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Training for the Brave, Slovenia A short resume In the Training for the Brave, entrepreneurs brought to life what it means to be an entrepreneur and how everyone can develop entrepreneurial skills. The program “Training for the Brave” enabled students and teachers to understand that entrepreneurship is much broader then economic knowledge and that it is a combination of attitudes, way of thinking, personal skills & business skills. One of the major insights for educators was there are two concepts we are talking about and we need to distinguish between them: “being entrepreneurial” as an attitude and mind-set & “entrepreneurship" as an activity to set-up your own company. Everyone can be entrepreneurial and of course not everyone has to be an entrepreneur. The key is that mind-set and soft skills needed, whereas business skills are something you can learn later. The program consisted of 6 modules which ran mainly on a bimonthly basis, additionally one-on-one mentorship and feedback from, company visits and networking event “My First Pitch”. The innovativeness of the approach was involving entrepreneurs in all segments of the program and bringing them into schools to sharing real life experience and mentor pupils. Informal education was brought into the formal curriculum - teachers and entrepreneurs cooperated to support pupils in developing entrepreneurial attitude, skills for life and new ideas. Age group 14-18 How does this pilot fit with the curriculum – how do the pupils benefit? The program was executed in differently in each school:

- part of the curriculum, within an existing subject (“quality and marketing”) and a class of seniors;

- project assignment that was partially executed within school hours. Pupils came

from different classes and ages joined the program voluntarily; - credited subject that was fully executed after school hours. Pupils from different

classes and ages joined the program voluntarily.

CENTRES (Creative Entrepreneurship in Schools) project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

www.centres-eu.org

With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

Through the program pupils gained: Awareness of what entrepreneurship is and who is an entrepreneur

- Awareness of the amount of effort and persistence needed to realise your idea - Hearing their stories of success and failure - Hearing perspectives that are different to

teachers and parents

- Understanding entrepreneurs do not do everything by themselves- importance of collaboration

Entrepreneurial attitudes:

- Self-confidence & courage - Thinking out of the box - Importance of following ones dreams & setting goals - Importance of hard work for success - New attitude towards failure – it is part of the process of success - Understanding the importance of networking - Asking questions, especially the right ones - Being charismatic and enthusiastic about your idea - Being more patient - Working with others -

Skills & knowledge:

- Communication & Presentation skills - Idea generation & Product development - Problem solving - Business model canvas - Project planning & working in a team - How to seek information -

Met new people and connected to opportunities

- Increased their social network and were encouraged to start building their network out of the school

- Gained Networking skills - Getting to know school peers better – more support and cooperation also with

teachers

CENTRES (Creative Entrepreneurship in Schools) project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

www.centres-eu.org

With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

Feedback from participants:

“I will remember most from the Training for the Brave that you should never give up and that all is possible if you really want it”, David, pupil from the wood science school, Škofja Loka “I notice that after the Training for the Brave I have more self-confidence. It shows when I am communicating with strangers” Gregor, pupil from the Secondary school of multimedia and graphic technology, Ljubljana I liked best that no one had any reservation about what to say. You could ask anything, there were no stupid questions” Žiga, pupil from Gymnasium Šentvid “Pupils who participated in the project are much more self-confident. They know how to stand behind what they do. I was positively surprised by the commitment they had when preparing for My first pitch event”, Lea Golob, teacher at Secondary school of multimedia and graphic technology, Ljubljana For more impressions from pupils and teachers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WCWtH_5gIk&feature=youtu.be Contact details The program was developed and implemented by entrepreneurship center CEED Slovenia. For more information contact Barbara Bregar Mrzlikar at info@ceed-slovenia.org