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.
See Who We Are
At the Audacious Institute, we help high school and middle school students
cultivate the skills and mindsets of entrepreneurs and innovators.
Prepare for your future today by enrolling in a workshop, summer program, or institute.
cultivate the skills and mindsets of entrepreneurs and innovators.
Prepare for your future today by enrolling in a workshop, summer program, or institute.
About our Programs
Summer Programs
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.
Intensive Institutes
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.
Why the Audacious Institute?
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.”
Design Thinking
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.
Innovation
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.
Mentorship
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.
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Past Travel Programs From 2019
Innovation in Action: Dominican Republic;
Option 1: June 11-July 26
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.
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Innovation in Action: Dominican Republic;
Option 2: June 25-July 10
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.
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2016 Audacious Summer @ Duke University
For rising 9th-12th Graders: Monday, June 13, 2016 to Friday, June 17, 2016; 9am-4pm daily.
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2016 Audacious Summer @ Chick-fil-A
For rising 6th-8th Graders: Monday, June 6, 2016 to Friday, June 10, 2016; 10am-4pm daily.
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2016 Innovation Week at the University of Utah
For rising 9th-12th Graders: Monday, July 11, 2016 to Friday, July 15, 2016; 9am-3pm daily.
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2016 Audacious Girls Camp: Park City
For rising 8th-10th Grade GIRLS: Monday, July 18, 2016 to Thursday, July 21, 2016; 9am-5pm daily.
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2016 Robotics & Innovation Challenge
For 7th-12th Graders: Starting March 19, 2016, continuing March 26, 2016 and May 13, 2016.
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Entrepreneurial Mindset & Innovator's DNA
Develop 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.
Collaborative Real-World Projects
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.
Career Coaching & Mentorship
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.
Future-Proof Learning
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.
Contact Us!
Please do not hesitate to reach out. We’re happy to chat over the phone or in person to tell you more. You may also reach us at [email protected]
Founded in 2014, over 600 students have participated in the Audacious institute (formerly known as Innovation in Action). The curriculum was developed based on cutting-edge research from Duke University’s Center on the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, and the Lean Startup methodology.
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