optiMize Social Innovation Challenge
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optiMize Social Innovation Challenge

If you could change anything about the world, what would you change?

Whether you're passionate about mental health, social justice, education, sustainable energy, or something else entirely, the optiMize Challenge can help you turn your ideas into impact.

The Social Innovation Challenge is a 6-month long incubator providing workshops, mentorship, and up to $20,000 in funding for your project.

Most importantly, whether you're a beginner or an experienced innovator, you'll find a supportive community of like-minded students and mentors who want to help you succeed.

*attendance at workshops is taken into account during final funding decisions*


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Workshop 1

Innovate Night 1

Workshop 2

Innovate Night 2

Workshop 3

Workshop 4

Innovate Night 3

Workshop 5



Workshop 1 - Visioning, Stakeholder and Landscape Analysis

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Intramural Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover Ave
Dive deep into creating your vision for your project and begin exploring how this project would positively impact others.
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Innovate Night 1

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UgLi - first floor
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Workshop 2 - Prototyping and Value Propositions

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Menlo Innovations, 505 E. Liberty St (basement of FedEx)

Introduction into how to prototype and discovery of how your project adds value.

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Innovate Night 2

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Ugli - first floor

Innovate Nights provide a space for participants in the Social Innovation Challenge to connect with mentors and one another outside of our monthly workshops. 

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Workshop 3 - Gallery Walk

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Menlo Innovations, 505 E. Liberty St (basement of FedEx)

Share your initial prototype of your project with peers during our Gallery Walk and gain and provide valuable feedback.

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Workshop 4 - Validation and Staying Motivated

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Menlo Innovations

Revisit your passion for this work and create workplans to stay motivated through the finish line. Continue working on objectives to validate the value your project adds. 

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Innovate Night 3

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Ugli - first floor

Innovate Nights provide a space for participants in the Social Innovation Challenge to connect with mentors and one another outside of our monthly workshops. 



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Workshop 5 - Storytelling

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Menlo Innovations, 505 E. Liberty St (basement of FedEx)

Learn the steps and skills to a great pitch and practice your storytelling!

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