Workshops

Our workshops are all about expanding and polishing your entrepreneurial toolbox. They are carefully developed in close collaboration with SSES students and alumni to offer hands-on behaviour changing training. Although the topics are general in nature, all workshops are designed for the context of the entrepreneur. All workshops are free to attend and open to all students at our member schools.

Weekend Workshops offer in-depth study and exploration of a specific skill set. To ensure participants get the most from each workshop they are held in small groups of no more than 14 participants. Not surprisingly, they are held over full weekends.

Toolbox Fridays give you an initial glance at a specific skill set. As they are introductory in nature they are held in somewhat larger groups with up to 30 participants. And, as you may have guessed, they are organised on Friday afternoons.

International Workshops are held around the globe together with our partners and friends. Challenging but rewarding they are designed for our most engaged and devoted students. They are sporadic in timing but keeping an eye open for them is certainly worthwhile.

Upcoming workshops

Conflict and Cohesion

2010-09-10

Conflicts constitute perfect opportunities to develop entrepreneurial ventures. A flipside to this is that conflicts easily can turn into large cost bearers. Better safe than sorry.

Opportunity Prototyping

2010-09-18 - 2010-09-19

Entrepreneurs are society's problem-solvers. Full stop. And just as the hairdresser need to sharpen the scissors from time to time, so do entrepreneurs. Welcome to a full weekend on how to creatively solve yours and others' problems.

Telephone Sales

2010-09-24

At the end of the day: without sales – no entrepreneurship. Many companies rely heavily on telephone sales, but few know how to effectively use the skill-set to build long-term relationships.

Design Thinking

2010-09-25 - 2010-09-26

Design is a powerful tool in strategic work. Still, few entrepreneurs know how to really use design related methods to increase performance. So we created this workshop.

Creative Leadership

2010-10-02 - 2010-10-03

Nice title. Sharp waredrobe. 50+ years of experience. Naw, not really. Good leadership starts with an understanding of your passions and fears.

Business Law

2010-10-08

For better or worse there are certain conditions and frameworks in which entrepreneurial activities occur. And although entrepreneurs usually are the first to push those boundaries, knowing them can be a good start.

Negotiations and Bargaining

2010-10-23 - 2010-10-24

Sometimes you win, sometimes you loose. That's ok. But make sure you always close the deal. You. always. close. the. deal. And bring buns.

Marketing Research

2010-11-05

Marketing ABC: don’t look to yourself, ask your customer. Easier said than done. This workshop is the cure for striving entrepreneurs interested in understanding the basics of marketing research.

Writing for Persuasion

2010-11-13 - 2010-11-14

It is not before I write what I think that I see what I know. Then imagine how hard it must be for others. Add some tight deadlines and short lead-times to the mix and the value of tips and tricks on how to write effectively becomes apparent.

Presentation and Pitching

2010-11-19

Never start with an apology. Know your font-size. Three minutes and fourteen seconds. Three of the rules of thumb this workshop will cover.