Letting go of ASSUMPTIONS Looking at the world from DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES CREATING outside our comfort zone Testing out IDEAS Having FUN THINKING

INNOVATION JAM“Sustainable Business for a Greener

Tomorrow”

“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what

you always got.”- Albert Einstein

What’s the Innovation Jam all about?

Letting go of ASSUMPTIONS Looking at the world from DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVESCREATING outside our comfort zoneTesting out IDEASHaving FUNTHINKING BIG

An innovation is something original, new, and important—in whatever field—that breaks in to (or obtains a foothold in) a market or society.

Examples: Sticky Notes, Pinterest, iPad, Wheel, Penicillin, Paper Money



Event bringing together groups of individuals to work in an accelerated pace to come up with solutions or ideas to a challenge. Ie. To innovate





Green or Sustainable Business

"A green business, or sustainable business, can generally be defined as one that strives to reduce its negative impact on the local environment, community, society and economy while maintaining a profit."


PEOPLEPLANET PROFIT

What GREEN business do you know of?

Green or Sustainable Business Guidelines

It incorporates principles of sustainability into its business decisions.

It supplies environmentally friendly products or services that replaces demand for non-green products and/or services.

It is greener than traditional competition.It has made an enduring commitment to

environmental principles in its business operations.


"A green business, or sustainable business, can generally be defined as one that strives to reduce its negative impact on the local environment, community, society or economy while maintaining a profit."

What to expect today?

You are going to get creativeYou are going to be challengedYou are going dig deepYou are going to work hardYou are going to develop green business ideasYou are going to do pitches to an audience

An entrepreneurs journey is never easy but they ENJOY every minute of it!

Rules of the Day

Don’t judge! (Ideas, others or yourself)Listen –Everyone’s input is valuableBuild on IdeasStay FocusedOne Conversation at a timeNo technology unless instructed to be usedIf you don’t understand something, PLEASE ASK!Have FUN!

ASSUMPTION DUMPTIONSustainable Business

2 Minutes

An assumption is…

“…..something taken for granted or accepted as true without proof"

What assumptions do you have about

sustainable or green business?

ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE

10 Minutes

What is the environmental

challenge you are passionate about?

Air Pollution . GMO . Species Extinction . Energy Use . Waste . Oil Spills . Ship Pollution . Consumerism . Degrading

Ozone Layer . Electronic Waste . Logging x. Soil Contamination . Tar

Sands . Resource Depletion . Deforestation .Pollution . Pesticides . Over Fishing . Energy Consumption .

Acid Rain . Changing Climates . Ocean Dead Zones . Disease . Ecosystem

Destruction . Food Safety . Farming . Mining . Fossil Fuel Depletion .

Landfills . Over Population . Hunger . Poverty .

We need a....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzyMuXqMFVA

The Business Generator

20 Minutes

What business will you create to tackle the environmental challenge that is important to you?

15 minutes Use your paper, pens, sticky notes, be visual (that doesn’t mean

you have to draw like Picasso) Quantity: As many ideas as you can come up with There are no BAD ideas! Don’t judge ideas INSTEAD build on ideas! Stay Focused One Conversation at a time If you are stuck try using the MindMap

Don’t pick an idea yet, focus on creating new ideas

Pick Your Business

5 Minutes

BREAK5 minutes

“Don’t be afraid to fail.

Be afraid not to try.”

Art of the Pitch

Tips for a GREAT Pitch

Keep it SIMPLE Hook them early and finish strong! Don't use jargon Frame your story

Practice Practice Practice



Keep it SIMPLE HOOK THEM EARLY AND FINISH STRONG! Don't use jargon Frame your story

Practice Practice PracticeYour audience has to know the core of your business within the first 30 seconds. Don’t leave it to the end. That also means don’t finish on a low note, your pitch has to be tight from beginning to end.


Keep it SIMPLE Hook them early and finish strong! DON'T USE JARGON Frame your story

Practice Practice PracticeBring it down to the man on the street. Even if your product is complex, you’ll lose your audience if you use MBA-speak or technobabble.


Keep it SIMPLE Hook them early and finish strong! Don't use jargon FRAME YOUR STORY

Practice Practice PracticeTell the story through the problem. It needs to be a story about problems and solutions. You have an environmental challenge that you have selected…..the business is your solutions to this….


Keep it SIMPLE Hook them early and finish strong! Don't use jargon Frame your story


Pitch Perfect

30 Minutes

Create your Pitch!

Things to consider...What's your business name?What's the target market? What does the business do, sell or create?How does it tackle the environmental challenge? What's the value proposition of the business?

Create your Pitch!

Things to consider...What's your business name?What does the business do, sell or create?How does it tackle the environmental challenge? What's the target market? What's the VALUE PROPOSITION of the business?

A value proposition is a promise of value to be delivered. It’s the primary reason a customer should buy from you.

Create your Pitch!

You have 30 minutes to create your pitch! Ensure that your business has an

environmental focus!

Use a visual aid (but no power point) – you will only use

this in the pitch lightning round Pitches 60-120 seconds (yes that is only 2

minutes MAX) Pick a Presenter (only one), Visual Aid Holder, and

Notetakers


Create your Pitch!

30 minutesVisual AidEnvironmental FocusPitches 60-120 secondsPick a Presenter, Visual Aid, and Notetakers

Things to consider...What's your business name?What's the target market? What does the business do, sell or create?How does it tackle the environmental challenge? What's the value proposition of the business?

Keep it SIMPLEHook them early and finish strong! Don't use jargonFrame your storyPractice Practice Practice

Pitch Lightning Round

Start!15 Seconds30 Seconds45 Seconds60 Seconds75 Seconds90 Seconds

105 Seconds120 Seconds

Finish!

“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great

enterprises.”- Demosthenes

Documents

Letting go of ASSUMPTIONS Looking at the world from DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES CREATING outside our comfort zone Testing out IDEAS Having FUN THINKING