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Three College Winter session program

Three College Winter session program. How can we improve access to clean water?. Goal of the Program. Why do we have the Three College Winter Session? See how the 3 colleges can work together Experiment in collaboration Use the unique skills of each college of better our work

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Three College Winter session program

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  1. Three College Winter session program How can we improve access to clean water?

  2. Goal of the Program Why do we have the Three College Winter Session? See how the 3 colleges can work together Experiment in collaboration Use the unique skills of each college of better our work Tangibly help the world with our work

  3. This Year’s Program Tie in with the BOW sustainability certificate and the Grand Challenge Scholars Program How to improve access to clean water

  4. ZimbaDoser • Zimba’s Mission • Laura Stupin, Zimba’s Product Manager

  5. The Team • Wellesley • KavyaAkash (coordinator) • Xinyi Yan • Asha Albuquerque • Gabriella Perez Villalobos • Babson • LatifatOwolabi (coordinator) • Sean Prentis • Olin • Juliana Nazare (coordinator) • Amos Meeks • Ivy Santos • Andrea Cuadra

  6. Approach Learning experience Completely student run and designed program

  7. A Typical Day Decisions Delegation Ideation Discussion BOW Collaboration

  8. Deliverables How we were able to help the ZimbaDoser team: Approximate market size Provide background research to aid expansion plans and partnership Analyzed user base and provided approaches to understand users’ need in India Provided alternate revenue generating ideas Designed a performance measurement system Any questions about deliverables, we would be happy to answer during Q&A

  9. Lessons Learned Everyone has specialized training to offer Many Olin ideation processes can be adopted to this project Best experiences are from discussions that this project facilitated

  10. Program for next year Huge success this year! What we would like to change: Not just research (sitting on computers) Letting professors know that we are here Working on a closer-to-home project Less burden on the coordinators

  11. Plan for next year Student run, with more lead time for coordinators Ideas for projects: Product development Consulting for a localstart-up or NGO Consulting for a green energy start up or NGO that is not local Designing something for the three schools Improving something in the community Continuing to work with the ZimbaDoser team

  12. Why the program should endure Allows students to get to know individuals from each college Able to work on something that maters Learning how to work with people with different backgrounds Exploring topics that are not typically covered in school

  13. Acknowledgements Administration: Adele Wolfson, Colleen Crawford, Joanne Kossuth Professors: Max Kressy Students: Laura Stupin and the ZimbaDoser Team • Kevin Simon (Olin ’11) • Kate McConnell (Wellesley ’13) • Emily Shakleton (Olin ’13) • AiswaryaKolisetty (Olin ’13) • Trevor Hooton (Olin ’14) • Sonia Agrawal (Babson ’12) • India Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship Team

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