STORYTELLING challenge

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Get ready to pitch your idea!
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In this activity, you will need to present your business idea to a group of “investors”, and you will have only 1 minute to do so. You will develop your storytelling skills and transfer them into pitching a business idea to the audience.
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This training session will help you to:
Understand what an elevator pitch is.
Learn various terms such as: Elevator pitch, pitching an idea, slogan, USP (unique selling proposition), marketing strategy (4 Ps), product, price, place, promotion, target group, market potential, competitor, socially responsible, sustainability, socio-economic status.
Give reasons for your decisions, in oral and written form.
Come up with ideas for effective marketing.
Explain different possibilities to finance your ideas.
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Complete the following activities:
1. Preparation
In pairs answer the following Worksheet 1: Questions for Pair work questions.
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2. Develop Your Elevator Pitch
Look at the Worksheet 2: Meeting agenda where you will need to participate.
You will need to form a group of three to four. Use the Worksheet 3: One Minute Elevator Pitch and develop your own elevator pitch. The pitch can last no longer than a minute in total.
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3. Let’s Elevator Pitch
You will have a timer on with 1 minute for your pitch. People whom you pitch will have Worksheet 4: Teacher/Peer Assessment.﻿
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This activity includes best practices of IFTE (Initiative for Teaching Entrepreneurship) provided for the project DARE - Day One Alliance for Employment that is funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment.
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Credits:
Cover image: Photo by bantersnaps on Unsplash

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Earners of this badge participated in the Employment Lab training session on business idea development as part of the DARE - Day One Alliance for Employability project. The aim of this training session was to develop storytelling skills and how to pitch a business idea.
 
This badge is the digitally verified micro-credential that you got to know the following:
Develop ideas and provide justification on why they should be implemented.
Identify and seize opportunities.
Communicate well with other people.
Pitch a business idea.
Work with others and maximise the use of individual skills.
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The project is funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment.

Tasks

Task no.1

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Complete all the training session activities.

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#delivering sales pitches

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#share ideas

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#design marketing strategy

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#market yourself effectively

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#sustainability

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#self promotion

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Time to complete: 4 hours

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SEAL CYPRUS

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Entrepreneurship Lab Learning Pathway

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