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= 1. Build & Connect the Community =
== Tactic #1 Hammock Initiative (Updated) ==
The best opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation mean nothing if people aren't involved. We feel that to create a community of entrepreneurs we have to first create a community where people can just be people. That is why one of our main priorities is to bring an organization to campus that will host events where all expectations to be innovative or have creative ideas are eliminated. It's called the Hammock Initiative, or Hi for short and its vision is simple.
By getting people together to hammock for the sake of just being, we believe natural conversation where ideas and innovation are born will start all on their own. And with how busy people are, I think we can all agree that some time set aside to relax is needed.
== Tactic #2 Innovation Open House (New Fall 2015) ==
Creating an event/ program that is simply an open house for people to show off what ideas they have both from the community as well as campus. This opportunity, would not be a competition, but rather a simple venue for anyone with an idea to display their work, regardless of stage. This would allow students to present ideas outside of a competition setting where they could "fail" and community memebers to see what parallels they are doing with research and development that students are already doing. A great way to create contacts and expand the network, but also the pen minds about what the NDSU Fargo region is capable of.
== Tactoc #3 UI Fresh ==
First year NDSU students are required to take a Univeristy 189 course which is essentially a welcome to college class, and for the most part seen a a joke. One challenge we have come up with is to use this opportunity to open the minds of fresh students before they can develop habit and get into their "groove".
UI Fresh wold be a process of getting into the course work and do design thinking activities with the students, give them the ability to think creatively, introduce them to the opportunities on campus that they would either enjoy working in or use ass a resource when need be. First hand deisgn thinking activities allow them to see that Design thinking is a tactic they can apply in any field or in anyway.
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