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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15;">From the Faculty and Administrative points of view, a student will only be enrolled at an institution for a certain amount of time. How can faculty be encouraged to invest time and resources into a project that may graduate and move on when the student does? Further, how can a student ensure that his/her idea and progress established a legacy? This guide below will explain how to establish mutually beneficial relationships between students, faculty, and administrators.</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-b36f306d-4e35-1f35-6bc7-5a58bd3dde69"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After all, these relationships are the ultimate key for innovation and entrepreneurship to flourish.</span><span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-b36f306d-4e35-1f35-6bc7-5a58bd3dde69"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The cornerstone of most relationships between students and faculty is innovation. For most, it is easier to follow an idea than a person; sharing a passion inspires hard work for the right reasons. As such, the process must start with the big idea.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-b36f306d-4e35-1f35-6bc7-5a58bd3dde69"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Albert Einstein remarked that if given an hour to solve a problem, he would spend the first fifty-five minutes thinking about the problem. With this in mind, research is key. Before approaching a faculty member and pitching an idea, the student must clearly identify both the stakeholder and the stakeholder’s problem. Further, the student must develop a plan of action, covering all of his bases. By preparing to such a degree, upon approaching a peer, professor or administrator, the student will appear confident, prepared, and ready to start making progress. If a student approaches a professor with a disorganized plan, without answers to potential conflicts the idea may find, and without a practiced sales pitch, there will be an instant loss of credibility and consequently lower chances of success.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-b36f306d-4e35-1f35-6bc7-5a58bd3dde69"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A great way to convince another to support an idea is to pitch the idea as it will benefit the other person. This means that not only should a student understand his/her audience stakeholders, but also the stakeholders who will be involved in supporting and assisting with the idea.</span></span>

<span style="color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15;">Often a student will come across faculty members or students of a different discipline who might be cautious or hesitant to volunteer time and effort; this may be a result of myriad existing commitments, the unfamiliar discipline from which the student comes, or simply a personality that does not work well with collaboration. These limitations may be overcome by appealing to the other’s desires. A professor may respond to departmental incentives, a student may respond to a resume booster, or an administrator may respond to boosting school rankings. While none of these goals were the original idea’s primary focus, it can be necessary to discover and utilize the desires of potential collaborators. Lastly, it should also be noted that a student should not be afraid to exaggerate the potential success. Stretching the truth or appealing to one’s desires will allow the student or faculty member to move past the initial barrier of uncertainty and allow collaboration towards success.</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-b36f306d-4e35-1f35-6bc7-5a58bd3dde69"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innovative ideas thrive through overwhelming amounts of support and inclusiveness. As the number of supporters for your idea grows and relationships form, the ability to communicate will become increasingly difficult. It is pivotal to your success to understand diverse methods of communication and how they best correspond to different groups of individuals.</span></span>

<span style="color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15;">Marketing and visibility can be included in communication as well. In fact, in some aspects they are very important. Not only advancing your idea but also raising awareness can really help build a foundation to solidify a future for your idea.</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-b36f306d-4e35-1f35-6bc7-5a58bd3dde69"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another important aspect contributing to finding success once relationships are formed would be to acquire and maximize your stakeholder’s respect for you and your innovative idea. Respect is comparable to trust and must be earned. The first foundational things that should be established would be to show your maturity through responsibility, dependability, and consistency. Once this foundation is created and believed by your stakeholders your idea will be become a safer investment worthy of respect.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-b36f306d-4e35-1f35-6bc7-5a58bd3dde69"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- success begets success-</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-b36f306d-4e35-1f35-6bc7-5a58bd3dde69"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turning an idea into progress can be a long and difficult task. While long hours, meetings, and constant communication may be easier for the student with the idea, for faculty members this process can be arduous. For this reason, sustainability of a program or club is essential.</span></span>

<span style="color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15;">A powerful model to achieve these results assigns leadership to non-senior classes. By having the club or program president a sophomore or junior, this president may step down the following year and while remaining at the institution allow for an easy transition into the new leadership. The presence of the former president will also ease the workload of the faculty advisor. If the president each year graduated, the faculty advisor would be tasked with making sure that the new president is effective and produces good results. Allowing the former president to oversee these duties both respects the faculty advisor’s time and efforts and ensures a continued quality of leadership.</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-b36f306d-4e35-1f35-6bc7-5a58bd3dde69"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With a great idea in mind, there should be no barrier to pursuing the idea and finding success. Hopefully through this guide, the future student may more easily communicate with faculty members in order to develop the great idea. Based on open communication, respect, and maturity, the relationship between faculty and student will enhance rather than impede the success of the idea.</span></span>