Northampton Agenda
Northampton Innovation Weekend 10 – 11 May
Agenda Saturday 10 May Get to know each other, drill down to the root of the problem & develop new solutions Time 09:15 09:45
Activity Arrive & intros The Challenge
10:45
Build your team
11:00 11:15 11:30 12:15 13:00 14:00 14:30 16:30 18:30
Tea Break Creativity session Ideas generation Greenhousing Lunch Ideas shortlisting Prototyping The business model Beers & a burger!
Description Get to know each other with some light refreshments Get started by becoming immersed in the challenge, examining evidence and exploring different insights Get to the root of the problems and start to form teams to solve them Have a cuppa How to have good ideas Going wild with a sense of possibility Dig deeper to nurture the best ideas A chance to take a break and re-charge Whittling down to the best ideas Bring the ideas to life Introduction to the business model Head to the pub for a well-earned dinner
Sunday 11 May Plan, publish and pitch Time 09:30 10:00 11:30 12:30 13:15 13:30 14:30
Activity Arrive & Breakfast Business planning Pitch preparation Working lunch Meet the Dragons Dragons Den Dragons deliberate
15:00
Teach First support
15:30 16:00
Next steps Goodbyes!
Description Charge up for the final push Start to turn your idea into a sustainable business model Design your pitch Prepare your pitch over lunch Introduce the Dragons and pitching process Let the pitching commence! Dragons decide the strongest ideas and which ones to support further. Find out how Teach First can support you to make your idea happen and how to enter the 2014 Innovation Award. Plan out how to turn your idea into reality Leave fired up, with a new idea and a plan to make it happen!
Innovation Weekend – Kit List -
An open mind Creative energy Enthusiasm to solve the weekend’s Challenge (To generate new ways to support young people with their reading, writing and maths). A laptop and charger might be handy…
We’ll be providing food and drink but there is also a shop on campus where you can buy snacks. Rachel Earnshaw is running the logistics for the weekend. Her number is 07762767498. Please get in touch with her if you have any problems. The dress code is relaxed and informal.
Agenda Saturday 10 May Get to know each other, drill down to the root of the problem & develop new solutions Time 09:15 09:45
Activity Arrive & intros The Challenge
10:45
Build your team
11:00 11:15 11:30 12:15 13:00 14:00 14:30 16:30 18:30
Tea Break Creativity session Ideas generation Greenhousing Lunch Ideas shortlisting Prototyping The business model Beers & a burger!
Description Get to know each other with some light refreshments Get started by becoming immersed in the challenge, examining evidence and exploring different insights Get to the root of the problems and start to form teams to solve them Have a cuppa How to have good ideas Going wild with a sense of possibility Dig deeper to nurture the best ideas A chance to take a break and re-charge Whittling down to the best ideas Bring the ideas to life Introduction to the business model Head to the pub for a well-earned dinner
Sunday 11 May Plan, publish and pitch Time 09:30 10:00 11:30 12:30 13:15 13:30 14:30
Activity Arrive & Breakfast Business planning Pitch preparation Working lunch Meet the Dragons Dragons Den Dragons deliberate
15:00
Teach First support
15:30 16:00
Next steps Goodbyes!
Description Charge up for the final push Start to turn your idea into a sustainable business model Design your pitch Prepare your pitch over lunch Introduce the Dragons and pitching process Let the pitching commence! Dragons decide the strongest ideas and which ones to support further. Find out how Teach First can support you to make your idea happen and how to enter the 2014 Innovation Award. Plan out how to turn your idea into reality Leave fired up, with a new idea and a plan to make it happen!
Innovation Weekend – Kit List -
An open mind Creative energy Enthusiasm to solve the weekend’s Challenge (To generate new ways to support young people with their reading, writing and maths). A laptop and charger might be handy…
We’ll be providing food and drink but there is also a shop on campus where you can buy snacks. Rachel Earnshaw is running the logistics for the weekend. Her number is 07762767498. Please get in touch with her if you have any problems. The dress code is relaxed and informal.
