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== Open Minds Program <br/> ==
<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Spring of 2016, Due due to our massive success, Open Minds was approached by member of the Colonial School District, to implement a similar version of our current Open Minds Competition, but, . The goal was to conducted it in a way in which it that was more comprehensible comprehensive and welcoming to High School high school student. As consequence, although, this was the very first instance in which this particular set of student had ever been exposed to innovation at first hand. Overall, the student’s response was very positive and enthusiastic, meaning they wanted to learn more what is innovation and how it happens. As matter fact, several student that participated, ask members of the High School Colonial School District that they want to participate in another Open Minds Competition. For the high School students Open Minds was their one in a life time opportunity to put into practice what they learn classroom setting and apply it in real life.</span>
<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcbb5bd2-5608-ff21-65a9-e93f598f096d"><span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Open Minds program is a 3-Day competition/ Startup opportunity for students to use and develop their innovation and entrepreneurship skills while generating ideas based on the concept of sustainability. The Open Minds Innovation Competition will be available to all students at La Salle University. This competition will yield individual cash prizes, paid internships, and winning teams will be sent to the NCIIA Open conference in Washington DC in March 2015 in addition to receiving a monetary as a group. The competition will begin in February 2015.</span></span></span></span>