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== Networking and contacting influential people == <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-e3e1b830-76f5-3168-8f38-f1c93709ea35size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily: 16pxarial, sans-serif; ">Reaching out to faculty at your institution who are interested in your</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0arial, 0, 0); backgroundsans-color: transparentserif; vertical">success and the success of the course are great sources of support.</span><br/><span style="font-alignfamily: baseline; whitearial, sans-space: pre-wrapserif;">Networking Student support is not always about contacting as many people as possible. Sometimes, it’s about contacting also a big part of the right people. Faculty process since they are the first people ones who spring to mind when we think about designing a course. However</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, they have limited ability to actually get your program off the ground. Aim bigger! Go straight to the administration. People like the Dean of Academic Affairs, the Dean of Studies, and the Dean of External Affairs sans-serif;">will have be taking the authority to approve your project and connect you with possible funderscourse.Learning should be democratized because gaining</span><br/span> <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily: arial, sans-guid-e3e1b830-76f5-3168-8f38-f1c93709ea35serif;">feedback as to what students want to learn on your campus is the first</span><br/><span style="font-sizefamily: 16pxarial, sans-serif; ">step. Ways to find support from your peers can include using Google</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0arial, 0, 0); backgroundsans-color: transparentserif; vertical">polls and forums to get a sense of what kind of courses they would</span><br/><span style="font-alignfamily: baseline; whitearial, sans-space: pre-wrapserif;">On the topic of funding, once again, check your initial impulse on who you might contact want and how you may go about raising funds. Think about what kinds of people might have money to willingly donate in support of your vision. One excellent group is alumni. Contact your Dean of External Affairs and ask them to put you in contact with wealthy alumni who have a history of donating to the school. Contact your Econ professors and see if they know any entrepreneurial alumni possible times that have gone on to create successful startups. These alumni will have money, and will also immediately recognize would work best for the value of your venture.most amount</span><br/span> <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily: arial, sans-guid-e3e1b830-76f5-3168-8f38-f1c93709ea35serif;">of students.</span><br/><br/><br/><span style="font-sizefamily: 16pxarial, sans-serif; ">Your team should consist of the faculty of your choosing and other</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0arial, 0, 0); backgroundsans-color: transparentserif; vertical">students who share your common end goal. When choosing faculty members</span><br/><span style="font-alignfamily: baseline; whitearial, sans-space: pre-wrapserif;">If you plan to have influential people come and speak for help make your classcourse a reality, the “shotgun method”, or cold calling, can come in handy. Send out “template letters” (emails with the exact same content, but with names changed) to as many interesting people as possible, and you making sure they are guaranteed willing to get at least a few positive replies.</span><br/span><span style="backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparentarial, sans-serif; color">provide advice while not trying to change the core concept of your</span><br/><span style="font-family: rgb(0arial, 0, 0)sans-serif; ">course is key. Do not be afraid to set boundaries so that you do not</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arialarial, sans-serif; ">go off track from your original goal. Everyone on your team should</span><br/><span style="font-sizefamily: 16pxarial, sans-serif; white">understand and believe in the goal of the course and be willing to put</span><br/><span style="font-spacefamily: prearial, sans-wrapserif;">Finally, enlist in the work to make it a few faculty to help out with logistics and to act as mavens who will provide important contactsreality.</span><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></span>
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== Gaining support and finding the right team == <span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Reaching out to faculty at your institution who are interested in your</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">success and the success of the course are great sources of support.</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Student support is also a big part of the process since they are the ones who</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">will be taking the course. Learning should be democratized because gaining</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">feedback as to what students want to learn on your campus is the first</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">step. Ways to find support from your peers can include using Google</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">polls and forums to get a sense of what kind of courses they would</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">want and the possible times that would work best for the most amount</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">of students.</span><br/><br/><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Your team should consist of the faculty of your choosing and other</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">students who share your common end goal. When choosing faculty members</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">to help make your course a reality, making sure they are willing to</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">provide advice while not trying to change the core concept of your</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">course is key. Do not be afraid to set boundaries so that you do not</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">go off track from your original goal. Everyone on your team should</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">understand and believe in the goal of the course and be willing to put</span><br/><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">in the work to make it a reality.</span></span><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>
== Raising awareness about the course ==
