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[[File:~~UMD_logo~~UMD logo.jpeg|thumb|left|~~alt=~~UMD logo.jpeg]]~~= Overview =~~

= The University of Maryland, College Park has a wealth of Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources for both its students and its faculty. In a formal way, the University has taken action to promote I&E on campus mainly through its offerings in the Smith School of Business, through the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship as well as through M.TECH within the Clark School of Engineering.UMD Manifesto =

~~University~~ Innovation and entrepreneurship start with empowered students. How might we create this “culture” of ~~Maryland also provides its incoming students with the opportunity to live within a Living Learning Community~~innovation and entrepreneurship?{{#Widget:Youtube|id=v=TI1TZeWU16E}}<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, ~~if you know you are interested in certain subjects~~0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Make it ~~is an opportunity to surround yourself with academically like minded faculty and students~~about passion, not start-ups.

~~On the other end of the spectrum~~Starting a venture is a ~~regional force for innovation. Our proximity to federal agencices and~~ result of an entrepreneur having the ~~nation’s capital allow for strategic partnerships to be formed~~ passion and ~~high level facilities~~ initiative to ~~be accessible for research and incubation purposed~~create something out of nothing. ~~If you have a~~ The key to having people start ~~up or a venture and you are in need of funding, tech transfer, high level incubation space or business mentors,~~ companies is not having the ~~University can bolster your process through its resources~~push to start them, ~~partnerships~~ but to have passionate people pursue their interest and ~~connection to the reason~~starting a company may just be an outlet for that passion.

~~However~~2. Make it accessible to school either not knowing exactly what you want to do or you THINK you know what you want to do and don’t think you fall under the category of and entrepreneur or engineer exclusively. You CAN get involved. You CAN test ideas because maybe you or you and your team will generate the next big thing through your freshall majors, all backgrounds, ~~curious perspective and the skill sets you learn through the resources below~~etc.

~~Or maybe you~~ It is imperative to make I&E initiatives as completely interdisciplinary as possible. While traditionally resources are ~~an engineer~~ directed to business or ~~consider yourself an entrepreneur – this~~ engineering students, there is ~~your chance to resist fragmentation~~ a great sacrifice is ~~one area~~ the exclusion of ~~your academic experience~~ other majors. The true breadth of innovation can never be known unless the resources and ~~cross polinate your~~ mentorship is available for people from backgrounds as diverse as their ideas ~~with the equal brilliance of peers with different perspectives and different expertise~~.

~~Use the resources at hand or create the ones that don’t exist~~3. ~~Be a part of this movement and let the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship ignite inspiration in you as your ideas collide with others at the university to create change!~~Make I&E sexy.

