1. Jennifer Bechtel & Stephanie Larson

2. TEC PROVIDES STUDENTS AND FACULTY WITH THE SKILLS, RESOURCES AND EXPERIENCES NECESSARY TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL INNOVATORS, ENTREPRENEURS AND LEADERS WHO TACKLE GRAND CHALLENGES AND CHANGE THE WORLD. Needed to reach students earlier in their academic careers Worked collaboratively with University Housing to develop proposal Opened Innovation LLC in Fall 2010

3. Located in the Illinois Street Residence Halls (ISR), Innovation Living-Learning Community (LLC) provides residents with resources that can help to make their creative and entrepreneurial dreams realities.

4. P ARTNERS I NCLUDE : Technology Entrepreneur Center (TEC) University Housing Office of the Vice President for Research Office of the Provost IllinoisVENTURES

5. R ESOURCES A VAILABLE : Orientation allows students to network and connect with campus and community resources before classes even start. On site classes, workshops, lectures & competitions on innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship The Innovation Garage, a workshop space for residents to use as they work on their projects On site staff & peer leaders that help students connect with the ample creative and entrepreneurial resources available on campus and in the Champaign-Urbana community.

6. O RIENTATION

7.  Community building  Brainstorming  Idea pitching  Team development  Campus exploration  Introduction to growing startup companies All before anyone else even moves in!

8. C LASSES & W ORKSHOPS

9. ENG/TE 298: I NTRODUCTION TO I NNOVATION Brainstorming Team development Pitching and public speaking Creative exploration Introduction to campus and community resources

10. O THER P OPULAR O N S ITE C LASSES RST 330: Leisure and Consumer Culture BADM 199: Introduction to Entrepreneurship ENG/TE 360: Lectures in Engineering Entrepreneurship

11. Intensive Workshops including: Design Marketing Business Etiquette Business Development

12. L ECTURES & C OMPETITIONS

13. Our How I Failed… lecture series introduces students to successful entrepreneurs, innovators, and creative people who talk about how their initial pitfalls, challenges and failures lead them to success.

14. Past guests include: Drew Banks (Prezi.com) Roger Dickey (Mafia Wars, Fishville) Amit Kulkarni (Do.com) Lori Patterson (Pixo.com) Nina Paley (filmmaker, Sita Sings the Blues )

15. PitchFestFounders Bowl

16. E XTREME E NTREPRENEURIAL L OCK - IN 2 Small Teams. 1 Big Problem. 24 Hours.

17. T HE I NNOVATION G ARAGE

19. S TAFF & P EER L EADERS

22. Entrepreneurial Living-Learning Community Roundtable Inaugural roundtable held SU12 Next roundtable: July 2013 Chicago EpiCenter Stanford OPEN Conference 2013 Panel Discussion Handbook Found our on website: www.tec.illinois.edu/innovation-llcwww.tec.illinois.edu/innovation-llc K EY C OLLABORATIONS

23. F OR M ORE I NFORMATION Check out our website at: www.tec.illinois.edu/innovation-llc Or contact: Jennifer Bechtel (Program Specialist) (217)244-4850 bechtel@illinois.edu Stephanie Larson (Program Coordinator) (217)265-5456 larson42@illinois.edu

24. W HAT O UR S TUDENTS A RE S AYING …

25. “It’s really easy to make friends here.” – Luke Barry

26. “The people here have great ideas and they want to better the community and themselves.” – Jagie Daya

27. “There are people here who understand me and understand what I’m trying to do with my life.” -Janna Eaves

28. “The people you meet here do not know the meaning of the word ‘no.’ You have all the support you ever need here.” – Billy Swanson