{"id":691,"date":"2016-02-16T20:31:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T20:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/?p=691"},"modified":"2016-02-16T20:31:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T20:31:38","slug":"workshop-one-identifying-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2016\/02\/16\/workshop-one-identifying-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop One: Identifying Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our first workshop of the semester was held on Thursday, February 11, in the Makerspace located in Falmouth Hall 102, on North Campus! During the workshop\u00a0students collaborated to identify the problems that they are interested in solving. Guest speaker Nancy Saucier, Director of New Venture Development, spoke about<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/02\/12742734_1122013991177816_664044987347008288_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-692\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-692 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/02\/12742734_1122013991177816_664044987347008288_n-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"12742734_1122013991177816_664044987347008288_n\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/02\/12742734_1122013991177816_664044987347008288_n-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/02\/12742734_1122013991177816_664044987347008288_n.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a> the process of identifying the roots of the problems being solved. Students worked together to dig deeper into their potential problems and develop a greater understanding of what exactly it is that they are trying to solve with their DifferenceMaker projects. Students participated in an activity where they were able to brainstorm and discuss their ideas with each other.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to join us for the rest of our Workshop Series!<\/p>\n<p>All workshops will be held from 5:30-7:30p.m., in the Makerspace, Falmouth 102 on North Campus.<\/p>\n<p>February 16 &#8211; Workshop 2: Assessing Opportunities and Value Propositions<br \/>\nFebruary 23 &#8211; Workshop 3: Developing Business Models<br \/>\nFebruary 25 &#8211; Workshop 4: Delivering Your Rocket Pitch<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first workshop of the semester was held on Thursday, February 11, in the Makerspace located in Falmouth Hall 102, on North Campus! During the workshop\u00a0students collaborated to identify the problems that they are interested in solving. Guest speaker Nancy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2016\/02\/16\/workshop-one-identifying-problems\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":693,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions\/693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}