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Incubator Week FIVE

Elle Simms

Project maintenance advice from Laura (and all the mentors who have shared their practice through this proejct):

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Want to change the way your body reacts in stressful situations? Watch this INSPIRING Ted X Talk:

Your ability to convey your idea and make it memorable can be just as crucial. Storytelling in pitching is a powerful technique that can help you engage your audience, connect on a personal level, and leave a lasting impression.

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The Pyramid Principle, a quick intro into a way you can grab people’s attention and share your story when asking for things from other people:

  1. Start with the answer first.
  2. Group and summarize your supporting arguments.
  3. Logically order your supporting ideas.

Start with You WHY….

Reflect back to your 6 word stories

Remember the 6 words you write to describe your idea. We want you to think about what would be written on the wall of your future venue/office/work space/public event space. What do you want to be the values, you why, that you shout from the walls?

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Project Maintenance:

Tools for keeping a project moving, building in accountability, gathering stories and ensuring you have content to evaluate or reflect on a project at the end. It is keeping an idea moving that can be the hard part… So here are some resources to support you in your idea development and project momentum.

Maintaining momentum https://www.ideou.com/blogs/inspiration/4-ways-to-maintain-momentum 

Building confidence https://www.forbes.com/sites/francesbridges/2017/07/21/10-ways-to-build-confidence/?sh=35ccf21c3c59 

Imposter syndrome https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/06/cover-impostor-phenomenon 

Community projects- how to get started https://mycommunity.org.uk/how-to-get-started-with-a-project-in-your-community 

Documenting design process https://medium.com/figma-africa/how-to-document-your-design-process-7a25b96d075a 

Reaching goals https://www.ideo.com/journal/an-unscientific-5-step-plan-for-reaching-your-goals 

Talking about your project https://blog.prototypr.io/ill-tell-you-a-story-how-to-talk-about-your-projects-so-that-people-listen-bbad8ca7777 

Most of us have watched Simon Sinek talk passionately about why we should Start With The Why. If you’re not familiar with the concept, give it a watch, it still gives me goosebumps. But why should you combine Start With Why & Story Telling to help your business grow faster?

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