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== Starting the Process ==
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==== Contacting the University of Michigan <br/> ====
<font face="georgia, serif">To bring 1000 pitches to your campus you need to reach out to the initial organization that launched the event, MPowered, at the University of Michigan. The organization will set up a contract to work with you and your school to make the event a success and continue to live up to the original event, much like what has been done at Penn State University. The organization will supply you with much of the marketing resources such as building a website. Once the contract and details have been worked out with the organization you can move on to the next step. </font><font face="georgia, serif"></font>
<font face="georgia, serif"></font>http://mpowered.umich.edu/
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==== Build a Solid Organization <br/> ====
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Buidling a solid organization is the key to starting a successful event on your campus. You need to construct a base that is rich in many different types of organizations on campus to be able to access a larger part of the student and administrative bodies. Talk to other Innovation minded groups on campus as well as groups that are known for having alot of student participants. Create a circle or a few key individuals who would like to truly donate their time and effort to making the event a reality. Also contact faculty who have access to a wide array of resources on campus related to the establishment of an event or organization with the school's ecosystem or infrastructure. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"></span>
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==== Attaining Funding <br/> ====
When working with empowered to set up the even at your school you will find that the contract will require you to raise atleast $ 9,000 to hold the competiton, And the suggested amount of fundraising in order to have a successful competiton is around $20,000. In order to have a successful fundraising campaign you will need to establish a template and clear vision, that you can easily pitch to prospective donors and administrators your are looking to gain support from within you university. You should also look to ask deans or other administrators for templates to use in order to gain support from alumni and other established university partners. You should also look to leverage particpation from other groups and organization by presenting awards, such as the right to attend a post competiton banquet. You can also promise cash prizes for different levels of participation by campus groups. You can find corporate sponsors by leveraging advertising oppurtunities such as logos on t-shirts and posters for publicity of the event.
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