Level Up Lab: Community Innovation Bootcamp

Badge Criteria

As a participant in the Level Up Lab: Community Innovation Bootcamp, the badge earner applied innovation principles and human-centered design methodologies to investigate and address organizational challenges faced by a local not-for-profit organization. Through collaborative problem-solving activities, the badge earner researched user needs, generated insights, developed and refined solutions, and presented recommendations designed to create meaningful social impact.

Skills Developed - Influencing Skills - Business Impact - Community Impact - Empathy - Pitching - Iteration - Brainstorming - Discovery - Rapid Prototyping - Solution Validation - Teamwork - Managing Ambiguity - Collaboration - Adaptability - Presentation Skills - Strengths Based Leadership

Earning Criteria

• Developed an innovation and pitched to a panel of judges
• Demonstrated full engagement and accountability as a contributing team member throughout the innovation process
• Synthesized CliftonStrengths insights to evaluate individual talents, team dynamics, and approaches to collaboration and leadership
• Leveraged a strengths-based framework to enhance team performance, collaboration, and collective problem-solving capacity
• Integrated diverse perspectives, working styles, and problem-solving approaches within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Critically reflected on personal strengths and team interactions to strengthen self-awareness and interpersonal effectiveness
• Navigated ambiguity by formulating assumptions and hypotheses to support the development of innovative and feasible solutions
• Applied empathy-driven analysis to interpret organizational complexities and identify end-user needs
• Evaluated and incorporated client feedback to iteratively refine and strengthen proposed solutions
• Collaborated strategically under time constraints to develop innovative and achievable recommendations for the client organization
• Applied and adapted innovation methodologies, including design thinking, ideation, prototyping, iteration, and pitching, throughout the innovation process
• Integrated communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and innovation competencies to develop impactful solutions aligned with client and community needs