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<br/><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="color:#800000;">'''<u>Leadership Circle Student Priorities</u>'''</span></span></span>
 
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Student Priority #1: Elon University Crowdfund&nbsp;'''</span></span>
 
  
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Purpose:&nbsp;<span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3302-edf6-b6e3-873ba06faa85"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By initiating a crowdfunding platform on our campus we could greatly expand what innovation and entrepreneurship looks like. This platform would be similar to the Kickstarter app in the sense that students would show their ideas using some form of video. Viewers (community members, Elon faculty, Elon students, Elon professors, community business leaders, etc.) could then watch the video and decide whether or not the idea is one in which they would like to invest in. Not only does this platform appeal to the startup mindset of many students, but it is an extremely efficient way of connecting students who have great ideas to individuals with funds.</span></span></span></span>
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= <span style="color:#800000;">'''Leadership Circle Student Priorities'''</span> =
  
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== <span style="color:#800000;">'''Student Priority #1: Elon University Crowd Fund&nbsp;'''</span><br/> ==
  
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=== Purpose:&nbsp;<br/> ===
  
*<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">​</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategies:</span>
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By initiating a crowd funding platform on our campus we could greatly expand what innovation and entrepreneurship looks like. This platform would be similar to the Kickstarter app in the sense that students would show their ideas using some form of video. Viewers (community members, Elon faculty, Elon students, Elon professors, community business leaders, etc.) could then watch the video and decide whether or not the idea is one in which they would like to invest in. Not only does this platform appeal to the startup mindset of many students, but it is an extremely efficient way of connecting students who have great ideas to individuals with funds.
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<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-330e-99c7-0d25-b997140c7f45"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet with professors and students to see if this is something students would use. Student survey.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-330e-99c7-0d25-b997140c7f45"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Research other Universities that have a crowdfunding platform already set up.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-330e-99c7-0d25-b997140c7f45"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a platform or use existing platform.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-330e-99c7-0d25-b997140c7f45"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reach out to a few groups for first adopters.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-330e-99c7-0d25-b997140c7f45"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Start first crowdfunding trial runs.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-330e-99c7-0d25-b997140c7f45"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Help advertise and connect with all involved Elon parties to secure funding.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-330e-99c7-0d25-b997140c7f45"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Evaluate what could be improved.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Present proof of concept to school and start to market in Alumni circles</span></span></span></li>
 
</ol>
 
  
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">​_____________________________________________________________________________________</span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">_________________</span>
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=== Strategies: ===
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Student Priority #2:&nbsp;'''<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Consult With and Work on Sustainability of Current I&E Organization</span>'''&nbsp;'''</span></span>
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#Meet with professors and students to see if this is something students would use. Student survey.
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#Research other Universities that have a crowdfunding platform already set up.
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#Create a platform or use existing platform.
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#Reach out to a few groups for first adopters.
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#Start first crowdfunding trial runs.
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#Help advertise and connect with all involved Elon parties to secure funding.
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#Evaluate what could be improved.
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#Present proof of concept to school and start to market in Alumni circles.&nbsp;
  
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Purpose:&nbsp;<span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3318-7830-8d94-83a863a923b8"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fortunately, Elon has a lot of programs and organizations that encourages students to explore I&E; however, many of these have either died out within the past couple years, have a lack of leadership or have needed a good push in the right direction. As UIF members we seek to build these programs and organizations back up.</span></span></span></span>
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== <span style="color:#800000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Student Priority #2:&nbsp;'''<span style="font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Consult With and Work on Sustainability of Current I&E Organization</span>'''&nbsp;'''</span></span></span><br/> ==
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''​'''<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">​</span></span></span>
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== <span style="font-size: 12px;">Purpose:&nbsp;</span><br/> ==
  
