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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26df-98dc-1718-98955fa9e546"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU-Poly as a school of engineering has developed a philosophy based on innovation, invention and entrepreneurship, captured by its motto, i</span><span style="font-size: 9px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">e. This is the motivation driving Poly’s culture both academically and socially. But as Poly transitions into full integration in the NYU network, current students and alums are yearning for outlets to express their i</span><span style="font-size: 9px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">e identity. And this is where the gap stems from: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">an unawareness of design, consulting, and innovation focused communities affiliated with NYU-Poly and opportunities for valuable professional experience through the use of creative problem solving methodologies to consult on real world problems.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26df-98dc-1718-98955fa9e546"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To tackle this issue, I am proposing to develop and host an innovation consulting competition. This competition serves three key purposes. The first is to provide an environment that enacts the i</span><span style="font-size: 9px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">e philosophy of NYU-Poly, thus allowing NYU-Poly students to practice with real world projects while collaborating with students from other schools. Second, is to start framing a narrative around students building a tangible portfolio of work while offering corporate recruiters access to high profile talent. Lastly, the competition is a prototype that will expose NYU administration to the benefits of having a student innovation club and support the inauguration of the Greenhouse Collective (an innovation consulting group inspired by the Design Tinkering Club and the Greenhouse that is awaiting NYU approval and support).</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br/></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Please click hyperlink to view the Prezi overview of my [http://prezi.com/gdr0ztk4wxc3/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy campus ecosystem. ]</span></p>
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Strategy #1: Share the Vision<br/></span> = <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26e4-6217-28ef-bfe2924d73b4"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gap #1: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A general unawareness of design, consulting, and innovation focused communities affiliated with NYU-Poly and opportunities for valuable professional experience through the use of creative problem solving methodologies to consult on real world problems.</span></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:</span></p> == <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Tactic #1: Building the Innovation Community </span> == <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26e5-cccd-41ff-5e17056f0db9"><span style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Description: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I will be focused on building synergistic relationships among NYU students, faculty, and innovation consulting firms. We can tap into the different student clubs to source for talent and spread the world about the upcoming competition. We seek support from existing faculty who champion innovation and entrepreneurship, and tap into their networks for insight, advice, resources, and key networks. Lastly, we reach out to top innovation consulting firms willing to work with us to build relationship between their recruiters and out students.</span></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26e5-cccd-41ff-5e17056f0db9"><span style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Team Leader</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Myself with the help of my advisor, Anne-Laure Fayard.</span></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26e5-cccd-41ff-5e17056f0db9"><span style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestones</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26e5-cccd-41ff-5e17056f0db9"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Build an excel sheet called "People of Interest" (includes club leaders, key I&E people at NYU, and outside resources)</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26e5-cccd-41ff-5e17056f0db9"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connect and share the competition proposal, gage their interest.</span></span></span></li>
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== <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Tactic #2: Competition (innovation consulting through interdisiciplinary teams) </span> == <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26e6-8d84-2ff3-918596a59c21"><span style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Description</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: We host a cross-disciplinary innovation consulting competition that teaches teams on how to apply design thinking principles to address issues. The competition will be broken down into 3 milestone presentations that are focused on the business, design, or technical aspect of the project.</span></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26e6-8d84-2ff3-918596a59c21"><span style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Team Leader</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Me</span></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26e6-8d84-2ff3-918596a59c21"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'''Milestones''':</span></span></span></p>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26e6-8d84-2ff3-918596a59c21"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sponsorship/Supporting Partners secured</span></span>*<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Showcases 1, 2, 3</span>*<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Announcing 1st place Winner</span> == Tactic #3: Networking == <span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26ea-bafe-00b7-8ae503270e51"><span style="font-weightfamily: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: prearial,helvetica,sans-wrapserif;">Description: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a part of the competitionShowcases 1, the contestants will have a chance to meet and greet professionals and HR personnel in the innovation consulting industry. Each contestant will be given a handbook on company profiles2, breaking into the industry, internship and entry-level opportunities, and a list of HR contacts.3</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26ea-bafe-00b7-8ae503270e51">*<span style="font-weightfamily: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: prearial,helvetica,sans-wrapserif;">Team Leader</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:TBDAnnouncing 1st place Winner</span></span>
== <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Tactic #3: Networking</span> ==<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26ea-bafe-00b7-8ae503270e51"><span style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Description: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a part of the competition, the contestants will have a chance to meet and greet professionals and HR personnel in the innovation consulting industry. Each contestant will be given a handbook on company profiles, breaking into the industry, internship and entry-level opportunities, and a list of HR contacts.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26ea-bafe-00b7-8ae503270e51"><span style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Team Leader</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:TBD</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26ea-bafe-00b7-8ae503270e51"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestones:</span></span>'''</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26ea-bafe-00b7-8ae503270e51"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Supporting partners and their HR people network and meet with contestants</span></span></span></li>
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