Idea to Impact: Cultivating Initiative and Transfer – Workshop

Description

In a 2006 recommendation, the European Parliament defined eight key competences intended to help EU citizens achieve personal fulfillment, active citizenship, and successful professional pathways. One of these is the “sense of initiative and entrepreneurship” – the ability to recognize opportunities, develop ideas, and turn them into value for others. This value may be financial, social, or cultural – what matters most is the mindset behind it.

In this seminar, we will explore exactly this mindset:

• How do new ideas emerge?
• How do we recognize opportunities – and how do we set them in motion?

This workshop is not about starting a business. Rather, it focuses on the entrepreneurial mindset as a way of thinking and acting: creative, proactive, and impact-oriented.

At the same time, we aim to highlight a third path between academia and industry – the space in between, where transfer, collaboration, and societal impact take place. The seminar invites participants to expand their scope for career development and self-direction, to gain a realistic understanding of possible pathways – and perhaps to feel inspired to take a bold step of their own.

Workshop Topics

• From idea to implementation – key steps in developing a venture
• Working with stakeholders
• How to assess whether your idea creates value
• Vision and mission statements
• The entrepreneurial personality
• Moderated conversation(s) with testimonial(s)

Invited testimonials:

Dr. Jonas Finck, Managing Director and Executive Board, REPLOID Deutschland GmbH, www.reploid.eu

Dr. Manuel Häußler, Co-Founder, aevoloop GmbH, www.aevoloop.com

Trainer: Dr. Claudia Langosch (MLU -Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office)

Number of participants: max. 25