and in the community.
==<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic- Create a wiki page for the university organizations#1 I&E Whitepages (Progressing)</span></span></span></span>==
Tactic<span style="font- Compile family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">There is a list large number of current organizations on and off campus activities that are beneficial to innovation and entrepreneurship. NDSU overhauled its organization database recently but it is not all-inclusive and allow the search button does not work like it should. The other issue is that it does not tie into the community. The Fargo/Moorhead area has a strong I&E culture but there is no easy way for students to add or edit activites as neededsearch and see what is available. </span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Goal- Create a wiki-based White Page style repository of all innovative and entrepreneurial events on campus and in the community.</span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Method- Create a wiki page for the university organizations</span></span></span></span></span>
<span style= "font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Method- Compile a list of current on campus activities and allow students to add or edit activities as needed.</span><br/span></span></span></span> =
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