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Supporting SME Innovation Modern Universities Research Group Sept 2012

Supporting SME Innovation Modern Universities Research Group Sept 2012. Prof Chris Birch University of Greenwich Business School Centre for Innovation, Imagination and Inspiration. Project Funding won:. All 50% match funded – gross figures shown – all innovation / enterprise related

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Supporting SME Innovation Modern Universities Research Group Sept 2012

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  1. Supporting SME InnovationModern Universities Research Group Sept 2012 Prof Chris Birch University of Greenwich Business School Centre for Innovation, Imagination and Inspiration

  2. Project Funding won: • All 50% match funded – gross figures shown – all innovation / enterprise related • FLASH - £1m (2011-13 – GLA multi-agency partnership) • http://enterprise.gre.ac.uk/employer-services/flash • New Deal Innovation (NDI) - €1.2m (2012-15 – Inter-Reg - Manche) • Building an Enterprise Network for an Efficient Innovation Training System – (BENEFITS) - €1.3m (2012-15 – Inter-Reg - Manche)

  3. Flash Focus • Managed by the Institute of Sustainability (IoS) – conceived pre-crash – emerged post crash – working in a different world! • Three inter-related strands of deliverables for UoG • Innovation Workshops • Innovation Vouchers • Sectoral Networking • Our targets – complex! – Primary and Secondary outputs, interlinked and generally not understood! • Essentially, 200 active and recorded interventions (minimum 12 hours) with London-based SMEs • My challenge – to build a sustainable model beyond the project and one that impacted on our other core agendas

  4. Workshops: • We have run 30+ - >500 attendances - >200 SMEs – just running a further 16 and will achieve > 100 more (new) SMEs • This has given us replicable process, content and models that we can use with other projects / commercially • Enabled us to build durable relationships with SMEs where we are seen to support and add value to their businesses

  5. Examples of Workshops

  6. Workshops to help your business innovate & grow These two days’ NEW workshops at University of Greenwich Business School Hamilton House, Greenwich are for instant results! Sept-Oct 2012 topics include: LinkedIn, Twitter & Presenting for selling Practical Innovation & Leadership to grow Developing a social enterprise Using image for branding & make it happen Project Management & Techniques Problem Solving Leadership & Getting results Video for selling & editing techniques Better Marketing & effective campaigns Examples of Workshops

  7. Innovation Vouchers: • Offered to those attending workshops – and some others too … • Demand-led, based on a specific business need – the project was defined and refined between our BDM and the company • Allowed for 3 days of funded direct academic input / engagement, (nominally) 3 days of preparation and write-up • The Case Study (see examples) • The impact: • On the business • On the University / Business School (KTPs, Curriculum, Research, Income, Employability, Entrepreneurship, Brand, our academic staff) • Future funding / bids

  8. What is a University?! Education Societal K Training Function Teaching Research Business Enterprise Learning Freedom creation application dissemination

  9. Thank You

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