Innovate, Create & Pitch!
A New In-House Programme for Students
There’s no getting away from it, the climate for graduates entering the workplace is tough and competitive right now. The recession has hit UK and global industry hard and the number of graduate applicants per job is higher than ever.
What organisations need right now are those graduates who can not only access their individual strengths through creativity, but who have the confidence to share and drive their ideas forward.
The Impact Factory Creativity and Innovation Team are passionate about giving students everywhere the best possible launch into the careers of their choice and have developed the Innovate, Create & Pitch! Programme. This is a dynamic and practical workshop that runs as a two day course. By making creative thinking relevant and applicable, it will give your students the edge when it comes to impressing potential employers or investors.
Day One
Explores the behaviours and processes around creative thinking. How are you personally creative? How can you tap into your strengths using the concepts of creativity? And how can we work within diverse teams to optimise their output?
Day Two
Looks at how we communicate and pitch our ideas with confidence. You might have a brilliant business idea or concept but if you don’t know how to present it to the relevant parties it may never lead to something tangible. This day gives your students the practice and experience to help them find their professional voice for both interviews and the working world.
The Impact Factory Creativity and Innovation Team have run successful programmes at Universities and organisations all over the UK including Northumbria University School of Design, University of West England, DHL, Roche and Reckitt and Benckiser – where award winning innovative product ‘Actifizz’ came directly from one of Impact Factory’s creativity programme days.
Interested to hear more? Please contact Impact Factory Creativity and Innovation expert
Dannie Carr on 07944 695 006 or dannie@impactfactory.com
“Having spent an amazing day with the team from Impact Factory, my own creative ways of thinking have been inspired. The team's passion for creativity and innovation was truly inspirational and has driven forward my own ability to generate ideas. The interactive workshops highlighted the incredible impact design and creativity can make, not only to a project but in bringing a team of people together. My leadership and communication skills have been improved as a result of the work undertaken with Impact Factory. Being able to keep teams engaged by introducing new activities not only keeps everyone motivated but has ensured that fresh ideas and innovative solutions are always generated for the projects I work on. Having seen the way services and businesses can improve their quality and capacity through innovation, Impact Factory has inspired me to drive forward my ability in creative thinking to make change happen.”
- Testimonial from Martha Hodgson, MA Student at Northumbria University School of Design and Freelance Designer
