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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I<span style="font-size:small;">f you want to put on an executive leadership design thinking workshop like Tanner, one of the first hurdles to jump to your mind is probably getting everyone in the room.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> 1.Find a date when another leadership event going on</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> a. Tanner was able to find out that there was a leadership training event going on at his school focusing on innovation. The great thing about leveraging one of these events is the people are already there and you just need to show up with your curriculum.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> 2.Mini break out session within existing meeting</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> a. </span></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Find another university wide administrative meeting. At some universities this can be called university council or administrative council. You can find this information on the committees section of your universities’ website. Send an email to the committee chair and let them know what you are wanting to do.</span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> 3. Contacting event planning personal within your president’s office.</span>
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> a. Most University presidents or provosts’ office will have an event planning and coordinating staff. If you are able to get the approval of your president or provost, this staff should work with your to put on and coordinate the</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> 4. Putting on smaller event with leadership from your college or department</span></span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> a. If you are just beginning as a fellow on your campus and do not have relationships with high level leadership, it can be s</span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">mart to start having sessions with your faculty and administrators from your academic program or major. This will give you a chance to prototype your presentation and make connections with administrators who can introduce you to leadership is greater positions of of authority.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> 5. Using residential life as a stepping stone to other leaders</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> a. Residential life departments are always looking for interesting events and trainings to put on for students and their staffs. Putting Putting on a good event for a dorm community or group of RA’s can be a great way to get on the radar of residential life administrators administrators who might want to use your example.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> 6. Building trust and respect on your campus</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> a. One of the major things that allowed Tanner to succeed is he had a track record of successful workshops on his campus. He started small, teaching freshman classes or covering for a teacher who had a sick day. For over a year he served his campus and built up good will with administrators around his university who saw he was truly passionate about this topic.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> iii. Find sources of funding for food. It would be great to have cookies, finger foods, or even a light lunch at your event, but you certainly don’t want to foot the bill for this yourself. Talk with your college’s dean, UIF sponsor, and campus’s innovation center about sources of possible funding for this.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> b. Once you have your room reserved, guest list invited, and preparations for food, all that is left is preparing your curriculum and self to put on a great workshop the day of. </span></span>
