Innovation Workshops
Our 1-, 2- and 3-day workshops invite students to work with peers and mentors to design and pitch innovative solutions to both student-driven and company-driven challenges. Most workshops culminate in a pitch competition.
Our 1-, 2- and 3-day workshops invite students to work with peers and mentors to design and pitch innovative solutions to both student-driven and company-driven challenges. Most workshops culminate in a pitch competition.
Our 1- and 2-week summer programs offer in-depth skill development through real world impact projects. Students form teams and build solutions and well-crafted business models. Mentors, guest speakers, and company executives advise student teams and share career insights.
Our institutes range from 3-week to yearlong programs and offer bold opportunities for students to explore their passions and purpose, collaborate with innovative companies on real-world projects, and define success and impact on a personal level. Students explore a rigorous design thinking and entrepreneurship curriculum coupled with coaching and mentorship.
The Audacious Institute: Creating purpose-driven leaders who are ready for the challenges life throws at them!
To inspire youth to pursue meaningful work and to better prepare them for 21st century jobs, the Audacious Institute brings the entrepreneurial mindset and project-based learning to middle and high school students. The Audacious Institute is a bold, new approach to learning and success. We teach entrepreneurship, design thinking, and social impact and champion the mantra: “fail fast, fail early, and fail often.”
Utilizing a rigorous curriculum inspired by Stanford University’s d.School, the design firm IDEO, and Lean Startup principles, students tackle real-world challenges and design actionable solutions.
Through authentic projects with local organizations, students build empathy for real customers, showcase their creative minds, and engage with multi-disciplinary experts to uncover disruptive innovations.
Each session features local entrepreneurs and change-makers who have incredible stories to share. Our mentors not only coach students on their projects, but also offer career advice.
In partnership with Rustic Pathways, this two-week program offered students an opportunity to explore the Dominican Republic’s rural regions and was tailored for innovative and critical-thinking minds. Students learned to create actionable solutions to real-world problems through the process of design-thinking, an innovative approach used by entrepreneurs and designers. Students worked alongside local farmers to learn about sustainability through conservation projects and met with locals to experience local youth culture. They explored the beautiful countryside on horseback and soaked up the sun along the turquoise waters of the Dominican Republic’s Caribbean beaches.
View Rustic Pathways!In partnership with Rustic Pathways, this two-week program offered students an opportunity to explore the Dominican Republic’s rural regions and was tailored for innovative and critical-thinking minds. Students learned to create actionable solutions to real-world problems through the process of design-thinking, an innovative approach used by entrepreneurs and designers. Students worked alongside local farmers to learn about sustainability through conservation projects and met with locals to experience local youth culture. They explored the beautiful countryside on horseback and soaked up the sun along the turquoise waters of the Dominican Republic’s Caribbean beaches.
View Rustic Pathways!For rising 9th-12th Graders: Monday, June 13, 2016 to Friday, June 17, 2016; 9am-4pm daily.
More InformationFor rising 6th-8th Graders: Monday, June 6, 2016 to Friday, June 10, 2016; 10am-4pm daily.
More InformationFor rising 9th-12th Graders: Monday, July 11, 2016 to Friday, July 15, 2016; 9am-3pm daily.
More InformationFor rising 8th-10th Grade GIRLS: Monday, July 18, 2016 to Thursday, July 21, 2016; 9am-5pm daily.
More InformationFor 7th-12th Graders: Starting March 19, 2016, continuing March 26, 2016 and May 13, 2016.
More InformationDevelop your creative-driven growth mindset to be your best self, see problems as opportunities, and achieve your goals. Learn and employ the skill sets and actions that distinguish great entrepreneurs and innovators from everyday citizens.
Pursue passion-driven projects that matter. Explore company- and community-driven challenges with a diverse team of peers and local leaders. Convince others to believe in your ideas and make a collective impact now as an emerging leader in your community.
Panel discussions and coaching offer insight into the college and career search. Students are mentored by local entrepreneurs and innovators who open their eyes to future jobs and career paths and ignite a spirit of change-making and innovation.
Students develop critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, communication and presentation skills, and other 21st century skills that are becoming more relevant amidst the hyper-competitive world of college admissions and an increasingly fragmented job market.
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