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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-719c129b-26e4-6217-28ef-bfe2924d73b4"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gap #1: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; 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></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:</p>
== Tactic #1: Building the Innovation Community ==
<p style="text-align: justify;"><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></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><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 UIF Fellows with the help of my advisor, Anne-Laure Fayard.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><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></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><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></li>
<li><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></li>
