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2015 Pitch Video
Strategic Priorities for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Berea College Campus
2015 Cohort
Priority #1: Start-up weekends/ Idea Pitches
Provide an opportunities for budding entrepreneurs to work on their ideas, pitches, and get funding for and feedback on their ideas. Hosted on the college campus, students will have the chance to build upon an idea that engages problems occurring on the micro level, while also being mentored/judged by experts in the field. We will have professors from Computer Science, Business, Economics, Technology and Applied Design to act as judges, and have local businesses provide financial awards that creates a partnership through I&E principles. The first night of the event, we will teach students concepts such as Design Thinking which can help in their idea processes, and skills they can use after the weekend it complete.
Leaders: Eugeniu Prodan, Anthony Ayebiahwe
Milestone: First event, Spring 2015
Tactic #1
- Building a team to lead the organization of events
- Choosing a suitable date and venue to host the event
- Reaching out to speakers, coaches, and judges
- Promoting the event to campus and the community
- Sourcing local sponsorships to help cover event costs and managing the event budget
- Managing food, drink, and supplies for the event
Priority #2: Berea Innovation Studio (BIS) and Creative Space
Our delivery methodology will be to create a space, an innovation studio, where we will strive to foster activities that encourage and support innovation on campus, especially among the student body.
Leaders: Robert Hosking, Jacob Heller
Milestone:
· Start, Fall 2015
Tactic #1: Offer assistance and help to last years UIF Fellows in executing their already well-developed strategy
Tactic #2: Ensure that once these UIF Fellows graduate, the club will continue and be led by a new UIF Fellow or EPG Member
Tactic #3: Utilize connections within the Student Government Association to execute and articulate this proposed club in a way that it will be approved
Priority #3: Lobby for I&E Principles in General Studies Program
Should be mandated for every student as part of Berea College's General Studies program, but more specifically the General Studies Classes offered to Freshman (GSTR 110) and to Seniors (GSTR 410). These classes may be subject-specific, and offered as seminars (e.g. Entrepreneurship for Biology and/or Chemistry; Entrepreneurship for Engineering and/or Technology). Also, the incorporation of I&E concepts can be implemented in a project-based learning environment for real-life application within the community and for interdisciplinary collaboration.
Lead Person: Tran Nguyen, Dylan Mullins
Milestones:
- Initiate conversations with Administration, Summer 2015
- Seek to have agenda featured at faculty meetings, Fall 2015
Tactic #1:
- Prepare the campus for the I&E concepts via various events from Priority #1.
- Gain the support of the student, faculty, and staff for the above-mentioned events (realize the need for I&E concepts)
- Initiate the conversation with the Administration (proposal, presentation during the faculty meeting, etc.)
Our delivery methodology will be to create a space, an innovation studio, where we will strive to foster activities that encourage and support innovation on campus, especially among the student body.
This studio will be known as the Berea Innovation Studio (BIS).
Within the BIS, we will have:
2014 Cohort
Coding Saturdays:
A partnership with the Computer Science Department to foster coding skills, by hosting 2-hour workshops at least every fortnight (two weeks), on Saturday mornings.
Lead Person: Ability Kakama
Milestones:
- Space and coding instructors search, August-September, 2014
- First event, first week of October, 2014
P2P Ideas Review:
At the BIS, encourage students to share ideas, provide feedback for each other, and practice pitches and presentations.
Lead Person: Ali Djire
Milestone:
- Start, Fall 2014
Makers’ Fair:
Partner with the Technology Club to host prototype design and building sessions, followed by a fair to showcase these prototypes and ideas. These events should take place once every regular semester (twice per year).
Lead Person: Solomon Alolga
Key Partners: Technology Club, Technology Department, and Computer Science Department
Milestones:
- First event, November 2014
- Draft calendars of events and stakeholder meetings, Fall 2014
- Next event, Spring 2015
Hackathon and start-up preparation camps:
Provide an opportunities for budding entrepreneurs to work on their ideas, pitches, and get funding for and feedback on their ideas. During the initial stages, these endeavors should serve to prepare these students to participate in other, established regional start-up camps and weekends.
Leaders: Solomon Alolga and Ali Djire
Milestone:
- First event, Spring 2015
Design projects for businesses and community:
Partner with businesses and organizations in the community to work on projects that can be solved through innovation. A business and/or community partner would provide a challenge, and a team of students would develop and design a solution, using the BIS.
Milestones:
- Identify potential partners and build relationships, August-September, 2014
- First event, October 2014
Lobby for a class in entrepreneurship:
Should be mandated for every student as part of Berea College's General Studies program. These classes may be subject-specific, and offered as seminars (e.g. Entrepreneurship for Biology and/or Chemistry; Entrepreneurship for Engineering and/or Technology).
Lead Person: Sandra Tombe
Milestones:
- Initiate conversations with Administration, Summer 2014
- Seek to have agenda featured at faculty meetings, Fall 2014
