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= Strategy 2: <br/> =
<pre>Development of Student Lead Interdisciplinary Think Tank</pre>
The second task is to create an interdisciplinary student think tank. The purpose of this group would be to capitalize on the members’ combined expertise, consistent with the design-thinking model, and to utilize their knowledge in innovation and entrepreneurship through consulting, ideating, and analyzing in various projects for Tennessee Technological Universities University and local businesses in the upper Cumberland region.
== Tactic 1: Faculty Awareness ==
<span style="font-size:small;"> Timeframe: Fall 2015</span>
== <span style="font-size:small;"></span>Tactic 5: University Support<br/> ==
<span style="font-size:small;">The fifth tactic will be to gain the support of the university. The current objective is to work with the school on providing funds for the program or offering scholarships for students who are accepted into the student think tank.</span>
== Tactic 6: Implementation of Student Think Tank ==
The sixth tactic is the implement the student think tank. With backing from the university the student think tank would be launched as a viable program. The first members would be the three TTU University Innovation Fellows and any other exceptional students w<span style="font-size:small;"></span>ho who have proved to be Innovative and Entrepreneurial (tactics 2 and 3). Student members in this think tank would begin working with Tennessee Tech University and surrounding businesses. This program would reach 100s of students while benefitting the school and surrounding community. It would provide an opportunity, for members of the think tank, to gain unmatched (by other near by universities) experience and knowledge in innovation and entrepreneurship. While simultaneously stimulating the I&E ecosystem of TTU.
Timeframe: Fall 2016