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategies:</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Fortunately, Elon has a lot of programs and organizations that encourages students to explore I&E; however, many of these have either died out within the past couple years, have a lack of leadership or have needed a good push in the right direction. As UIF members we seek to build these programs and organizations back up.</span>
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<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3315-9f3c-adac-993a1fe2b38b"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Identify organizations at Elon that work on I&E.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3315-9f3c-adac-993a1fe2b38b"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Evaluate their current state and future sustainability.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15;">Create a list of ways to increase their impact and sustainability on campus.</span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3315-9f3c-adac-993a1fe2b38b"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Help them build stronger leadership teams by connecting them with different resources within the university.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3315-9f3c-adac-993a1fe2b38b"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connect these different organizations with one another to build their recognition on campus.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3315-9f3c-adac-993a1fe2b38b"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connect these organizations more closely with different resources at the school to improve their impact on campus and ability to sustain students</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3315-9f3c-adac-993a1fe2b38b"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connect these organizations with different resources outside of the school that might be helpful for them.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3315-9f3c-adac-993a1fe2b38b"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a group of presidents and UIF leaders that meets once a semester to discuss the current state of I&E</span></span></span></span></li>
 
</ol>
 
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">​______________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></span></span>
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== <span style="font-size: 12px;">Strategies:</span> ==
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''​'''&nbsp;'''Student Priorty #3: Work with current Elon TEDx Cooordinators'''</span></span>
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*<span style="font-size: 12px;">Identify organizations at Elon that work on I&E.</span>
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*<span style="font-size: 12px;">Evaluate their current state and future sustainability.</span>
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*<span style="font-size: 12px;">Create a list of ways to increase their impact and sustainability on campus.</span>
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*<span style="font-size: 12px;">Help them build stronger leadership teams by connecting them with different resources within the university.</span>
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*<span style="font-size: 12px;">Connect these different organizations with one another to build their recognition on campus.</span>
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*<span style="font-size: 12px;">Connect these organizations more closely with different resources at the school to improve their impact on campus and ability to sustain students</span>.
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*<span style="font-size: 12px;">Connect these organizations with different resources outside of the school that might be helpful for them.</span>
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*<span style="font-size: 12px;">Create a group of presidents and UIF leaders that meets once a semester to discuss the current state of I&E.</span>
  
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Purpose:&nbsp;<span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3315-1e77-0256-c587f9caa6a9"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Professors to express their innovative ideas and how they can come from different backgrounds & criterias. This event will hopefully ignite the fire in students to want to continue with an idea that they’ve had for years.</span></span></span></span>
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== <span style="color:#800000;">'''Student Priority #3: Work with current Elon TEDx Coordinators'''</span><br/> ==
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">​</span></span>
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== <span style="font-size: 12px;">Purpose:&nbsp;</span><br/> ==
  
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Strategies:</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Professors to express their innovative ideas and how they can come from different backgrounds & criterias. This event will hopefully ignite the fire in students to want to continue with an idea that they’ve had for years.</span>
<ol style="margin-left: 80px;">
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">​<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15;">Contact person in charge of events to plan logistics.</span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>Send out email to professors about event seeing who is interested.&nbsp;</span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3319-0faf-6343-e0e42d1546d9"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet with interested professors to discuss talking points.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3319-0faf-6343-e0e42d1546d9"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Construct publicity & advertising tactics for event.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3319-0faf-6343-e0e42d1546d9"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mass publicize event to student body.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3319-0faf-6343-e0e42d1546d9"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Host event while also publicizing Elon’s University Innovation Fellows to student body.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3319-0faf-6343-e0e42d1546d9"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Send thank you cards to speakers to hopefully gain a connection with them and gain support.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>Very ambitious but try and get 1,000 Pitches to come to one of the events.</span></span></span></li>
 
</ol>
 
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>​______________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></span></span>
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=== Strategies:<span style="font-size: 12px;">&nbsp;</span> ===
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Student Priority #4:&nbsp;'''<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elon Incubator Space</span></span></span>
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*Contact person in charge of events to plan logistics.
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*Send out email to professors about event seeing who is interested.&nbsp;
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*Meet with interested professors to discuss talking points.
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*Construct publicity & advertising tactics for event.
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*Mass publicize event to student body.
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*Host event while also publicizing Elon’s University Innovation Fellows to student body.
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*Send thank you cards to speakers to hopefully gain a connection with them and gain support.
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*Very ambitious but try and get 1,000 Pitches to come to one of the events.
  