~~Link~~ Something we noticed from comparing I&E programs and taking a more comprehensive at the Stanford d.school innovation programs, we noticed the true feat in getting students into I&E is getting them excited about it. In a world of quick fads with increasingly greater focus on aesthetics, in order for a movement to catch on, it must be appealing in a greater sense. There has to be a brand. People want to ~~Prezi overview~~ follow, join, and create the movement. We don’t want to have to build the entire movement on campus, we want to empower others to create their own. In order to do this, we we need to I&E appealing to college students. At the moment we are thinking of accomplishing this task through creativity and spontaneity. Students will follow something new and different. We will create videos documenting college entrepreneurs, Fearless ideas courses and other resources on campus ~~ecosystem~~. If you can live it through your computer, you will be more likely to be a part of it in real life. 4. Make it real-world. Too often students fall prey, as we all do, to going through the motions of ~~University~~ life. School, class, and most importantly learning may be routine for many students. There are certain checkboxes you have to check off to get to the next step. In order to combat this redundant feeling when doing schoolwork, we need to have real world applications of the lessons learned in the classroom. When students see what they’re doing in class can actually be applied to something in order to create a real-world effect, they will be able to change the way they think about education. Instead of having class be about passing tests, it can be about learning skills and tools to help take on the world at large. 5. Make it student-driven. Students must drive the movement. Without having the target market at the center of the programs and initiatives created, we will run the risk of having misplaced resources which would be worse because the people putting the initiatives on would be seen as disconnected. 6. Make it clear why this is important. ''Why do people want I&E to be as big as it is? Why should students care?''''' '''There must be a clear dialogue between the university and students. Clarifying intentions will allow people to be more open to the idea and make it their own. We plan on tracking the history of the I&E movement here at Maryland, ~~College Park Campus Ecosystem~~ dating back to Kevin Plank, Sergey Brin, and beyond. It's important we are able to keep the pulse of campus, but also, it's important that we allow student to show off their work. We can do this by creating a "Terpfolio" that showcases all of the great projects (big, and small) that make UMD students proud to be in this environment. '''7. Make it fun! (But seriously, make it fun)'''<div><div>I&E can be scary, sometimes. It's daunting to consider the complexities associated with a campus of innovators, but at the end of the day, we feel I&E is a great way to make higher education more engaging and fun. It's not about getting students to create start-ups;''it's about getting students to create.''<div> </div></div></div>= How to make UMD I&E: = == 1. About passion, not start-ups. == ''' Tactic: TEDx Talks''' *Raise awareness among students that they, too, can be involved with I & E than by INSPIRING! “Ideas worth spreading” == 2. Accessible to all. == '''Strategy: Raising Perception On-Campus for I & E Opportunities for All''' '''4-year plan for Entrepreneurship & Innovation''' <p span style="font-size:13px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align: ~~center~~baseline">{{This will highlight what we already have and what classes should be offered. We will work to identify and create more interdisciplinary, project-based courses on campus. This is the groundwork for the creation of an interdisciplinary, project-focused major in Entrepreneurship & Innovation. <span style="font-size:13px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#~~Widget~~ffffff; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:~~Prezis|~~baseline" id=~~73onxecjg6mk~~"docs-internal-guid-6bbaab3b-ae38-865e-86ab-342348c24ddc">Identify/create more public makerspaces on campus Open to students of all majors, lowering the barrier to entry for prototyping an idea</~~?utm_campaign~~span>. Recent developments include the TAP Building's Rapid Prototyping Lab, the Mckeldin Library's Makerspace, and an initiative on LAUNCH UMD to build more accessible prototyping labs, regardless of level of ability or field of interest. <span style=~~share&utm_medium~~"font-size:13px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline" id=~~copy}}~~"docs-internal-guid-6bbaab3b-ae39-83fd-c009-25ea0c73e732">Central place to get all resources for entrepreneurship/innovation We are currently adapting the Landscape Canvas, as well as working with key university officials from campus, to build a comprehensive entrepreneurship "map" that is interactive and intuitive. This will break down opportunities and resources on campus by type, topic, stage of your idea, etc. '''Tactic: Design “Tent"</pu>''' ACTIVATING CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH DESIGN  *Design Tent events are a chance for students to come together to “play under the same tent” and exchange ideas. Through collaboration that is dynamic, active, and fun, these events aim to generate new interests, raise awareness and energize participants to cross-pollinate ideas. The focus of the January 2014 Design Tent was to re-think our perception of garbage and use materials from local waste streams to design and build prototypes to test entrepreneurial ideas. The value of waste was repurposed into both a process and product that brought together (STEAM) students and exposed them to the innovation process through iterative making and fabrication.   Team Leader(s): *Valerie Sherry and Natalya Dikanov with the help of mDIL and Linear Gallery members Open Positions: *Contact design.impact.lab@gmail.com if interested in helping to sponsor, coordinate or participate in next Design tent event!

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~~== Overview~~ *The first Design Tent event was co-hosted by [mDIL] Maryland Design Impact Lab and the Linear Gallery*The event was held as a two-day workshop January 22-23, 2014*Visiting Professionals and Facilitators included International firm, [http://refunc.nl/ REFUNC] and local firm [http://salvagingcreativity.com/ Salvaging Creativity]*Participants included: 50+ students*Disciplines involved: Over 16 different disciplines*A tremendous thank you to our Event Sponsors: Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the Architecture Department, The Kibel Gallery*A stopmotion video of ~~University~~ some of the event work can be seen at the following link:*This first Design Tent and REFUNC Workshop was also featured in a student curated Linear Gallery exhibition called ''Transforming Waste''*''''Upcoming Events:*Next Design Tent will be co hosted by the [mDIL] MarylandDesign Impact Lab, ~~College Park Campus Ecosystem ==~~Rawlings Undergraduate Leadership Program and Books Breaking Borders Innovation Team. *~~{{#Widget:Prezis|id=fsmollq5k_jg}}~~I</pspan>'''NTERDISCIPLINARY PLAY THROUGH MAKING.'''''''''

