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Technovation Challenge Intro Presentation February 23 2010 V3
- 1. Technovation Challenge Technology | Innovation | Entrepreneurship
- 2. Who are we... •Partnership between Iridescent & Girls in Tech •Non-profit •Run by volunteers •Funded by donations & resourcefulness :)
- 3. Why are we here... We are women who are involved with careers in engineering and technology and we’d like you to join us!
- 4. What are we going to do together... 1 Learn App Inventor for Android 2 Create a novel mobile app 3 Develop a business plan
- 5. Categories
- 6. Categories Education Useful Tools Games, Doing Good Entertainment Self- Improvement Social Apps Enhancing Sports, News, phone Media functionality
- 7. Look for problems that you can solve using technology
- 8. Look for problems that you can solve using technology
- 9. Work together as a team... It takes a team to create a product...
- 10. Work together as a team... It takes a team to create a product... Each member of the team has a vital role to play:
- 11. Work together as a team... It takes a team to create a product... Each member of the team has a vital role to play: •Project manager •Product manager •Software engineer •Hardware engineer •User Interface designer •Quality Assurance •Marketing •PR •Sales
- 12. Work together as a team... It takes a team to create a product... Each member of the team has a vital role to play: •Project manager •Product manager •Software engineer •Hardware engineer •User Interface designer What roles can you try out? •Quality Assurance •Marketing •PR •Sales
- 13. Work together as a team...
- 14. Take Risks... Don’t be afraid to try something new Push yourself to learn something new Don’t be afraid to “fail”
- 15. Take Risks... Don’t be afraid to try something new Push yourself to learn something new Don’t be afraid to “fail”
- 17. Our core values Hands-on experience • Give the students hands-on experience of working with a team to create and develop a new product, service, or idea “from scratch” • Provide mentors with an opportunity to volunteer in a setting that utilizes their deep technical expertise Entrepreneurship • Train the students to think of problems as opportunities that can be solved by the use of technology • Provide mentors with the experience of launching a new venture Making Connections • Empower the students and mentors to work in teams of members with diverse interests and skill sets in a format that allows them to experience the challenges of real-world problem-solving and team-building • Enable the mentors to network with like- minded professionals • Create a platform for lasting mentor/mentee relationships