Innovation training workshop dates set

A series of free 90-minute training sessions focused on innovation has been set up as part of the RCVS ViVet innovation scheme.

The fourth instalment in the “Turning ideas into Innovation” workshop series will again aim to provide veterinary professionals with the tools they need to turn ideas in innovations.

The series of three workshops, all taking place in September, will cover different stages of innovation, including how to find a target audience, testing an idea and rolling it out.

Topics

The topics are:

• Workshop one – 7 September: approaching an idea as a team, how to outline a target audience, and mapping out the stakeholders who could influence and support your idea.
• Workshop two – 14 September: participants will learn how to use tools to work out what assumptions need testing on an idea, how to create a prototype, and how to design and run experiments on an idea.
• Workshop three – 28 September: participants will review their tests, write a press release for the launch of their innovation and put an action plan together so the idea can be progressed after the workshops have ended.

Coaching

At all workshops, participants will have access to a 30-minute coaching session with an experienced innovation coach.

Spaces are available for five teams on the workshops (group sizes can be between three to five people) on the workshops, who will need to commit to attending all three sessions. Anyone interested in participating in the workshops can sign up via the Eventbrite page.

Further details are available from ViVet manager Sophie Rogers by emailing [email protected]