INSPIRE 4 ECOTROPHELIA

1. What is the Entrepreneurship training "Inspire 4 ECOTROPHELIA"

Inspire 4 Ecotrophelia, is a training programme that has been developed in conjunction with Ecotrophelia. It focuses on entrepreneurship and enables you to advance your business proposition in preparation for the pitch events.

Once logged into the platform you can access 12 hours of content which you can work through at your own pace. At the end of the programme is a short mini-assignment, you will receive feedback on this which will help you to strengthen and crystallise your business proposal. On completion of the training you will recieve an Inspire 4 Ecotrophelia Certificate from EIT Food.

The skills you will develop from this training go beyond the competiton and will be useful in your future career.

All of the content has been designed and developed by experts in entrepreneurship as well as industry experts. Included in the programme are modules on: team building and sustaining momentum, sustainability and stakeholder value (eco-innovation), segmenting your market, negotiation (buying and selling), finance, IP, scaling a venture, PESTEL and SWOT analysis, and the marketing mix.

2. Key dates of training

3. How to register

Each member of the team must sign up for the training individually to receive a proof of completion, and free access to the training. To register click on the link below:

Register here

You may reach a payment section, the training is free and no payment is required, so continue through this section and confirm your registration.

4. How to login

Following registration, each participant will receive an email confirmation with login details. You can then login in here:

Login here

5. Join a Group

You need to join a 'group on the platform'. To join/create a group they have to go to:

1. Click on “People” section

2. Click on “Group” in the tab

3. Click on the “+ Group” button on the right side

4. Complete a pop-up that allow to create a group: name, determine who can join or invite someone in the group.

We recommend to create a closed group (invite only). The owner of the group will then have to invite other members.  The person can only do this once all group members have registered to the training.

6. Approximately 12 hours of training

You can follow the course at their own pace and rhythm. If some parts of the training have already been covered in lectures, you can skip these parts and focus on what is new or not well understood.

7. Submission of mini-assessment

The mini-assessment is based on your team's innovative product. Each team member will be in the same 'group'. There is only one submission of the mini-assessment per group. Any member of a group can submit the assignment (we don’t limit how many times you can submit). If a member uploads an assignment while another member has done before, they will get a warning that they will override the previous submission.

8. Feedback

You will receive specific feedback on their product based on the mini-assessment. The feedback will be communicated in writing via the training platform.

9. Proof of Completion/Certificate

A certificate will be issued to each team member registered on the training platform after the mini-assessment has been reviewed.
If a student hasn't registered, they will not receive a certificate. It is therefore important that every team member is registered.

10. Who to contact in case of issues

For all technical questions: canvas@eitfood.eu

For UK competition related questions please email: education@ifst.org