Challenge and Selection    As a student, I am a part of an organization that works in partnerships with constituent minority  organizations on campus to ensure that the minority voice is heard on campus. Within the  group, I am a part of the Finance Committee which provides monetary funds to our constituent  groups, so that they can host events on campus.  To be able to provide monetary assistance to  many groups on campus, my group has to find a way to raise money each year. It is difficult to  raise money by solely asking for donations, so every year we must come up with creative ideas  that people will be interested in attending that will also bring in money that we can use to  promote the minority voice on campus. To create revenue generating events my team of 5  students must create and implement numerous events throughout the semester to test which  attracts the most students. The learning launch tool has been one of the most beneficial tools  that we have come across. The learning launch tools allows us to implement many programs  and test which one will make the most revenue, so that in future semesters we can have a list  of events that is guaranteed to be a hit.  The learning launch tool allows us to get direct student  feedback on each event, so that we can tailor the events to what students want. Some events  are more successful than others, but we test all of them on a smaller scale, so that in the future  we can host the events that were most popular on a larger scale.     Application    My team and I were able to come up with many events that we were able to implement  throughout the fall semester with the help of the learning launch tool. We each came up with a  couple of ideas that we thought would be interesting and every month we would host a couple  of events to see how successful the event would be. These events ranged from bake sales, a  student and professor lunch date auction, and playing sports with various athletic teams at our  school. The events were low risk, and did not require much money to put together. Since each  event was relatively cheap and fast, we knew that even if the event was a failure, we would not  lose a substantial amount of funds, because at the end of the day, the goal was to raise money.  Some of the most popular events that were a success included playing basketball against the  men’s basketball team at our school and having an auction to take professors and athletes from  our school out to lunch.     Insight and Approach    By using the learning launch tool, my team and I were able to successfully plan and implement  many events on campus that promoted the minority voice and generate revenue which then  could be dispersed to constituent groups to help them promote their voices on campus. Instead  of focusing all our attention on one big event for the semester, which could have been a total  bust, we planned many smaller events that were of lower risk of failure. Hosting many smaller  events allowed us to learn what students were interested on campus and it allowed us to build  better events. The events that did not do as well as others allowed us to learn from our  mistakes and expand our horizons. Life is about constantly learning new things and the learning  launch tool is an effective way to learn about what’s best for others and yourself.

Before my team was a part of the finance committee, the previous groups would plan one big  event each semester in hopes of raising money and they were never able to reach their goal  that they had set for themselves. My group was one of the first to host many events on a  smaller scale, and the rolling out the events that were a success on a larger platform. We used  the learning launch tool to diversify our events to attract donors and students from many  different groups. We set a base for the future students who join this committee on how to plan  events and how they can be successful.     I took this course while being a part of my finance committee and it helped us think of new  ways to get our brains flowing with ideas. We all came from different backgrounds of thinking  and I was mostly the analytical type person who was very focused on a single track. The Design  Thinking course helped me enter an artistic side of my brain that with the use of my analytical  side of my brain I hope to use in my future career as I enter the job market in the upcoming  year.


Challenge and Selection As a student , I am a part of an organization that works in partnerships with constituent minority organizations on campus to ensure that the minority voice is heard on campus . Within the group , I am a part of the Finance Committee which provides monetary funds to our constituent groups , so that they can host events on campus . To be able to provide monetary assistance to many groups on campus , my group has to find a way to raise money each year . It is difficult to raise money by solely asking for donations , so every year we must come up with creative ideas that people will be interested in attending that will also bring in money that we can use to promote the minority voice on campus . To create revenue generating events my team of 5 students must create and implement numerous events throughout the semester to test which attracts the most students . The learning launch tool has been one of the most beneficial tools that we have come across . The learning launch tools allows us to implement many programs and test which one will make the most revenue , so that in future semesters we can have a list of events that is guaranteed to be a hit . The learning launch tool allows us to get direct student feedback on each event , so that we can tailor the events to what students want . Some events are more successful than others , but we test all of them on a smaller scale , so that in the future we can host the events that were most popular on a larger scale . Application My team and I were able to come up with many events that we were able to implement throughout the fall semester with the help of the learning launch tool . We each came up with a couple of ideas that we thought would be interesting and every month we would host a couple of events to see how successful the event would be . These events ranged from bake sales , a student and professor lunch date auction , and playing sports with various athletic teams at our school . The events were low risk , and did not require much money to put together . Since each event was relatively cheap and fast , we knew that even if the event was a failure , we would not lose a substantial amount of funds , because at the end of the day , the goal was to raise money . Some of the most popular events that were a success included playing basketball against the men ’s basketball team at our school and having an auction to take professors and athletes from our school out to lunch . Insight and Approach By using the learning launch tool , my team and I were able to successfully plan and implement many events on campus that promoted the minority voice and generate revenue which then could be dispersed to constituent groups to help them promote their voices on campus . Instead of focusing all our attention on one big event for the semester , which could have been a total bust , we planned many smaller events that were of lower risk of failure . Hosting many smaller events allowed us to learn what students were interested on campus and it allowed us to build better events . The events that did not do as well as others allowed us to learn from our mistakes and expand our horizons . Life is about constantly learning new things and the learning launch tool is an effective way to learn about what ’s best for others and yourself . Before my team was a part of the finance committee , the previous groups would plan one big event each semester in hopes of raising money and they were never able to reach their goal that they had set for themselves . My group was one of the first to host many events on a smaller scale , and the rolling out the events that were a success on a larger platform . We used the learning launch tool to diversify our events to attract donors and students from many different groups . We set a base for the future students who join this committee on how to plan events and how they can be successful . I took this course while being a part of my finance committee and it helped us think of new ways to get our brains flowing with ideas . We all came from different backgrounds of thinking and I was mostly the analytical type person who was very focused on a single track . The Design Thinking course helped me enter an artistic side of my brain that with the use of my analytical side of my brain I hope to use in my future career as I enter the job market in the upcoming year .