*<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Purpose:&nbsp;</span><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-331d-e68f-3975-cc8e93c8d28b" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students will need a space where they feel comfortable brainstorming and prototyping their ideas.</span></span>
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== <span style="color:#800000;">'''Student Priority #4:&nbsp;Elon Incubator Space'''</span> ==
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">​</span></span></span></span>
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=== Purpose:&nbsp; ===
  
*<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Strategies:</span>
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Students will need a space where they feel comfortable brainstorming and prototyping their ideas.
<ol style="margin-left: 80px;">
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre-wrap;">​</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Develop a proposal based on incubator spaces at other universities to model our space off of and show their importance.</span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-331e-56cf-ee83-3f1bc5c13814"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Work with the university to secure a space/room at the school that would be available for this idea.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-331e-56cf-ee83-3f1bc5c13814"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create an innovative layout for the room that will be conducive for innovation and venture creation.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-331e-56cf-ee83-3f1bc5c13814"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Propose a budget to the Provost for the cost of creating this space.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-331e-56cf-ee83-3f1bc5c13814"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create and advertise the space.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Find student volunteers to work in the space or create a paid student position.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Build the resources needed for students to bring ideas to the space.</span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15;">Connect the space with other incubators in the area.</span></span></span></li>
 
</ol>
 
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15;">​______________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></span></span>
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=== ​Strategies: ===
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Student Priority #5:&nbsp;'''<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;">Update TV in Doherty Room/Innovation Network</span></span></span>
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*Develop a proposal based on incubator spaces at other universities to model our space off of and show their importance.
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*Work with the university to secure a space/room at the school that would be available for this idea.
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*Create an innovative layout for the room that will be conducive for innovation and venture creation.
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*Propose a budget to the Provost for the cost of creating this space.
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*Create and advertise the space.
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*Find student volunteers to work in the space or create a paid student position.
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*Build the resources needed for students to bring ideas to the space.
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*Connect the space with other incubators in the area.
  
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Purpose:&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15;">One way to encourage others to take their ideas and dreams to the next level is to show them that it has and is being done! This project would seek to shine a light on Elon’s current and past entrepreneurs.</span></span></span>
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== <span style="color:#800000;">'''Student Priority #5:&nbsp;Update TV in Doherty Room/Innovation Network'''</span><br/> ==
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15;">​</span></span></span>
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=== <span style="font-size: 12px;">Purpose:&nbsp;</span><br/> ===
  
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategies:</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">One way to encourage others to take their ideas and dreams to the next level is to show them that it has and is being done! This project would seek to shine a light on Elon’s current and past entrepreneurs.</span>
<ol style="margin-left: 80px;">
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3322-d790-d5c4-7b13484ef956"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contact individual currently in charge of TV.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3322-d790-d5c4-7b13484ef956"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Research students involved with I&E on campus.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3322-d790-d5c4-7b13484ef956"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Email these students asking for a “profile”.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3322-d790-d5c4-7b13484ef956"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encourage Tour Guides to show prospective students what our current and past students are working on within the area of I&E.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bde93449-3322-d790-d5c4-7b13484ef956"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Build some type of social media platform to highlight innovation and entrepreneurship.</span></span></span></span></li>
 
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Use the platform to highlight students and events.</span></span></span></li>
 
</ol>
 
  
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=== ​Strategies: ===
  
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*Contact individual currently in charge of TV.
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*Research students involved with I&E on campus.
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*Email these students asking for a “profile”.
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*Encourage Tour Guides to show prospective students what our current and past students are working on within the area of I&E.
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*Build some type of social media platform to highlight innovation and entrepreneurship.
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*Use the platform to highlight students and events.
  
