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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7e9de390-543e-ef50-53e4-5d65d8c21061"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While GVSU and Grand Rapids have many different programs which allow students to pursue entrepreneurship and innovation, there are not many opportunities for funding. Our goal is to find more funding programs which will give money to these different projects. In order to do this, we will reach out to different companies in the Grand Rapids area and find resources on GVSU's campus. We feel this is important because, in order to put on various events like Design Start, we would need funding.</span></span></span> | <span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7e9de390-543e-ef50-53e4-5d65d8c21061"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While GVSU and Grand Rapids have many different programs which allow students to pursue entrepreneurship and innovation, there are not many opportunities for funding. Our goal is to find more funding programs which will give money to these different projects. In order to do this, we will reach out to different companies in the Grand Rapids area and find resources on GVSU's campus. We feel this is important because, in order to put on various events like Design Start, we would need funding.</span></span></span> | ||
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| − | + | <span style="font-size:medium;">A main goal of the Grand Valley State University Social Product Innovation Club is to create a solid product prototype. In order to create a prototype, we need to pick a problem to focus on and go through the Design Thinking process. First, we will go through the empathize stage by going to companies, or hospitals to gather information. We will then define our problem and layout possible obstacles we could encounter. Next, we will get a group of people together to ideate and brainstorm possible solutions. Once we have completed all of these steps, we will then be in the prototyping phase. During this time, we will create a low-resolution mock-up of our potential product in order to test it. We hope to create a product that will benefit the communities around us.</span> | |
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Revision as of 01:19, 4 October 2018
Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Opportunity Focus
- 2.1 Strategy One: SPI Club [3-4 weeks]
- 2.2 Strategy Two: Design Start [3-4 months]
- 2.3 Design Start will be a new workshop as of January 2019. It is an intensive, structured, innovation workshop where students work together to uncover possible solutions to various problems. These students will achieve this by following the Design Thinking Process to empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test, and validate their solutions with others.
- 2.4 Once this program has passed and proven to be successful, we will look into planning the event for the following year.
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.7
- 2.8 Strategy Three: Start-Up Funding [6 months]
- 2.9 Strategy Four: Prototyping a Product [8 months]
- 2.10 Strategy Six: Sequence Collaboration [12 months]
- 2.11 Completed Projects
- 2.12 Related Links
Overview
The GVSU Innovation Fellows realize that there are many great resources for entrepreneurs in Grand Rapids, GVSU downtown campus, and exclusive clubs and groups. Additionally, there are many opportunities to pitch business plans and look for funding. That being said, there are limited opportunities at Grand Valley to be introduced to design thinking outside of the classroom. There aren’t safe spaces to play around with new ideas, collaborate without pressure, or connect with people in different areas of study. The GVSU Honors College is bursting with potential. We hope to introduce better methods to inspire young, innovative Grand Valley students, across disciplines, to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset, and make innovation a key aspect of campus culture through the creation of clubs or workshops that will nurture these values. Afterwards, we want to develop a communication pipeline so that good ideas can be nurtured, grown, and developed through collaboration.
Opportunity Focus
- Few opportunities for students to experience the design process outside of coursework.
- The I&E resources in the Business College are not readily available to students of all departments.
- Create a more inclusive environment where students can collaborate and share ideas.
- Lack of events, idea pitches, or competitions that encourage students to pursue individual exploration and experimentation with the design thinking process.
- Lack of campus support around increasing awareness and familiarity with innovation and design thinking.
Strategy One: SPI Club [3-4 weeks]
In order to promote a collaborative environment where students can learn about entrepreneurship and innovation, we will pursue the idea of launching a "Social Product Innovation" club. This club will allow students to collaborate with one another in order to tackle issues within the local communities. Our hope is that students will learn valuable skills such as networking, prototyping, and business pitching throughout the duration of this club's existence. We feel it has the potential to reach students throughout Grand Valley, and change their ideas on what entrepreneurship and innovation really means.
Strategy Two: Design Start [3-4 months]
Design Start will be a new workshop as of January 2019. It is an intensive, structured, innovation workshop where students work together to uncover possible solutions to various problems. These students will achieve this by following the Design Thinking Process to empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test, and validate their solutions with others.
Many times, students relate entrepreneurship and innovation to business majors. While this can be the case, Design Start will be an opportunity to open these topics to everyone. Design Start will be held on January 11th and 12th, which is the start of a new semester. This will allow students to more easily attend before classes become more demanding.
Another aspect of Design Start is the collaboration between universities. This program will be open to students from many different colleges and universities in the Grand Rapids area. This will allow for a melting pot of students to come and work together.
Once this program has passed and proven to be successful, we will look into planning the event for the following year.
Strategy Three: Start-Up Funding [6 months]
While GVSU and Grand Rapids have many different programs which allow students to pursue entrepreneurship and innovation, there are not many opportunities for funding. Our goal is to find more funding programs which will give money to these different projects. In order to do this, we will reach out to different companies in the Grand Rapids area and find resources on GVSU's campus. We feel this is important because, in order to put on various events like Design Start, we would need funding.
Strategy Four: Prototyping a Product [8 months]
A main goal of the Grand Valley State University Social Product Innovation Club is to create a solid product prototype. In order to create a prototype, we need to pick a problem to focus on and go through the Design Thinking process. First, we will go through the empathize stage by going to companies, or hospitals to gather information. We will then define our problem and layout possible obstacles we could encounter. Next, we will get a group of people together to ideate and brainstorm possible solutions. Once we have completed all of these steps, we will then be in the prototyping phase. During this time, we will create a low-resolution mock-up of our potential product in order to test it. We hope to create a product that will benefit the communities around us.
Strategy Six: Sequence Collaboration [12 months]
As stated before there are many opportunities within the Grand Valley community especially within the Honors Program. But where it make up in opportunities there is also a disconnect between many of the students. As many of them do not know the people around them and just live in their own world. This is where the Sequence Collaboration or Syncquence would come into play. In the program there are a select few classes named sequences which are usually taken during the freshman year. The idea of this project would be to pair up the sequences having them compete over the span of a week working to solve a given problem that is assigned at the beginning. The goal for this project would be to have students get to know each other and make connections while they are learning about the innovation process as they work to solve the problem assigned. At the end of the project we would host a large event where the students would select some group members to present their project to their fellow classmates and a few judges who would hand out prizes to the top three competitors. Hopefully in the end it would be able to fulfill the desired goals that were stated before and with the feedback that has been received so far about the program it looks like completing the goals will not be an issue.
Completed Projects
TEDxGVSU
On February 24, 2017, GVSU hosted their first TEDx event themed “The Blueprints between X and Why.” A limited amount of tickets were available for purchase, with the event also being live-streamed in the library. The second TEDxGVSU event is scheduled for March 16, 2018 with the title “Shape.”
https://www.facebook.com/TEDxGVSU/
Related Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGmKFqY06is
2017 Fellows:
2016 Fellows:
2015 Fellows:
2014 Fellow:
