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* '''Test the prototype''' with the relevant people -- students, faculty, etc., depending on what it is (see below some things to keep in mind as you test). Remember when you had to go out an interview someone on the first week of the challenge? Testing your prototype is similar to that: you might feel apprehensive about showing a prototype that doesn't look very polished to someone else, and that's understandable. Use some of the same strategies you used to set up your interview: introduce yourself and the project, establish a rapport with the other person, encourage him/her to be candid with you, and demonstrate you really care about what he/she says. You will find that people will be incredibly helpful, even flattered that you care about their perspective.
* '''Iterate'''. Based on what you learned about the problem or the solution, you might make a minor modification, learn that you are solving for the wrong problem or make large changes in your strategy for how you solve the problem. Incorporate your learnings into creating a new prototype and test once again with the same person or different ones.
* '''Take a photo of people testing your prototypes,''' and include a short reflection about what you learned from the tests. If you are part of a Leadership Circle, combine all your photos and learnings into one submission.<br><br>{{Fmbox|image=none|style = border:5px solid dimgrey; background-color:lightgrey;|text=Due September 27 at midnight ET: A google doc containing a photo of people testing your prototypes, and a short reflection about what you learned from the tests. Drop this document into your institution's Google Drive folder (find the [[2020:Training/Start Here|folder link here]]) and submit the link in the Training Updates page of the UIF Portal. Instructions are on the [[2020:Training/Submitting Assignments|Submitting Assignments]] page.. As a reminder, we will be reviewing Session 4 in the Training Mural to understand your journey, so be sure to document your thought processes and show your work.}}<br>
:Here are some elements to keep in mind when you test your prototype:
* Do NOT sell your idea: Your goal is NOT to convince someone that your idea is good. You want to find out what can be improved.
* If you're the only candidate at your school, you may only be leading one project to start, but you should still take the position that the remaining projects need to be assigned to other people at your institution.<br><br>
'''A consulting approach'''<br>
Approach your upcoming meetings with faculty and administration as though you are a set of consultants who your school has hired to recommend four to five projects to address the key issues facing your school's I&E ecosystem. What are those top four to five projects you believe your institution should implement in order to expand I&E?<br><br>{{Fmbox|image=none| style = border:5px solid dimgrey; background-color:lightgrey;|text=Due September 27 at midnight ET: Link to the completed/updated Strategic Priorities Wiki student priorities wiki page.}}<br>*[[2020:Training/Start Here|''Click here to access your campus's strategic student priorities Wiki page.'']]<br><br>
On your Strategic Priorities wiki page, outline the four to five projects you have identified and refined by prototyping. Include not only the project name, but also the key tactics required to bring this project to life. Be as specific as possible, including assigning names of the team mates who will be in charge of each project. Make sure you review your plans with your uiguide and faculty champion(s) and take into account their feedback.<br><br>{{note2|'''Note:'''}} If you are a new school in the UIF program, you will be the first cohort to add content to the Strategic Priorities wiki page, but if you are a school who already has Fellows, this page already will have content added by previous Fellows, and you should update the page to add your cohort's strategic priorities. Do this in reverse chronological order, so that the most recent set of priorities are at the top of the page, and clearly indicate to which cohort they correspond.<br><br>
Submit the strategic priorities page in Training Updates. Visit the [[2020:Training/Submitting Assignments|Submitting Assignments]] page for more on how to submit this deliverable on the UIF Portal. And be sure to show your work in the Training Mural.
}}<br><br>{{Content-A|color=#8C1515|title=Team Reflections|content=<br>We asked you to complete two big projects this week, and we realize how much time it took to complete them. Here’s why we believe it was worth your time and effort:<br><br> Why did we ask you to prototype potential solutions to the problem you’d like to solve on campus? You prototype to learn more about the problem. While your Faculty Champions and supporters represent highly motivated people who are innovative, they may represent a small percentage of the leaders on campus. Over the coming weeks and months, you will no doubt encounter everyone else. You’ll encounter people who say, “we already have that” or “we don’t need that.” The fact that you made and tested a prototype shows not only that you are serious about solving the problem, it demonstrates that you are most knowledgeable about the problem and that students are interested in your solution.<br><br> And, why did we ask you to pick 4 to 5 projects? We ask you to imagine yourself as a McKinsey or Accenture consultant who can synthesize the landscape data and propose 4 to 5 projects that would be game-changing for the campus in effectively exposing hundreds, if not thousands, of students to an entrepreneurial mindset. Even though you may only begin working on the first one or two of these projects in the near-term, it’s important for you to demonstrate your strategic understanding of what the school could do with additional resources. Check out some of the proposed projects documented on other campuses’ Student Priorities pages of the wiki [[Category:Student_Priorities|here]].
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