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= Strategies for Change =

== Strategy 01: ~~Encouraging and Improving I&E Culture~~ Fostering Collaboration Outside of ~~the Academic Curriculum~~Classroom-based Team Projects ==

=== Inno-fest<br/> ===

=== <span style="font-~~family~~size: ~~Arial~~18.6667px; font-~~size~~weight: ~~11pt~~normal; white-space: pre-wrap; ~~background-color: transparent; caret-~~color: rgb(067, 067, 067); ~~color~~font-family: ~~rgb(0~~arial, 0helvetica, 0)sans-serif;">Program Pitch: Inno-fest is a celebration of innovations and small entrepreneurship on campus and a space for skill-exchange that is not yet valued by the current academic curriculum but might be beneficial beyond a college setting. By creating a time and space where students and local town folks can come together to share their unique talents and the things that they are passionate about, not only do students immediately benefit from learning practical skills from each other, but also fosters a community that inspires innovation and entrepreneurship through recognizing that they can exist both within and outside of a standard classroom setting. There is an apparent need for students on campus to continue to learn from and collaborate with each other beyond the classroom setting, thus, in addition to Inno-fest and the current active online "Free and For Sale" page, an all-year-round bulletin board can add a human aspect and provide a continuous space for skill sharing and peer inspiration.Skill Exchange Sunday===

Program Pitch: Skill Exchange Sunday is a program for innovators to meet every week in a designated space at a specific time to work on their ongoing projects. Students are welcome even if they do not have a project of their own, and can collaborate with/help other students on their projects. The idea is to learn new skills from each other by working collaboratively on new ideas in a space where you can find like-minded people as well as people who may have completely different skill sets from you who you can learn from. Skill Exchange Sunday allows students to acquire new skills as well as learn to be more comfortable working collaboratively with strangers. There is an apparent need to encourage students to pursue team projects outside of group assignments on their own based on this personal interests and passions. Such support would also encourage innovation and entrepreneurship on campus, as students would be more inclined towards exploring ideas and applying a variety of skills to their creative pursuits. == Strategy 02: Encouraging and Improving I&E Culture Outside of the Academic Curriculum == == Inno-Fest == Program Pitch: Inno-fest is a celebration of innovations and small entrepreneurship on campus and a space for skill-exchange that is not yet valued by the current academic curriculum but might be beneficial beyond a college setting. By creating a time and space where students and local town folks can come together to share their unique talents and the things that they are passionate about, not only do students immediately benefit from learning practical skills from each other, but also fosters a community that inspires innovation and entrepreneurship through recognizing that they can exist both within and outside of a standard classroom setting. There is an apparent need for students on campus to continue to learn from and collaborate with each other beyond the classroom setting, thus, in addition to Inno-fest and the current active online "Free and For Sale" page, an all-year-round bulletin board can add a human aspect and provide a continuous space for skill sharing and peer inspiration. == Strategy 0203: Encouraging and Improving I&E Culture Within STEM & Humanities Fields ==

=== Transdiciplinary Action ===

Proposal : Create a series that focuses on different aspects of I & E that could appeal to non-traditional Humanities and Social Science Majors Lunch and Learns: Change making in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship world Panels and Info sessions: Social science and humanities Smith alums involved in the world of I & E talk about why these majors matter to the I & E world Storytelling Session: The parallels of storytelling and pitching a business idea Another way is to present different aspects of  I & E Social Entrepreneurship Challenge (multi-major groups) Workshops: Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations (socially aware and human-centered designs) Design Thinking for Humanities majors

== Strategy 04: Preparing Students for the Business World == == Smith Business Model Canvas Competition == Program Pitch: The Smith Business Model Canvas Competition is an annual competition designed to take an entire day of researching and building a Business Model Canvas. Given a problem/prompt, participants organized in teams of 4 will research their prompt, identify a solution and think of business idea that could solve the problem they are given. Then they will sketch out their business idea and create a Business Model Canvas for their potential business. At the Poster Session, they will get feedback on the canvas from entrepreneurs. The event will be finalized by workshop/presentation from Smith’s innovation/entrepreneurship center on building a Business Model Canvas. Our intent is to create an opportunity for students to learn how to make business model canvas for their personal businesses. Business model canvases are an essential part of the business world especially for small startups that are trying to attract investors. Teaching students this essential component of the building a business makes them competitive in the business world.      == Strategy 0205: Developing resources for post-graduation pursuit of innovative and entrepreneurial ventures ==

~~===~~ <span style="~~67); font-size: 18.6667px; ~~color~~white-space: ~~rgb(67, 67, 67)~~pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; font-~~weight~~family: ~~400; vertical~~arial, helvetica, sans-~~align: baseline~~serif; ~~white-space: pre-wrap~~">Innovators’ Mentorship Program~~ ===

Program Pitch: Innovators’ Mentorship Program is an initiative that helps students grow and build their ideas on a large scale by matching interested students with faculty members, alums, and affiliates who have knowledge in the industry or field of study that a student is exploring. Mentors will guide students, provide advice and insights, and could help network students so that their ideas can be executed on a full scale. This mentorship program targets 30 students ranging from all years. They will be selected based on an essay describing why they are seeking a mentor in the innovation space and what ideas they want to develop further with this mentor. The matching process will be a mutual selection process -- students choose their most interested areas and mentors give keywords relating to their expertise. Students can either take a Special Studies or produce weekly reports on the progress. A team of faculty members interested in the development of innovation will form an Advisory Committee to track the process and get feedbacks from mentors. The Lazarus Center (Career Development Office) and The Conway Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (CIEC) holds regional meet-ups, annual mix & mingle events, and one-day trip to the mentor’s office locations.

== Strategy 0306: Encouraging innovation among students and faculty ==

=== Innovation Playground ===

Program Pitch:The Innovation Library has an idea board that includes some thought-provoking questions such as “What’s on your mind?”, “What keeps you up at night?”, “What’s the one thing you want to change at Smith?” Students and faculty members can post sticky notes with their thoughts anytime. There is a special prompt on the idea board every other week, and the person who suggests the best answer, voted by the Smith community, will receive 5$ Campus Center/ Grecourt Bookshop gift card. The Innovation Library also has small maker-space and short coffee-break sessions with discussions / talks about I&E, design thinking and other issues on campus. There are posters and flyers around the library, and there are bookmarks that advertise I&E resources. The wordings in the bookmarks are tailored to academic fields so that students will respond better to those opportunities.

== Strategy 0407: Accommodating for disruptions in campus ecosystem due to library construction ==

The main library at Smith College is under major renovation. It will be under construction for the next two years. Talking to students on campus, this has already disrupted their daily routines from lack of accessibility of walkways to lack to study spaces. More students study in their dorm rooms now since their major study spots have disappeared.

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