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== Tactic #1: maryland Design Impact Lab (mDIL)<br/>&#x5B;&#x5B;File:MDILlogo Maryland Design Impact Lab [mDIL] is a cross-disciplinary collaborative focused on leveraging the diverse expertise of students and using design-thinking methods to create social change at multiple scales. This student led organization was founded in Fall 2013 and hosted the first “Design Tent” in January 2014. Moving forward, mDIL will host Design Tents throughout each semester at the University of Maryland, College Park.png|thumb&#x5D;&#x5Dnbsp; ==  *ANYONE can join. All that is required is commitment, curiosity, and critical thinking! It is not only exciting to be activated, as students, to generate ideas, now you have a chance to put those ideas into action, to implement and thereby create impact by following through with an idea. Relish in the opportunities presented to us at such a great institution, bridge connections between peers in other disciplines at any level, freshman undergrad to Doctoral student. Work in variable sized teams to bring projects from the idea phase to fruition whether from design to building or product idea to commercialization. Design Impact Lab is a trans-disciplinary student collaborative centered around leveraging diverse expertise and using design thinking to create impact at multiple scales by bringing ideas to implementation. *Team Leader:: Valerie Sherry *Contact Information: &#x5B;&#x5B;Vsherry@umd.edu&#x5D;&#x5D; *Milestones: **Write constition and bylaws – register as a university organization **Recruit members from across the university **Recruitment through table and prototyping in Stamp Student Union (3d printed giveaways) **Recruitment through faculty and student leaders in each school/discipline **Recruitment through Design Tent Workshop Weekend **Assemble a Faculty Advisory team, "The Faculty Force" from (varied disciplines) **Arrange permission to use a space or group of spaces for meetings or fabrication **Hold a first meeting **Launch via hack-a-thon or brainstorming session **Second Meeting, Use OpenIDEO program for starting prompts **Write grant(s) for resources **Seek out local partnerships to aid communities **Small victories updates