{"id":2056,"date":"2022-07-19T22:30:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T22:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2022-07-20T03:23:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T03:23:08","slug":"differencemaker-demo-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2022\/07\/19\/differencemaker-demo-day\/","title":{"rendered":"DifferenceMaker Demo Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On July 13, from 5:00 \u2013 8:00 p.m., DifferenceMaker hosted Demo Day. At this event, the 2022 DifferenceMaker Idea Challenge Finalists<\/a> presented their updated and improved ideas since advancing in the 2022 DifferenceMaker Summer Boot Camp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Holly Lalos, Director, Rist DifferenceMaker Institute<\/a>, opened up the event for the evening. To start, she presented to the audience a brief overview of the DifferenceMaker program. DifferenceMaker is a campus-wide program that helps students define problems and create real-life solutions to those problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Holly Lalos explains to the audience about the DifferenceMaker program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of the ways this is done is during the DifferenceMaker Summer Boot Camp. The objective of the Boot Camp is to increase teams\u2019 understanding of their customer segments, business model, revenue streams, and more. Teams are also encouraged to develop a one-year project plan with milestones and tasks for utilizing their winning funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holly thanked everyone who makes DifferenceMaker possible \u2013 faculty fellows, co-op students, mentors, and advisors. The Boot Camp Advisors this year were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n