Core team (7 persons, including Director of the program, COC Director, Secretary, Communications, Finance controller, Training director and Legal) Project leads (Approximately 10 persons leading various parts of the project during the event and all work beforehand and afterwards. E.g. a person responsible for catering, a person responsible for locations etc.) Project members (25+ persons helping in the two years ahead of the project on various tasks) Helping hands during Zimmervation on all levels. (45+ persons) Skills developed What skills were developed in this program? We offered three possible ways of developing skills for members and attendees: Learning by doing while being actively involved in the organization, learning from the keynote speakers and following trainings. How were these skills developed? Describe the methods and activities used. We offered over 45 persons a project where they could develop skills like leading a team, planning ahead for more than two years or working with a more complicated legal structure that is VAT registered. (Zimmervation had its own legal entity that was VAT registered) People of all kinds and with different backgrounds were involved in this project, offering a unique possibility to learn to work together as a team. The program included a series of keynote speakers that were selected based on their experience in similar markets as the attendee backgrounds. This resulted in rooms filled with over 100 persons listening to their stories. We clearly forbid the keynote speakers to use long powerpoint presentations but asked them to make it very interactive sessions. By engaging into discussions during long Q&A sessions, we assured that attendees learned from the experiences the keynote speakers shared with them. By offering various hands-on trainings like and “negotiation training” “setting (life) attendees had a choice of topics to attend and to learn from. All trainings goals”, were given by professionals in their fields of expertise. Impact on participants What was the intended impact on the participants? To make sure that participants had a variety of topics to choose from. And when a choice was made, we wanted them to be able to immediately use the gained knowledge in their daily jobs or life.
Core team (7 persons, including Director of the program, COC Director, Secretary, Communications, Finance controller, Training director and Legal) Project leads (Approximately 10 persons leading various parts of the project during the event and all work beforehand and afterwards. E.g. a person responsible for catering, a person responsible for locations etc.) Project members (25+ persons helping in the two years ahead of the project on various tasks) Helping hands during Zimmervation on all levels. (45+ persons) Skills developed What skills were developed in this program? We offered three possible ways of developing skills for members and attendees: Learning by doing while being actively involved in the organization, learning from the keynote speakers and following trainings. How were these skills developed? Describe the methods and activities used. We offered over 45 persons a project where they could develop skills like leading a team, planning ahead for more than two years or working with a more complicated legal structure that is VAT registered. (Zimmervation had its own legal entity that was VAT registered) People of all kinds and with different backgrounds were involved in this project, offering a unique possibility to learn to work together as a team. The program included a series of keynote speakers that were selected based on their experience in similar markets as the attendee backgrounds. This resulted in rooms filled with over 100 persons listening to their stories. We clearly forbid the keynote speakers to use long powerpoint presentations but asked them to make it very interactive sessions. By engaging into discussions during long Q&A sessions, we assured that attendees learned from the experiences the keynote speakers shared with them. By offering various hands-on trainings like “negotiation training” and “setting (life) goals”, attendees had a choice of topics to attend and to learn from. All trainings were given by professionals in their fields of expertise. Impact on participants What was the intended impact on the participants? To make sure that participants had a variety of topics to choose from. And when a choice was made, we wanted them to be able to immediately use the gained knowledge in their daily jobs or life.
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