=<span style== Intro =="font-size:x-large">Introduction</span> =
John Hopkins University (JHU) hosted their own version of the hit television show ''Shark Tank''. JHU hosted a Biomedical Shark Tank event with graduate students as their participants. It was hosted by the Biomedical Engineering (BME) department at JHU. Before the Shark Tank event, the BME secured guest speakers to present and also held a poster session for undergraduate students.
Based on the hit television show ‘Shark Tank’, John Hopkins University hosted their own Shark Tank event. JHU hosted a Biomedical Shark Tank event with graduate students as their participants. It was hosted by the Biomedical Engineering department at JHU. Before the Shark Tank event, the BME got guest speakers to talk and held a poster session for undergraduate students.{{#Widget:Youtube|id=5N2HQTyHaak}}
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Johns Hopkins University Innovation Fellows saw the need for biomedical students to be more business and marketing savvy. This group of Fellows believed that most biomedical engineering students were more than talented in terms of engineering, but were not apt at commercializing their research or their work. Their proposed Shark Tank event would help them ‘dumb’ down their research so that the general populace would be able to understand it. This event would also help the students learn to market their idea and themselves. The BME department also wanted physicians to see the talent in their BME <span style=== "font-size: 12px">department.<br/span>Need and goal ===
JHU UIF fellows saw the need for biomedical students to be more business/marketing savvy. They believed that most biomedical engineering students were more than talented in terms of engineering, but were not apt at commercializing their research or their work. Shark Tank would help them ‘dumb’ down their research so that the general populace would be able to understand it. This event would also help the students learn to market their idea and themselves. The BME department also wanted physicians to see the talent in their BME department. =<span style== <br/"font-size:x-large">Audience ==</span> =
This event was aimed towards biomedical engineering faculty, biomedical engineering graduate and undergraduate students, and JHU physicians.
=<span style== <br/"font-size:x-large">Speaker/s and content (how you determined who should speak, and what they should speak about) === Content Two speakers were invited – Dr. Gautam Gulati and Henry Ahn. Dr. Gulati holds many degrees in biomedical engineering. Henry Ahn has his own startup in the biomedical field. Both were brought in to talk about their experiences in the industry. === <br/span>Format (the way the event is structured, length of the event, etc) ===
During the early part of the day, the Two speakers addressed the audiencewere invited – Dr. During the afternoon, undergraduate students in the BME department showcased their research Gautam Gulati and work Henry Ahn. Dr. Gulati holds multiple degrees in poster formatbiomedical engineering. This poster session was open to the general public – so physicians, BME faculty and grad students were all part of the audience. There was Henry Ahn owns a slight overlap between start-up company in the undergrad poster session and graduate Shark Tank eventbiomedical field. Overall, Both were brought in to speak about their experiences within the entire day of events had lasted approximately 7 hoursindustry.
= <span style="font-size:x-large">Format </span> =
=== Reaching out During the event, in the earlier part of the day, the speakers addressed the audience. During the afternoon, undergraduate students in the BME department showcased their research and work in poster format. This poster session was open to potential speaker/s (how you found your speaker/s) ===the general public – so physicians, BME faculty and grad students were all part of the audience. There was a slight overlap between the undergrad poster session and graduate Shark Tank event. Overall, the entire day of events lasted approximately 7 hours.
= <span style="font-size:x-large">Reaching out to Potential Speaker/s </span> =
Dr. Gulati holds many multiple degrees in the fields of biomedical engineering. Henry Ahn owns a startup in biomedical engineering. Both Dr. Gulati and Henry Ahn had held ties with JHU, and were found through either faculty or by extensive research. Reaching the speakers was done by emails and cold calling.
=<span style== "font-size:x-large">Cost<br/span>Cost (all the elements that had to be paid for, and how they were paid for) ===
Because the highly endowed BME department was funding the entire event, budget was not a constraint. The few things that required payment were the venue, food offered to the audience and participants and the prize money.
Because the BME department, which is highly endowed, was funding the entire event, budget was not a constraint. The only few things that required payment was the venue, food that was being offered, and the prize money.= <span style="font-size:x-large">Date </span> =
=== <br/>Date (how you selected the day/The date and time frame the event would were chosen to be held) ===most convenient for undergraduate students and physicians. The BME department really wanted physicians to be able to attend; finding convenient times for physicians became first priority.
= <span style="font-size:x-large">Fundraising and sponsorships </span> =
The date and time No sponsors were planned beforehand. The most convenient time for undergrads and physicians was found and chosen. The needed; the BME department really wanted the physicians to be able to attend, so that was funded the first priorityentire event.
=<span style== "font-size:x-large">Space <br/span>Fundraising and sponsorships (how you found the money and/or dealt with sponsors) ===
The ''Shark Tank''-like event was held near the JHU hospital, where graduate studies are held. This location is 30 minutes away from the main campus. Because the BME department was targeting physicians and faculty, this was the location most convenient for those professions. JHU Fellows chose a glass room for viewing capability from all angles and for curious people passing by.
