Entrepreneurship ICARO Bologna 2017 - Badge
Name
Entrepreneurship ICARO Bologna 2017.
Issuer
Fondazione Golinelli.
Issued since 16 June 2017.
Description
This Badge certifies attendance at the 2017 edition of the Giardino delle Imprese - ICARO project. ICARO is an entrepreneurial gym for young university students, to stimulate their entrepreneurial spirit and create new ideas for business, with the intention of bringing young people closer to the traditional Italian manufacturing and help it to innovate. The 2017 edition, carried out jointly with the University of Bologna, involved 33 students and was held over three full-immersion sessions, with time spent in class, support from mentors, workshops and encounters with entrepreneurs. During the intervals between one workshop and the next, the participants worked independently, with support from specialised mentors, visited the companies involved in the project and took part in encounters providing them with “lateral stimuli The learning experience also had a motivational aspect, to help the youngsters to reflect on a wider consideration of their human/professional identity. The activities, workshops and encounters were held in the Opificio Golinelli factory and in the various businesses involved over the 6 month period (January 2017-June 2017). The full-immersion workshop sessions were held from 19 to 20 January, from 30 to 31 March, from 15 to 16 June. The focal point for the whole course was the development of an entrepreneurial project work by the course participants, working in groups over the entire duration of the project. The project work dealt with critical issues and plans of the actual companies that were partners to the Giardino delle imprese-ICARO. The study method employed during ICARO is known as DESIGN THINKING, a new educational model involving an integrated combination of personal needs, latest available technology and the various business dynamics, in order to create new value and exploit the opportunities offered by the market. Apart from the above-mentioned workshops, encounters and company visits, overall commitment to the student, over the whole period of the training path, was around one day per week.
Badge Criteria
The holder of this Badge is a university student of the University of Bologna who attended the 2017 edition of the Giardino delle Imprese- ICARO project. The student attended the three full-immersion sessions, carried out group work and spent periods working separately from the course and independently. He or she completed a final project for the undertaking.
Skills
This badge certifies that students who attended "Giardino delle imprese-ICARO" 2017 have acquired the following skills: Enterprising spirit and proacvitityCommunicationLeadershipTeam workingProblem solvingPlanning and organization/managementDesign thinking
Tags
Entrepreneurship, Education