{| style= ~~Calling all Students~~"width: 500px" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"|-| About Passion, Not Start ups| '''Yes'''| No|-| Accessible to All| '''Yes'''| No|-| Sexy| Yes| '''No'''|-| Real World| '''Yes'''| No|-| Student Driven| '''Yes'''| No|-| Relevant and Important to students| '''Yes'''| No|-| Fun| '''Yes'''| No =|}

==== ~~Informational Session (come hear plans, offer feedback and help expand opportunities for all students)~~3. Sexy. ====

*Where'''Demo Day'''</30*RSVP: valeriesherry3@gmail.comu>

~~= Strategy #1: Raising Perception~~ This would be an annual Demo Day for all student startups and ~~On-Campus Innovation and Entrepreneurship Opportunities for All =~~projects, similar to Y Combinator's Demo Day.

~~Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2~~== 4. Real world. ==

'''Strategy: ~~Design “Tent”~~Create the Platform for Applied Learning & ACTION<br/span> =='''

*<~~span~~ u style="font-size: 12px;">“Design Tent” would be either a day session or weekend maker session where students from any discipline can come together, play around with ideas, start forming teams and rapidly prototype their ideas'''Tactic: maryland Design Impact Lab [mDIL]'''</~~span~~u>*Team Leader:: Open Position – Team Leader TBD*Milestones:**

== 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. ~~Tactic #2: TEDx Talks ==~~

*What better way School is a time to ~~raise awareness among~~ test, create, experiment and take initiative. [mDIL] attracts students ~~that they~~interested in social change facilitated by designing, making, building, ~~too~~prototyping, ~~can be involved with I & E than by INSPIRING! “Ideas worth spreading”~~*Team Leader:: Open Position – Team Leader TBD*Milestones:**and entrepreneurship. The organization strives for an environment that fosters creative thinking through design and is open to undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines and years ranging from freshman to Doctoral candidates.

~~== Tactic #3~~*'''Who can qualify for membership: ~~Faculty Workshop Weekend ==~~''' ANY University of Maryland student.*'''Member candidate qualities: '''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 and by working with local and global communities to design for users in mind.*'''Team Leader:''' Valerie Sherry*'''Contact Information:''' design.impact.lab@gmail.com*'''Milestones:'''**Held first "Design Tent" event in January 2014**Working local communities and organizations such as Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington DC and Strive DC to design for positive social impact.

*{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" style="width: 500px;"|-| About Passion, Not Start Ups| '''Yes''' | No|-| Accessible for All| '''Yes'''| No|-| Sexy| '''Yes'''| No|-~~size~~| Real World| ~~The purpose of this faculty workshop is to promote and instill the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation in the classroom. The goal is that their inspiration filters down to students!~~'''Yes'''*Team Leader| No|-| Student Driven| '''Yes'''| No|-| Relevant and Important for Students| '''Yes'''*Milestones| No|-| Fun| '''Yes'''| No**|}

~~= Strategy #2~~ '''Tactic: ~~Create the Platform for~~ Winter Term Interdisciplinary EdxIE Applied ~~Learning & ACTION =~~Course (Engineering, Design Thinking x Innovation Entrepreneurship)'''

~~Following are an array~~ *For-credit course and program sparks interest amongst students who may not have the time to “be involved” with entrepreneurship and design thinking during their regular semester.*Allows students opportunity to gain a design thinking and entrepreneurial mindset and skillset through applied learning.*Structure of ~~strategies that will fully address Gap #2 over a 2-3 year period~~the 15 day course oriented towards design idea incubation, prototypingfabrication and pitching your idea to experienced entrepreneurs for guidance.*'''Team Leader:''' Open Position

== ~~Tactic #1~~5. Student-driven. ~~[[File:MDILlogo.png|thumb|MDILlogo.png]]~~ ==

*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: [[vsherry@umd.edu]]*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'''Startup Shell'''</~~discipline~~**Recruitment through Design Tent Workshop Weekend**Assemble a Faculty Advisory team (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 updatesu>

~~== Tactic #2: Winter Term Interdisciplinary EdxIE Applied Course (Engineering~~Startup Shell is a student-driven and student-run nonprofit. It's a startup incubator and coworking space - students run the incubator, ~~Design Thinking x Innovation Entrepreneurship) ==~~maintain the space and membership, design its expansion plan, and more.

