Our non-profit organization is well known in the immersive technology community, particular amongst university groups and VR/AR technology companies. It's not difficult to find an anecdotes that speak to the impact our events have had on participants. However, we rely on corporate sponsorship in order to fund the events and the organization, and thus far have not had a solid strategy for collecting comprehensive feedback from past sponsors that goes beyond superficial praise (or a list of complaints).

We would like to collaborate with students to develop user case studies to successfully convey:

• Case Studies in Sponsorship: How value was created for the sponsor
• Case Studies in Programming: A track record of success for participants (which also feeds into value for the sponsor)

This will involve several different steps for the students, including:

• Conducting background research on our industry and thoroughly understanding our programs
• Developing a set of stakeholder personas (startup, large company, program participant, etc.)
• Developing an appropriate methodology for reaching out to stakeholders, including drafting interview questions to be asked.
• Conducting the moderated interviews remotely and following up with stakeholders to thank them for their participation.
• Writing case studies based on interview findings.

Bonus steps in the process would also include:

• Recommending areas of improvement based on feedback.

By the end of the project, students should demonstrate:

• Understanding of our organization, mission, technology, community, and pathways to revenue generation
• Creation of case studies for a variety of stakeholder audiences

Bonus steps would include:

• Incorporating the case studies on our website

Final deliverables should include

• A final report with the case studies.

Please note that we are extremely busy in fall and winter and are unable to reply to requests received during that time.