== Related Links ==
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= <span style="color:#800000;">Related Links</span> =
  
 
[[Elon University|Elon University]]
 
[[Elon University|Elon University]]
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'''Elon University Student Priorities'''
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=== University Innovation Fellows: ===
  
University Innovation Fellows:
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ben_Driscoll Ben Driscoll]
 
 
[[BEN DRISCOLL]]
 
  
 
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Leadership Circle Student Priorities

Student Priority #1: Elon University Crowd Fund 

Purpose: 

By initiating a crowd funding platform on our campus we could greatly expand what innovation and entrepreneurship looks like. This platform would be similar to the Kickstarter app in the sense that students would show their ideas using some form of video. Viewers (community members, Elon faculty, Elon students, Elon professors, community business leaders, etc.) could then watch the video and decide whether or not the idea is one in which they would like to invest in. Not only does this platform appeal to the startup mindset of many students, but it is an extremely efficient way of connecting students who have great ideas to individuals with funds.

Strategies:

  1. Meet with professors and students to see if this is something students would use. Student survey.
  2. Research other Universities that have a crowdfunding platform already set up.
  3. Create a platform or use existing platform.
  4. Reach out to a few groups for first adopters.
  5. Start first crowdfunding trial runs.
  6. Help advertise and connect with all involved Elon parties to secure funding.
  7. Evaluate what could be improved.
  8. Present proof of concept to school and start to market in Alumni circles. 

Student Priority #2: Consult With and Work on Sustainability of Current I&E Organization 

Purpose: 

Fortunately, Elon has a lot of programs and organizations that encourages students to explore I&E; however, many of these have either died out within the past couple years, have a lack of leadership or have needed a good push in the right direction. As UIF members we seek to build these programs and organizations back up.

Strategies:

  • Identify organizations at Elon that work on I&E.
  • Evaluate their current state and future sustainability.
  • Create a list of ways to increase their impact and sustainability on campus.
  • Help them build stronger leadership teams by connecting them with different resources within the university.
  • Connect these different organizations with one another to build their recognition on campus.
  • Connect these organizations more closely with different resources at the school to improve their impact on campus and ability to sustain students.
  • Connect these organizations with different resources outside of the school that might be helpful for them.
  • Create a group of presidents and UIF leaders that meets once a semester to discuss the current state of I&E.

Student Priority #3: Work with current Elon TEDx Coordinators

Purpose: 

Professors to express their innovative ideas and how they can come from different backgrounds & criterias. This event will hopefully ignite the fire in students to want to continue with an idea that they’ve had for years.

Strategies: 

  • Contact person in charge of events to plan logistics.
  • Send out email to professors about event seeing who is interested. 
  • Meet with interested professors to discuss talking points.
  • Construct publicity & advertising tactics for event.
  • Mass publicize event to student body.
  • Host event while also publicizing Elon’s University Innovation Fellows to student body.
  • Send thank you cards to speakers to hopefully gain a connection with them and gain support.
  • Very ambitious but try and get 1,000 Pitches to come to one of the events.

Student Priority #4: Elon Incubator Space

Purpose: 

Students will need a space where they feel comfortable brainstorming and prototyping their ideas.

​Strategies:

  • Develop a proposal based on incubator spaces at other universities to model our space off of and show their importance.
  • Work with the university to secure a space/room at the school that would be available for this idea.
  • Create an innovative layout for the room that will be conducive for innovation and venture creation.
  • Propose a budget to the Provost for the cost of creating this space.
  • Create and advertise the space.
  • Find student volunteers to work in the space or create a paid student position.
  • Build the resources needed for students to bring ideas to the space.
  • Connect the space with other incubators in the area.

Student Priority #5: Update TV in Doherty Room/Innovation Network

Purpose: 

One way to encourage others to take their ideas and dreams to the next level is to show them that it has and is being done! This project would seek to shine a light on Elon’s current and past entrepreneurs.

​Strategies:

  • Contact individual currently in charge of TV.
  • Research students involved with I&E on campus.
  • Email these students asking for a “profile”.
  • Encourage Tour Guides to show prospective students what our current and past students are working on within the area of I&E.
  • Build some type of social media platform to highlight innovation and entrepreneurship.
  • Use the platform to highlight students and events.

Related Links

Elon University

Elon University Landscape Canvas

University Innovation Fellows:

Ben Driscoll

Jensen Roll

Matt Snow

Giles Roll

Elizabeth Jordan

Gabrielle Vance 

Sean Webber

Kyle McKinley

William Kakavas