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= Overview<br/> = | = Overview<br/> = | ||
| − | + | At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, we have is known as the “Innovation Engine” this is the sum of the widespread opportunities for students to get involved in academic research, pursue business ideas, participate in entrepreneurial courses, enter business competitions, or simply get involved with an innovative student organization. When looking at our landscape canvas there are a great deal of opportunities that exist for students. However, in the past weeks to months, we have been able to really take a pulse of the campus and examine if the students are really being engaged. This seems to be the case for few, but far more students do not know about the resources available to them and far more students do not execute their ideas. There is a sense of close mindedness that needs to be addresses. Students need to be excited and given a chance to truly let their creative juices and passions pour into an idea free of judgement...where they can take on the risks and pursue new opportunities. We need to ignite a new fresher more open exciting and exhilarating innovation engine. One that inspired students and makes them believe that they too can change the world. For these reasons the following six strategies are designed to maximize the hidden potential that lies within the student body and the faculty and administrators that teach students each and everyday. | |
| − | + | = Strategy #1: Introduce I&E on Campus<br/> = | |
| − | = | + | == Tactic #1: TEDx UW-Milwaukee == |
| − | == Tactic #1: | + | Theme: [https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/10602 Generation Why Not?]<br/>Scheduled for Oct. 4, 2014<br/><br/>The TEDx UW-Milwaukee event will introduce students and faculty to the growing ecosystem of I&E on our campus promoting ideals of “Moonshot thinking.” We hope to promote the vision and presence of the University Innovation Fellow candidates on our campus as well as the stories of innovative individuals or groups from our area. The goal is to plant the seed for a new way of thinking on our campus with a physical presence and throughout the world with a quality broadcast and recorded program of the event.<br/>Milestones: |
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| + | *Find influential headlining speaker: April 22nd, 2014 | ||
| + | *Compile a list of potential speakers: April 22nd, 2014 | ||
| + | *Finalize speaker line-up: May 22nd, 2014 | ||
| + | *Setup and Dry-run through logistics: starting Sept. 22nd,2014 | ||
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| + | == Tactic #2: 3 Day Startup == | ||
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| + | [http://3daystartup.org/springboard/ 3DS Springboard event details]<br/>Scheduled for April 13-19, 2014<br/>video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfCdvyJOo3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfCdvyJOo3M<br /><br />]UW-Milwaukee is very excited to participate in the first 3 Day Startup Springboard event. This event will promote student ideas and quickly guide them to a finalized pitch. We see the 3DS Springboard event as a learning experience to sponsor future events with the same mission: provide students with moonshot ideas, allow them to quickly form a team, work as a team to solve real problems.<br/>Milestones: | ||
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| + | *With little time to market the event, we will need to think of creative ways to get students involved: April 6th, 2014 | ||
| + | *Market, Market, Market - conduct marketing campaign: April 6th-13th, 2014 | ||
| + | *Reserve space for the event: April 7th, 2014 | ||
| + | *Furnish space for innovative thinking: April 13th, 2014 | ||
| + | *Plan annual idea hackathon events: 5/1/14 | ||
| + | *Announce the next event!: 8/1/14 (Prior to the Fall semester starting) | ||
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| + | == Tactic #3: Showoff current and past student accomplishments == | ||
| − | + | What better way to raise the confidence of our students by showing success from peers. Highlights of current and past students who have been involved with I&E events or even who have been successful with ventures of their own will be published.<br/>Milestones: | |
| − | * | + | *Create an I&E showcase section of the school paper. |
| − | * | + | *Develop a UW-Milwaukee I&E website focused on aggregating information from all colleges about I&E events, competitions and successes. |
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| − | = | + | = Strategy #2: Engagement: Fun Collaborative Idea Creation Sessions<br/> = |
| − | + | == Tactic #1: Student Awareness of Innovation == | |
| − | + | == Tactic #2: Entrepreneur Mashup Sessions == | |
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| − | + | Student entrepreneurs can meet, share their experiences, ideas, problems, and insights with others. Students teaching students how to be more effective in their pursuits. | |
| − | + | == Tactic #3: Entrepreneur Socials == | |
| − | + | = Strategy #3: UWM Creative Commons: A place to inspire, create, and manifest dreams<br/> = | |
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| − | + | This Maker-space type common area is for students to work on their own ideas or collaborate with others. As University Innovation Fellow candidates, we will play a key role in finding a space, furnishing the space with creative furniture and materials, and leading workshops that have are designed toward helping students with ideas. | |
| − | == Tactic #1: | + | == Tactic #1: Design the UWM Creative Commons == |
| − | + | == Tactic #2: Market the location to promote involvement == | |
| − | == Tactic # | + | == Tactic #3: Workshops for innovation == |
| − | + | = Strategy #4: Create a pipeline for I&E<br/> = | |
| − | == Tactic # | + | == Tactic #1: Coordinate all the faculty and staff == |
| − | + | This will be done by meeting with all the faculty who host I&E focused classes or programs and let them know about each other so they know where to send students for more resources. To begin we will look at our Potential Value and Applied Value resources listed in our Landscape Canvas. This is be the basis for our attempt to coordinate the faculty and strengthening our I&E Network. | |
| − | + | *ADD Excel widget here. | |
| − | == Tactic # | + | == Tactic #2: University Innovation Fellow feeder program == |
| − | + | Our current University Innovation Fellow candidates believe that more students should be engaged and have the same experiences we had. The UIF program was a way to jump start our thinking, our idea, and our belief that we could accomplish anything and leave a lasting impact on our community. | |
| − | == Tactic # | + | == Tactic #3: UW-Creative Commons Newsletter == |
| − | + | Our campus has a lot of resources and a lot of people doing truly exciting work, however there is no centralized information bulletin board for I&E things. This will be our attempt to coordinate this and create a weekly digital Newsletter that we can have that goes out to all students on our mailing list as well as being disseminated through our leadership circle and other faculty and administrators who support our cause. | |
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= Impact<br/> = | = Impact<br/> = | ||
Revision as of 23:56, 6 April 2014
Contents
Overview
At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, we have is known as the “Innovation Engine” this is the sum of the widespread opportunities for students to get involved in academic research, pursue business ideas, participate in entrepreneurial courses, enter business competitions, or simply get involved with an innovative student organization. When looking at our landscape canvas there are a great deal of opportunities that exist for students. However, in the past weeks to months, we have been able to really take a pulse of the campus and examine if the students are really being engaged. This seems to be the case for few, but far more students do not know about the resources available to them and far more students do not execute their ideas. There is a sense of close mindedness that needs to be addresses. Students need to be excited and given a chance to truly let their creative juices and passions pour into an idea free of judgement...where they can take on the risks and pursue new opportunities. We need to ignite a new fresher more open exciting and exhilarating innovation engine. One that inspired students and makes them believe that they too can change the world. For these reasons the following six strategies are designed to maximize the hidden potential that lies within the student body and the faculty and administrators that teach students each and everyday.
