This document outlines the process and activities for a workshop module focused on developing entrepreneurial ideas. The module objectives are to teach techniques for generating ideas and conceptualizing change. Participants will engage in interactive lectures, brainstorming exercises, and group work to develop their ideas. They will learn how to articulate their ideas by answering key questions about why, what, who, where, for whom, and how. By the end of the module, participants will have generated initial ideas for entrepreneurial projects and received feedback to help further develop their ideas.
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Slovenia training for the brave module 3
1. Module 3: My idea
Objectives:
1. Learning the technique for the generation of ideas and the laws of creative thinking
2. Presentation of an entrepreneur's story
3. Articulating the idea to conceptualise change
Process
6 school hours Contents (process, result) Who Tools
30min Welcoming participants and presentation of the module
(Participants sit in a circle)
Introductory address and presentation of the programme and the
guest 10 min
Presentation of the findings from the last session; which
problems/challenges did you detect 10 min
Repetition of agreements on participation 5 min
Group warm-up games:
- Virtual ball
- Bananas, ice creams, chocolate bars
- 1-minute exercise (stand up, close your eyes, and sit down
when you think one minute has passed)
- Unknown object
- Stand up, start walking in different directions, look at your
feet, raise your gaze towards your arms, shoulders and
finally the eyes, when you pass someone nod your head,
then shake hands, in the end act as if you have met an old
friend.
Moderator
Old posters from the previous
module
45 min Interactive lecture with a discussion Inspiration
CENTRES
www.centres-eu.org
With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union
2. - From an idea to the realisation
- ups and downs
- the initial idea
- the steps from a wish to the idea and realisation
- what decides whether an idea will be realised
- what is an idea in the first place
- how to think in secondary school
What is an idea? (Definition)
- How are ideas born?
- How do we select the right idea from the mass of ideas?
- How to get someone enthusiastic?
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Entrepreneur
90 min Generation of ideas
Context:
- Within the modules, we will develop your ideas and you
will receive feedback
- Entrepreneurs will provide you with information from
experience
- You will learn to present and develop your idea as well as
learn who can help you
- Present yourself through your idea
- Can do an assignment for school (for example, business
plan)
Exercise: Generation of ideas Fast Food Brain
- Agree on the focus of thinking: Ideas for my first
entrepreneurial project
- Random inputs: words and pictures
- Writing down associations on post it notes individually
- Addition according to the principle of Yes, and -
individually
Presentation of criteria would you like to add anything else: 5min
- can it be realised within an academic year
- I would like to do that for a living
- The people/market needs this What problem does my
idea solve?
Selection of ideas: 20min
- Discussion within a small group
- Participants select ideas and decide on team work or
Moderator
Entrepreneur
Flipchart
A4
Felt tip pans
Post it notes
Words
Photos from magazines
3. individual work
15 min Break
60 min My idea
Participants develop their ideas through key questions:
WHY; WHAT; WHO; WHERE; FOR WHOM; HOW
They receive positive feedback
Moderator
Entrepreneur Flipchart
Felt tip pans
30min Conclusions and evaluation
(Participants sit in a circle)
- Evaluation sheets are filled
Summaries of everything that we did that day
Each participant answers the questions in an evaluation
questionnaire:
- We share our thoughts within the group
- What have I learned? Which new skills? 3 (KEY ONES)
- What did I find to have been great today?
- What would I change next time?
What did the teacher and entrepreneur observe
Agreements for the next module:
- Think about how things should be going forward
- Go through key question to develop your idea
Moderator Evaluation sheets
Flipchart
END
CENTRES (Creative Entrepreneurship in Schools) project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which
may be made of the information contained therein.