Category: Projects

  • Implementing Google Drive as a LMS

    Implementing Google Drive as a LMS

    The Mastering 9 Conversations package of outputs is ready. One of the options we worked on was collating course materials in a set of Google Docs folders and I decided to test how that would work. The first step is to copy the bunch of folders and since Google Drive only lets you copy one item at…

  • Mastering 9 Conversations package available

    Mastering 9 Conversations package available

    It’s ready! If you want to help refugees in your local area who wish to start their own business as a way of supporting themselves and their family then the Mastering 9 Conversations package is ready. You have several options. We recommend that the 9 Conversations course is carried out face to face with a…

  • The continuing story of Mastering 9 Conversations

    The continuing story of Mastering 9 Conversations

    As a temporary employee of the Norwegian Unversity of Science and Technology (NTNU), part of my work involves contributing to the Erasmus+ Strategic Cooperation project Mastering 9 Conversations. We (9 Conversations) developed a programme to support refugees wanting to start their own business in their new host country and then we (Mastering 9 Conversations) developed…

  • Why networks matter

    Why networks matter

    Extending your network lies at the heart of Linked In and yet the thought of it makes most of us cringe for various reasons. However, the evidence for the value of targeted networking is piling up and we are taking advantage of that in our Mastering 9 Conversations project supporting refugees who want to start…

  • Learning through discussion

    Learning through discussion

    In the original 9 Conversations project we developed a face to face program to support refugees wanting to start their own business in their new place of residence through nine meetings and the development of a relevant local network in between each session. The central dilemma was about how to balance imparting useful information with…

  • The 9 Conversations Toolkit

    The 9 Conversations Toolkit

    The challenge: How best to help refugees who want to set up their own business? This was the main aim of the 9 Conversations project which developed a programme that would be supported by a local facilitator and like-minded peers. The programme could also be followed individually by any refugee interested in starting a personal…

  • PowerPoint pedagogy

    PowerPoint pedagogy

    I am not seriously suggesting that there is such a thing as PowerPoint pedagogy however, I thought I might explain how we use slide presentations in the 9 Conversations programme as a conversation guide. An old New Yorker magazine article about the effect of PowerPoint, quotes Clifford Nass as saying that PowerPoint has raised the…

  • Using video to teach the BMC

    Using video to teach the BMC

    How can a short video containing little information help a group of people to develop their own Business Model Canvas(BMC)? In the 9 Conversations project, supported under the EUs Erasmus+ programme, we have developed a 9 week programme to help people extend their professional network with relevant contacts and develop their story about their business…

  • Historien om din nye virksomhed

    Historien om din nye virksomhed

    Er du ny i Danmark og nysgerrig om hvordan det kunne være at starte egen virksomhed her i Syddjurs? Er du klar til at arbejde 4 timer om ugen over 9 uger til at finde ud af det? Ved det gratis forløb, 9 Samtaler, består ‘arbejdet’ i at man snakker om sin ide gentagende gange…

  • The 9 Conversations program as a BMC

    The 9 Conversations program as a BMC

    The 9 Conversations project is developing a programme for refugees wishing to start a business in their new location. The central tool that will be used by the programme is the Osterwalder Business Model Canvas. Each participant will be working to build their own Business Model Canvas. The image below is an experiment in trying…