-LAUNCH! - moving your ideas
to the next level
Goals: Bring
together inventors and innovative thinkers who want to find out how to protect
and develop their ideas and individuals and organizations that promote literacy
and expertise in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Workshops or
Panel Discussions
Managing Successes & Failures – entrepreneurs and the evolution of their ideas.
Moving from perfection to good enough. Inventing and innovating for profit, personal satisfaction,
and
humanitarian efforts.
Protecting Your Ideas (Intellectual
Property Protection)
How can you protect and
profit from your inventions? Learn how to document conception your ideas
through
a notebook. What are invention and disclosure forms and
confidentiality forms and why they should be used?
Promoting STEM Literacy & Expertise
- Supporting Invention & Innovation
Potential
Topics: Venture Capitalists-Foundations -Public Policy-Federal Grants
Programs/Organizational
Efforts - First Robotics, AAUW, National Girls Collaborative
Education – birth –
elementary-secondary – college - adult
EXHIBITOR AREA
Career Opportunities & Resources – businesses - applications
for patent, trademark etc. Books –
Who Moved the Cheese, Big Think etc.
Demos –
inventions including robots designed by FIRST teams
EXHIBITOR AREA
Career Opportunities & Resources – businesses - applications
for patent, trademark etc.
Demos –
inventions including robots designed by FIRST teams
Exhibits
What’s Next? Historic &
contemporary inventions & innovations
Historic Inventions –
Shades of Inventors & Innovators – represent women & men from diverse cultural
backgrounds
African-American
Inventors-The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Committee of Greater
Native American Indian Inventors-Wollomonuppoag
Council
NETWORKING
Speed Networking
Tables will be set up for
attendees to sit at and meet new people. At 5 minute intervals, attendees will
rotate to the next seat to speak with another attendee. A minimum of 16
participants is required.
Resource Networking
Meet for 5 min with a panel
with expertise in various areas to assess and make suggestions to
inventor/innovator.
HOST:
DATE:
COLLABORATORS:
Individuals representing the
following organizations have contributed time and energy to organizing the Launch!. Their efforts include disseminating information, developing
exhibits and presenting workshops.
Raytheon-Tufts University-Bristol Community College
(BCC)/Attleboro Campus-Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.-Museum at
the Mill-The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Committee of Greater
Attleboro-Wheaton College-Wollomonuppoag Council-Bridgewater State
College-Holistic Technologies, LLC-Office of Congressman James McGovern-Office
of Representative Betty Poirier-Mechanology-Covarium-map-lab-AAUW-MA-BCC-Adult
& Youth Program –Northeastern Girls Collaborative-Rhode Island Commission
on Women-Attleboro Public Schools/Product Design & Engineering
Brigham & Women's
CONTACT Information: Museum at the Mill
508-215-7958
I&I – Launch! Draft updated KH
LAUNCH!
– moving
ideas to the next level
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Disseminate
Information
Post information
Give information to family members and
colleagues
Email
information to people who you know would be interested in LAUNCH!
Attend a
planning meeting in January, February
or March 2010.
Volunteer at
LAUNCH! on
Greet Presenters & Volunteers
Register
Attendees
Video
Tape Worships
Facilitate
Workshops
Collect
Evaluations
Prepare for LAUNCH!
Make signs
Create name tags
Prepare
attendee packets
Enter data on attendees and presenters
Assist
with the development of an exhibit on American inventors
Identify
Potential Sponsors or Partners or Be a Sponsor or a Partner
SPONSORS:
Individuals
and organizations that have made financial contributions to support Launch!
Levels
Platinum-over
$500
Gold-up
to $500
Silver-up
to $300
Friends-
up to $100
PARTNERS:
Individuals
and organizations that have contributed products and services to support
Launch!
Levels
Platinum-over
$500
Gold-up
to $500
Silver-up
to $300
Friends-
up to $100
CONTACT Information:
Museum
at the Mill
508-215-7958