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Thursday, August 13, 2009 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (GMT)
On behalf of ‘Graduates in Partnership’, BT and NESTA would like to invite you to nominate up to three of your highest performing graduates to get involved in this ground breaking open innovation approach:
The programme will produce a very powerful network that will offer real solutions and insights for business, provide excellent development opportunities and drive positive change.
Event 1 - 13th August 09
Shared Agenda - Discuss the key business issues affecting economic growth.
Event 2 - 22nd September 09
Shared Innovation - Develop, in collaboration with a diverse range of skills and perspectives, cutting edge innovative solutions to the agreed business issue.
Event 3 - Date TBC
Shared Solutions - Present the business propositions to influential figures in industry, and pitch for sponsorship for delivery.
“This programme is a really exciting new take on collaborative innovation. It will foster our talent at the same time as creating links across business that will continue to provide benefits in years to come.” Paul Excell, Chief Customer Innovation Officer
Some of your questions answered…
Why should I send my graduate?
Companies potentially gain from the realisation of new revenue streams or cost reduction techniques drawn from development solutions.
Your high performing graduates will benefit from this unique development opportunity to become better problem solvers, better innovators and will be more confident to challenge the status quo in an intelligent and productive way. This will help ensure that good business continues to deliver benefit to our world and society.
Ultimately, you will be associated with a ground-breaking open innovation approach – demonstrating the key principle of experimentation and collaboration to deliver new innovative solutions to business opportunities
What will my graduate gain from the programme?
Graduates gain from developing a network of professional contacts, enhanced business awareness and skills development as well as having the opportunity to showcase their achievements and potential to some of the most respected and powerful people in business today!
What will it cost to participate in the programme?
The only costs to you will your graduates’ time and travel.
What does the programme look like?
1. Shared Agenda – 13th August
Graduates will start off by debating problems that resonate with the boardrooms of global businesses and the societies in which they work. In this workshop, participants will discuss and clarify these issues with the aim of identifying actionable responses.
2. Shared Innovation- 22nd September
As the process continues, participants will form smaller action groups to refine their thinking to develop business proposals, with the help of professional facilitators and using new and established thinking techniques.
3. Shared Solutions – February
The graduates will support their idea with a robust business case and delivery plan. This will be presented at a pitch day to influential entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and senior board members from the participating organisations in a bid to gain the support required to deliver the solution.
For any more information please see www.graduatesinpartnership.org or alternatively e-mail info@graduatesinpartnership.org.
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Via Michelin | GoogleNESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. We are the largest single endowment devoted exclusively to supporting talent, innovation and creativity in the UK. Our mission is to transform the UK’s capacity for innovation. We invest in early stage companies, inform innovation policy and encourage a culture that helps innovation to flourish.
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