{"id":896,"date":"2019-01-29T19:55:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T19:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentvoices.bli.lsa.umich.edu\/?p=896"},"modified":"2020-07-23T13:36:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T13:36:12","slug":"blockchain-networking-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/studentvoices\/2019\/01\/29\/blockchain-networking-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockchain Networking Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our event was a blockchain networking event that started in ALA170 and succeeded because of the usage of BLI Habits such as \u201cCollect, Combine, Create\u201d, \u201cStart Small\u201d, and \u201cExpect Challenges\u201d throughout the length of the course. This allowed us to choose our topic, figure out the venue\/catering logistics, create a timeline, write a grant proposal, implement our advertising approach, then facilitate our event.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-890 alignright\" style=\"font-size: 0.95em\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/studentvoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/EventPic1-Luke-Wong-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/studentvoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/EventPic1-Luke-Wong-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/studentvoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/EventPic1-Luke-Wong-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/studentvoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/EventPic1-Luke-Wong-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/studentvoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/01\/EventPic1-Luke-Wong.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although we had several major setbacks, such as a typhoon delaying our grant proposal submission and our stakeholders not showing up, we managed to overcome these challenges and implement our Plan B to hold our event and receive surprising attendee turnout. 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