By participating in our incubation programme, you will gain experience in a series of online hands-on activities to practice creative, enterprise and digital technology skills. Apply now by filling in the application form here or sending us an e-mail to express your interest: aych-participate@
Incubation Programme
Session
Objectives
Schedule
Outcomes
1
May 6th, 3-4 pm (Ireland time)
1. Introduction to social entrepreneurship and creativity
2. Launch AYCH incubation programme
1. Introductions: Facilitator, Course, Icebreaker
2. Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurs
3. Types of Innovation
4. Business creation
1. Define entrepreneurship
2. Compare/contrast classic views with social entrepreneurship
2
May 6th, 4:10-5 pm (Ireland time)
1. Apply entrepreneur roles to idea generation and problem-solving
2. Establish group norms for decision-making and problem-solving processes
1. Creative problem-solving process, Entrepreneur roles, and Decision processes
2. Identify shared interests / passions or ideas within group(s)
Work as a team to apply a structured problem-solving process to a social or environmental problem
3
May 20th, 3-4 pm (Ireland time)
1. Compare and contrast traditional and social marketing
2. Establish solution criteria for entrepreneurial ideas
1. Traditional and social marketing, products & services, pricing & cost, branding & identity, competition & cooperation
2. Establishing solution criteria
Apply social marketing concepts to entrepreneurial ideas
4
May 20th, 4:10-5 pm (Ireland time)
Research methods to validate ideas and solutions
1. Research methods
2. Research to validate ideas
Apply structured research approaches to validate entrepreneurial ideas
5
May 27th, 3-4 pm (Ireland time)
Data analysis to improve propose solution
1. Analyze responses to validate ideas
2. Refine the proposed solutions
Work as a team to apply a structured problem-solving process to a social or environmental problem
6
May 27th, 4:10-5 pm (Ireland time)
Use data and develop the story as part of a persuasive appeal
1. Principles of persuasion
2. Organize persuasive pitches’ roles and content
Present persuasive pitch as a team
7
June 3rd, 3-4:30 pm (Ireland time)
Adapt a persuasive appeal to audiences
1. Presentation of pitches
2. Debrief and Discussion / Q&A
All of the above