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Thursday Workshops
Training Workouts
The "team-working enterprise-doing" activity. Aims to engage students in enterprise activities through workshops involving time management, networking, team-working, market research, marketing and financial planning and business plan write-up. On-campus Workouts would be delivered by qualified volunteers ("trainers") recruited from the local business community.
Welcome Week: 6th Sept. to 12th Sept inclusive;
Semester 1 : 13th Sept to 17th Dec inclusive;
Semester 2: 17th Jan to 27th May, 2011
2011 Easter break: 4th April to 22nd April.
6th Annual Awards Ceremony and Dinner: 31st March, 2011
Participation at Training Workouts earns you points towards the EGym certificate, presented at the annual awards ceremony.
Semester 1: Training Workouts
Thursdays, 5-7.30pm, Caird House
| Workout | Date | Title | Organiser | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23rd Sept | You and your team | Insights Ltd (Lindsay Munro) |
Discuss the value of their entrepreneurial potential Assess entrepreneurial and leadership capabilities; do team building and networking exercises. Form teams. Team strengths and weaknesses presentation. |
| 2 | 30th Sept |
Getting ideas Discovery Challenge Rnd 1 |
St Andrews Estates Ltd (Derek Tyson) |
Generate and screen business ideas Brainstorm, etc and case exercises to "screen". Screen team generated ideas. Reform teams and rescreen. Design and produce own business cards. Elevator pitch presentation. |
| 3 | 7th Oct | Finding out | Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Steve Pryor) |
Conduct marketing research In teams to formulate and execute a research plan covering both customers and competitors. Use survey software e.g. Pinpoint. Plan presentation. |
| 4 | 14th Oct | Marketing planning Discovery Challenge Rnd 2 |
Ross&Bonnyman ltd (Alan Honig) |
Prepare a marketing plan by focussing on defining the market and considering:1. Is there a real opportunity? 2. Is it winnable? 3. Is it worth winning? 4. If all 3 prior conditions are satisfied, what will it take to achieve a profitable outcome? |
| 5 | 21st Oct | Operations planning | NCR (Ray Robertson) |
Prepare an operational plan for a start up In teams to draft specify required resources, layouts, policies and procedures. Plan presentation. |
| 6 | 28th October | Financial planning Discovery Challenge Rnd 3 |
James Keiller Estates Ltd (Ian Stewart) |
Prepare financial projections for a start up Build sales budget, operations budget, cash flow and P&L. Use Excel spreadsheet on pc. Cash flow presentation. |
| 7 | 4th Nov | Communicating the idea | Royal Bank of Scotland (John Dowie) |
Write a business plan for a start-up Use pc based pro-forma to draft business plan. Exec summary presentation. |
| 8 | 11th Nov | Lions' Den Discovery Challenge Rnd 4 |
Enterprise Gym ??? |
Similar to the famed 'Lions Den' t.v. program, participants must deliver a product pitch to 3 local Business associates. With a weighted effect on the overall score, the pressure to deliver is truly on for this final event. |
The Enterprise Gym™
Semester 2: Training Workouts
Thursdays, 5-7.30pm, Caird House
| Workout | Date | Title | Organiser | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27th Jan | You and your team | Insights Ltd (Lindsay Munro) |
Discuss the value of their entrepreneurial potential Assess entrpl and leadership capabilities; do team building and networking exercises. Form teams. Team strengths and weaknesses presentation. |
| 2 | 3rd Feb | Getting ideas Discovery Challenge Rnd 1 |
St Andrews Estates Ltd (Derek Tyson) |
Generate and screen business ideas Brainstorm, etc and case exercises to "screen". Screen team generated ideas. Reform teams and rescreen. Design and produce own business cards. Elevator pitch presentation. |
| 3 | 10th Feb | Finding out | Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Steve Pryor) |
Conduct marketing research In teams to formulate and execute a research plan covering both customers and competitors. Use survey software e.g. Pinpoint. Plan presentation. |
| 4 | 17th Feb | Marketing planning Discovery Challenge Rnd 2 |
Ross&Bonnyman ltd (Alan Honig) |
Prepare a marketing strategy for a start up In teams to draft a strategy e.g. 7Ps or relationship marketing. Use proprietary marketing planning software. Strategy presentation. |
| 5 | 24th Feb | Operations planning | NCR (Ray Robertson) |
Prepare an operational plan for a start up. In teams to draft specify required resources, layouts, policies and procedures. Plan presentation. |
| 6 | 3rd Mar |
Financial planning Discovery Challenge Rnd 3 |
James Keiller Estates Ltd (Ian Stewart) |
Prepare financial projections for a start up Build sales budget, operations budget, cash flow and P&L. Use Excel spreadsheet on pc. Cash flow presentation. |
| 7 | 10th Mar | Communicating the idea | Royal Bank of Scotland (John Dowie) |
Write a business plan for a start-up Use pc based pro-forma to draft business plan. Exec summary presentation. |
| 8 | 17th Mar | Lions' Den Discovery Challenge Rnd 4 |
Enterprise Gym ??? |
Similar to the famed 'Lions Den' program, participants must deliver a product pitch to 3 local Business associates. With a weighted effect on the overall score, the pressure to deliver is truly on for this final event. |