InnoSkills – Innovation Skills for SMEs LLP-LDV/TOI/08/IT/481 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein” InnoSkills – Innovation Skills for SMEs LLP-LDV/TOI/08/IT/481 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein” InnoSkills Innovation Skills for SMEs A Leonardo da Vinci – Transfer of Innovation – Project October, 2008 – September, 2010 Piloting Phase – The Portuguese Experience

InnoSkills – Innovation Skills for SMEs LLP-LDV/TOI/08/IT/481 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein” Managers from New Technology Based Firms (NTBF); Staff of NTBFs – Product developers, marking, sales Trainers Mainly, New Technology Based Firms incubated in Parkurbis, Science and Technology Park of Covilhã, recently created (around 2 years of existence) Target Group

InnoSkills – Innovation Skills for SMEs LLP-LDV/TOI/08/IT/481 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein” Access to knowledge on innovation management Easy to understand contents, with examples, case studies and other materials Information presented on a simple form and easy to access, anywhere and at any time Possibility to access to a platform where information can be exchanged with other professionals … and above all, access to information when it is possible, for the participants, to look for it. Time is a crucial issue Needs identified

InnoSkills – Innovation Skills for SMEs LLP-LDV/TOI/08/IT/481 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein” Identification of a target group Informal presentation of the InnoSkills platform, the contents, the benefits and how it can be useful to the users Small workshop with the target group, where the platform was tested, all the tools presented, and a simulation on how to use it During the experimentation period, there were some discussions about the use of the platform and their opinion about the contents Final meeting with each one of the participants, in order to collect feedback over the experimentation The process

InnoSkills – Innovation Skills for SMEs LLP-LDV/TOI/08/IT/481 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein” Many contents were experimented – The Piloting Phase had no focus on a particular theme, in order to allow each participant to choose the modules that most fit their needs There was a particular interest on the chapters related with Innovation definitions and Creativity Techniques Most of them didn’t use the Self Assessment Tool, mainly because the participants went directly to the chapters in which they more interested in Contents experimented

InnoSkills – Innovation Skills for SMEs LLP-LDV/TOI/08/IT/481 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein” All the participants considered the platform, the contents and the tools very interesting and consider using it in the future The contents area suitable to their professional activity The contents were well organized and it was easy to navigate in the platform The major suggestion for improvements was related with the design of the lay out and some requests for more media elements Results

InnoSkills – Innovation Skills for SMEs LLP-LDV/TOI/08/IT/481 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein” Thank you for your attention! For more information