*== ~~This program is meant to spark interest amongst students who may not feel they have the time to “be involved” with entrepreneurship and design thinking during their regular semester~~6. ~~It is also for students wishing to gain a design thinking~~ Relevant and ~~entrepreneurial mindset and skillset through applied learning. The structure of the 15 day course would be oriented towards design idea incubation, prototyping or fabrication and pitching your idea~~ important to ~~external critics~~students.*Team Leader: Open Position – Team Leader TBD*Milestones:**Interview participants in programs similar to this at other schools**Research Applied Design thinking curriculums & similar programs**Reach out to faculty and administration regarding eligibility for “credit” or “certificate” status for the course**If course is not eligible for credit, seek funding to support a trial run of the program otherwise create budget for operating cost of the program vs. profit from target participants**Develop Curriculum & professional aids**Raise awareness among students==

== '''Tactic #3: Space Finder/Creater'''<br/u> ==

*~~~~Maker spaces should and could be available for ALL students! Think of the invention and spark that could happen if we as students knew physical spaces where we could go to test our new ideas. ~~This program~~ *Program leverages existing resources and spaces ~~and would~~ , provide assistance for finding or making physical space for new startups. *Students ~~would be able to~~ search through an online platform and mobile app that connects individual students and student groups with available immediate, temporary, short and long-term spaces. ~~The program and~~ *Program task team would ~~have documented a~~ document network of spaces on campus and their availability~~, which could be seen through a~~ *Interface: map interface on the system. If no space exists, students can contact mDIL (Maryland Design Impact Lab) and request a task team to design a temporary flex-space. This method would thereby provide a need and direction for students looking for innovation space that may not be part of an existing start up, or part of the Engineering or business school. In addition, this service will also give mDIL interdisciplinary design teams the opportunity to practice applying their developing ideation, fabrication and implementation skillsets to address a need.*'''Team Leader: ''' Open Position ~~– Team Leader TBD~~*'''Milestones:'''

**Reach out to University leaders to form a faculty advisory team for this effort

**Create strategic plan for implementation

**Tie resource data to website and mobile app interface

**Raise Awareness among student body about the tool and its inclusivity!

**Task mDIL with a temporary (flex) innovation space to show potential

**LAUNCH!

== 7. Fun! ==

= Resource Synopsis =

*'''Institutional Look: '''The University of Maryland, College Park has a wealth of Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources for students and faculty. The University promotes I&E on campus primarily through course and program offerings in the Smith School of Business, the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, M.TECH within the Clark School of Engineering and most recently with the launch of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 

*'''Lifestyle Look: '''Living Learning Communities offer University of Maryland undergraduates the opportunity to live and surround themselves with academically like-minded faculty and students.

*'''Regional Look:''' University of Maryland, College Park is a regional force for innovation. Our proximity to federal agencies and the nation’s capital allow for strategic partnerships to be formed and high level facilities to be accessible for research and incubation purposes. If you have a start up or a venture and you are in need of funding, tech transfer, high level incubation space or business mentors, the University can bolster your process through its resources, partnerships and connection to the region.

*'''Current Gaps: '''A gap exists in the access for students of all disciplines to apply their skills as entrepreneurs and innovators regardless of whether they come from STEM backgrounds. We hope to increase the cross pollination of ideas and expertise from different disciplines and to empower all students to be innovators.

*'''The UMD future: '''the TIME IS NOW. Let’s get started on building a better I&E Ecosystem at the University of Maryland.

*'''Student Charge:''' Use the resources at hand or create the ones that don’t exist. Be a part of this movement and let the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship ignite inspiration in you as your ideas collide with others at the university to create change!

== Overview of University of Maryland, College Park Campus Ecosystem ==

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= Other =

The future is bright for the University of Maryland as a leader in Technology, Entrepreneurship, Design and Innovation. Be a catalyst for this movement and push it forward. Maximize your use of the resources available at your university today and create the resources that it lacks!

For questions, comments or suggestions, please ~~contact at valeriesherry3@gmail.com.~~email:

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