Category: 9 Conversations
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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9 Conversations at SIETAR
I was able to present the 9 Conversations project at the Belgian SIETAR Congress. What was interesting was that I was sharing a track with others who were doing similar or complementary work. 9 Conversations from Anne Fox