No sponsors were needed as the BME department funded the entire event.= <span style="font-size:x-large">Branding</span> =
=== <br/>Space (what elements you Initially, there were looking a few names considered'' ''forthe event because faculty believed ''Shark Tank'' would not promote the sharing of ideas. In the end, the locationhowever, ''Shark Tank'' stuck because it was well known and how you found popular. The overall message sent to the participants was that all ideas were worth working on. This is different from the message the right space) ===TV show ''Shark Tank ''sends to its participants.
= <span style="font-size:x-large">Promotion </span> =
The event To raise awareness, flyers were handed out in a common area. Along with that, a Facebook page was held near the created to inform undergraduate students. Faculty and JHU hospital where graduate studies are. This was 30 minutes away from their main campus. Because the BME department was targeting physicians and faculty, this was were sent ‘Save the location that was chosenDate’ emails months in advance in order to free up their schedules. JHU UIF fellows chose a glass room so that viewing capability was high from all angles and people who Graduate students were just passing by would come attend due to curiosityinformed via email as well.
=<span style== "font-size:x-large">Support <br/span>Branding (how you determined the name and overall message for the event) ===
The event pretty much ran itself. Support was most needed to set-up and break down the venue, guide the audience and to judge the ''Shark Tank'' event.
Initially, there were a few names other than Shark Tank that were considered for the event as faculty believed that Shark Tank would not promote the sharing of ideas. At the end, however, Shark Tank is the name that stuck as it was well known and popular. === <br/>Promotion (how you invited participants and shared the details with your primary audience) === To raise awareness, flyers were handed out in a common area. Along with that, a Facebook page was created to inform undergrad students. Faculty and JHU hospital physicians were sent ‘Save the Date’ emails months in advance so that they could free up their schedule. Graduate students were informed via email as well. ==span style= <br/"font-size:x-large">Support (students, faculty, staff needed to facilitate prior to and during the event) === The event pretty much ran itself. The most support was needed to set up and break down the venue, guide the audience, and to judge the Shark Tank event. === Event logistics<br/span>Event logistics (what else needed to be done prior to and during the event) ===
Before the event, ‘Save the Dates’ needed to be sent out in order to assure that attendance by ‘important’ people would be high. Catering needed to be done before the day of the event as well. Other than that, there were no major logistics prior or during the event.
=<span style== <br/"font-size:x-large">Media capture (how you arranged for photos or video to be captured) === Shark Tank event was not captured due to IP restrictions. However the speakers asked for their speeches to be recorded. This can be found on the website. === <br/span>Evaluation (measuring impact and numbers of participants) === JHU UIF fellows believe they reached about 80 participants throughout the event.
=== <br/>Sustainability and planning The JHU event was not captured through videos or photographs due to IP restrictions. However, the speakers did ask for future events (elements necessary their speeches to ensure that be recorded. These recordings can be found on the event would happen again if desired) ===website.
= <span style="font-size:x-large">Evaluation </span> =
Save the Date emails would be important in planning a future JHU Fellows believe they reached roughly 80 people through this event. Also, student participants would need to be informed at least a month in advance so that they can prepare themselves for The audience came and went throughout the competitionday.
=<span style== "font-size:x-large">Sustainability and Planning for Future Events<br/span>Future leadership (how you figured out who would lead this event after you graduate) ===
Save the Date emails are important in planning events. Also, student participants need to be informed at least a month in advance in order to prepare themselves for the competition.
No specific person was chosen to lead Shark Tank after JHU UIF fellows graduated. The UIF fellows were a part of an entrepreneurship group and gave the reins to that group.= <span style="font-size:x-large">Future leadership </span> =
=== <br/>Lessons learned No specific person was chosen to take over the ''Shark Tank ''event after the JHU Fellows graduated. The Fellows were a part of an entrepreneurship group and tips for others (what worked and what didn’tgave the reins over to that group. Because ''Shark Tank'' was done in support with the BME department, the BME faculty know exactly how to run it, and your recommendations for others) ===having the experience to instruct future students.
= <span style="font-size:x-large">Lessons Learned and Tips for Others </span> =
JHU UIF fellows believed that though Fellows agreed it was nice running this to run the event through the BME department, the but they would do it differently make changes to next timeevent. Aiming it towards toward just one niche of the engineering department really closed off their the audience. Next time, they would hold a more general Shark Tank in a venue closer to the undergrad’s reach. They would choose to stay on the undergraduate part of campus instead of the JHU hospital.
The JHU fellow that was interviewed for this article was Nishant Kumar (nishantgk@gmail.com).
The JHU fellow that was interviewed for this article was Nishant Ganesh Kumar (nishantgk@gmail.com).[[Category:Experiment]]