Strategy #1: Introduce I&E on Campus
Tactic #1: TEDx UW-Milwaukee
Theme: Generation Why Not?
Scheduled for Oct. 4, 2014
The TEDx UW-Milwaukee event will introduce students and faculty to the growing ecosystem of I&E on our campus promoting ideals of “Moonshot thinking.” We hope to promote the vision and presence of the University Innovation Fellow candidates on our campus as well as the stories of innovative individuals or groups from our area. The goal is to plant the seed for a new way of thinking on our campus with a physical presence and throughout the world with a quality broadcast and recorded program of the event.
Milestones:
- Find influential headlining speaker: April 22nd, 2014
- Compile a list of potential speakers: April 22nd, 2014
- Finalize speaker line-up: May 22nd, 2014
- Setup and Dry-run through logistics: starting Sept. 22nd,2014
Tactic #2: 3 Day Startup
3DS Springboard event details
Scheduled for April 13-19, 2014
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfCdvyJOo3M
UW-Milwaukee is very excited to participate in the first 3 Day Startup Springboard event. This event will promote student ideas and quickly guide them to a finalized pitch. We see the 3DS Springboard event as a learning experience to sponsor future events with the same mission: provide students with moonshot ideas, allow them to quickly form a team, work as a team to solve real problems.
Milestones:
- With little time to market the event, we will need to think of creative ways to get students involved: April 6th, 2014
- Market, Market, Market - conduct marketing campaign: April 6th-13th, 2014
- Reserve space for the event: April 7th, 2014
- Furnish space for innovative thinking: April 13th, 2014
- Plan annual idea hackathon events: 5/1/14
- Announce the next event!: 8/1/14 (Prior to the Fall semester starting)
Tactic #3: Showoff current and past student accomplishments
What better way to raise the confidence of our students by showing success from peers. Highlights of current and past students who have been involved with I&E events or even who have been successful with ventures of their own will be published.
Milestones:
- Create an I&E showcase section of the school paper.
- Develop a UW-Milwaukee I&E website focused on aggregating information from all colleges about I&E events, competitions and successes.
Strategy #2: Engagement: Fun Collaborative Idea Creation Sessions
Tactic #1: Student Awareness of Innovation
Tactic #2: Entrepreneur Mashup Sessions
Student entrepreneurs can meet, share their experiences, ideas, problems, and insights with others. Students teaching students how to be more effective in their pursuits.
Tactic #3: Entrepreneur Socials
Strategy #3: UWM Creative Commons: A place to inspire, create, and manifest dreams
This Maker-space type common area is for students to work on their own ideas or collaborate with others. As University Innovation Fellow candidates, we will play a key role in finding a space, furnishing the space with creative furniture and materials, and leading workshops that have are designed toward helping students with ideas.
Tactic #1: Design the UWM Creative Commons
Tactic #2: Market the location to promote involvement
Tactic #3: Workshops for innovation
Strategy #4: Create a pipeline for I&E
Tactic #1: Coordinate all the faculty and staff
This will be done by meeting with all the faculty who host I&E focused classes or programs and let them know about each other so they know where to send students for more resources. To begin we will look at our Potential Value and Applied Value resources listed in our Landscape Canvas. This is be the basis for our attempt to coordinate the faculty and strengthening our I&E Network.
- ADD Excel widget here.
Tactic #2: University Innovation Fellow feeder program
Our current University Innovation Fellow candidates believe that more students should be engaged and have the same experiences we had. The UIF program was a way to jump start our thinking, our idea, and our belief that we could accomplish anything and leave a lasting impact on our community.
Tactic #3: UW-Creative Commons Newsletter
Our campus has a lot of resources and a lot of people doing truly exciting work, however there is no centralized information bulletin board for I&E things. This will be our attempt to coordinate this and create a weekly digital Newsletter that we can have that goes out to all students on our mailing list as well as being disseminated through our leadership circle and other faculty and administrators who support our cause.
