Welcome to Skill Build

Liz Taylor, Enterprise Officer, USE

What you will learn

• How to come up with an idea for generating money for charity

• What is a Project Canvas? • How a Project Canvas can help you

develop an idea

Fundraising

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWoRLD4S08k&list=UU9XMnntaI9bg_Zpi8s7ofqw)

But how can you come up with an idea?

3 nouns and a verb

Bottle

Phone

Butter

I-Pad

Bread

Paper

Pen

Dog

Running

Jumping

Reading

Smiling

DrinkingEating

Six Thinking Hats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwu1YlveU4

Participants

• All project team members, stakeholders or third parties that play a role in the project

Goals

• What are you trying to do? How are you going to measure it?

Users

• Who are the target market you are trying to connect with?

User Benefits

• Why will the target market engage with the project?

Activities

• What are the key tasks that you and the team will have to do in order to make the project a success?

Deliverables

• What are the desired outcomes of the project?

Risks

• What are the main risks of the project?

Milestones

• When do the key activities need to be completed by?

Constraints

• Limits and conditional requirements that directly effect the project

Scope

• What are the breath of the project? What is inside the remit of the project and more importantly, what is outside of it?

Assignment

• You must attend 5/6 sessions

• You must complete and pass an assignment

Task 1• We would like to you

design an activity that could be used for Sheffield RAG to generate money for charity.

• Write a brief of the event (300 words) and then produce a Project Model Canvas for this project. For each of the areas, we will expect at least six bullet points

Task 2

Complete four of the following questions:-

• Give an example of where you overcame a problem. Given the chance, what would you do differently

• Describe your biggest achievement- why were you so successful? • Give an example of communicating complex or difficult

information to an individual or group • Give an example of a time when you had to deal with a conflict

within a team • Give an example of your ability to work to deadlines and how you

cope with work pressure • Give me an example of when you have worked on a team project-

what was the outcome and what was your role within the team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40x3sIQe9go

Skill Build Dates

All are 6.15-7.30 at St George’s Lecture Theatre

Assignment deadline:- 12 midday on Friday 20th December 2013

16-Oct Introduction to Skill Build

23-Oct Team Formation

30-Oct Goal Setting

06-Nov Users and Benefits

13-Nov Events Management 1

20-Nov Events Management 2

Any questions ?