| Introduction to the Making Industry Meaningful In College (MIMIC) Project |
| Overview of the MIMIC project including organization, scheduling, typical products, costs, student and project assessment, and spin off projects utilizing the MIMIC model. |
| Organizing a MIMIC-like Project |
| Discuss project organization issues such as determining project objectives, recruiting teachers, encouraging administrative support, scheduling the project, setting student requirements, arranging for training and providing communication channels. |
| Integrating Workplace Skills into a Project |
| Address integration of workplace skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, goal setting, oral and written communication, decision making, listening and ethics. |
| Developing the Business Side of a Project |
| Review marketing, entrepreneurship, and the money-handling issues for a project. |
| Utilizing Technology in a Project |
| Explore the technology that can make a project more exciting and realistic for your students and simpler for you. |
| Developing Your Project |
| Working in a small group, brainstorm project ideas for your school or college. From those ideas, begin to develop a project plan. |
| Assessing the Project and the Students |
| Develop assessments that measure the progress and success of individual students, teams, and the project and also drive improvements in the project. |
| Establishing a Leadership Team |
| Consider honoring students who demonstrate leadership potential, providing them with opportunities for growth, and utilizing their skills for your department, school or college. |
| Finalizing Your Project Idea |
| Review and revise the project idea you began developing during the Roundtables. |