1. Make onboarding fun – plan a scavenger hunt
2. Keep it real – teaching adaptability
3. Grow their network – promoting networking beyond your immediate team
4. Make it fun – have lunch with them regularly
5. Develop a variety of skills – make a variety of events/opportunities available (Toastmasters, Women in Technology, hackathons, etc)

Main purpose: rapidly produce paper prototypes for informal user testing

• Ruler
• Stencil of common shapes
• Various types of tape (double stick, glue dots, and clear tape)
• Card stock
• Post it notes
• X-acto knife
• Self healing X-acto cutting surface
• Various pens and pencils
• Photocopies of common devices
• White out
• Scrap paper
• Notebook for writing observations
• Gift cards thanking participates