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April 2019
Extending the Impact of Technovation onArmenian School GirlsAlyssa Marie MesarosWorcester Polytechnic Institute
Brianna Nicole OwenWorcester Polytechnic Institute
Justin ChengWorcester Polytechnic Institute
Lucas SachererWorcester Polytechnic Institute
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Repository CitationMesaros, A. M., Owen, B. N., Cheng, J., & Sacherer, L. (2019). Extending the Impact of Technovation on Armenian School Girls.Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/iqp-all/5445
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Extending the Impact of Technovation on Armenian School Girls
The Technovation Project Team: Justin Cheng, Alyssa Mesaros, Brianna Owen, Lucas Sacherer
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NAME OR LOGO 22
The STEM gender disparity is prevalent around the world
16.7% of
specialists in
ICT are women. -European Data
Journalism
1 in 7
engineers is
female.-US Department
of Commerce 19% of engineers
in Canada,
Germany, and the
US are women.-UNESCO
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NAME OR LOGO 3
The gender gap persists in Armenia’s ICT sector
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NAME OR LOGO 4444
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NAME OR LOGO 55
Technovation provides an opportunity to fill an unmet need in
Armenia’s tech education
Business
Coding
Public Speaking
Teamwork
Project WorkArmenian
Language
History
Science
Math
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NAME OR LOGO 6
Technovation Armenia has made great progress since its
introduction
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NAME OR LOGO 7
Continued engagement is vital to the program’s success
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NAME OR LOGO 888
Identify opportunities to further motivate and support
the Technovation girls to continue the development of
their personal, professional, and technical skills
To address this issue, the team was tasked to...
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NAME OR LOGO
Approach & Methods
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NAME OR LOGO
Validate and Revise
Create Recommendations
Survey Past Participants
Interviews
Identify Post-Program
Opportunities
InterviewsLiterature Research
Identify Best Practices
1010101010
Investigation of Technovation Armenia and Other Organizations
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NAME OR LOGO 1111111111
Technovation Armenia Participant Research
Survey Past Participants
Interviews
Identify Post-Program
Opportunities
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NAME OR LOGO 121212121212
In our investigation we made contact with...
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NAME OR LOGO 13
Best Practices from Other Programs & Technovation Branches
InterviewsLiterature Research
Identify Best Practices
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NAME OR LOGO 141414141414
In our investigation we made contact with...
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NAME OR LOGO 15
Validate and Revise
Create Recommendations
1515151515
Synthesis and Validation of Recommendations and
Implementation Plans
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NAME OR LOGO
Findings & Recommendations
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NAME OR LOGO 1717
The sudden growth of Technovation Armenia has led the
program to experience typical growing pains
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NAME OR LOGO 181818
Recommended Organizational Structure
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NAME OR LOGO 191919
Customized maturity model for Technovation Armenia
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NAME OR LOGO 202020
CoP
Mod
M M
M
N: Narine
M: Mentor
Mod: Moderator
CoP: Community of Practice
MM M MM
N
A Mentor Community of Practice will reduce high administrative workload and foster mentor growth
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NAME OR LOGO 21
Connecting professionals with the teams through an ideation program will enhance the Technovation experience
21
Fill out FormMatch with
Professional1 on 1 Feedback
Improved Personal and Professional
Skills
Improved Projects
Build Network
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NAME OR LOGO 222222
Online Instructional
Materials
Networking &
Conference Events
Similar Programs/
Competitions
Incubators
A centralized resource pool will provide all participants with the same opportunities and resources for continuation
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NAME OR LOGO 232323
Workshop
A Networking Workshop will provide the skills to expand the
networks of the Technovation Armenia community
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NAME OR LOGO 242424
Alumni Facebook Group
1
Alumni Panels 2
Fundraising Eventsand Campaigns
3
The Alumni Facebook group will provide Technovation with the foundation to build their alumni community
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NAME OR LOGO 252525
Pre-Technovation
Survey
Program Start
Post-
Technovation
Survey
Program End
Follow-up
Survey
Evaluating the performance of Technovation will allow for continuous program improvement
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NAME OR LOGO 26262626
A pilot program could introduce Active Learning to the weekly classes in 2020
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NAME OR LOGO 27272727
Instructor Availability
Round TablesPeer
Collaboration
Practice Exercises
A pilot program could introduce Active Learning to the weekly classes in 2020
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NAME OR LOGO 28
A cost-impact chart was created to organize our
implementations
282828
Mentor CoP
Alumni Society
SurveyIdeation Program
Resource Pool
Networking Workshop
ImpactHigh Medium Low
2828282828
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NAME OR LOGO 29292929
Hig
hMentor
CoP
Impact
Alumni Society
Survey
Ideation Program
Resource Pool
Networking Workshop
High Medium Low
Me
diu
mL
ow
A cost-impact chart was created to organize our
implementations
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NAME OR LOGO 30303030
A resource and funding prospectus was provided to our
sponsor
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NAME OR LOGO 313131
Alumni Community
Ideation Consultations
Resource Strategy
Resource Pool
Continuous Evaluations
Mentor CoPActive
Learning
Organizational Structure
Ecosystem
The combination of the following recommendations will form the desired “Technovation Ecosystem”
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NAME OR LOGO
Our Acknowledgements
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Professor Holly Ault
Professor Michael Aghajanian
Professor Paula Quinn
Suzanna Sontgerath
Katherine Chen
Narine Abazian
Ani Manukyan
Ruzanna Stepanyan
2017 and 2018 Past Participants
2019 Participation
Katie Morton
Iridescent
International Regional Ambassadors
Smart Gate VC
United Armenian Volunteer League
Embry Tech
Hero House
American University of Armenia
Birthright
Armenian Volunteer Corps
Yerevan State University
UEICT
AGBU
TUMO