1. Two Heads Better than One! The Value of Making Connections. Veronica Strain, Graduate School Two Heads Better than One! The Value of Making Connections. Veronica Strain, Graduate School

2. #2headsbetter @uongradschool

3. Warm Up Getting to know you!

4. Value of Commercialising Research Extending benefits of your learning Raising your academic profile Expanding your career options Enhancing your bank balance!

5. Benefits of Collaborative Enterprise Widens scope of individual talents Widens scope of innovation potential Shared risk Shared infrastructure Speed to market

6. The Innovation Process

7. Problem – Innovation- Enterprise

8. Work in your groups Discuss the problem – 5 mins Partner 1 gives opinion– 2 mins Partner 2 gives opinion – 2 mins Partner 3 gives opinion – 2 mins Collaborative solution – 5 mins Prepare Elevator Pitch – 4 mins The Rules:

9. Elevator Pitch – 30 seconds!

10. How to find a partner/s? 1.Network 2.Network 3.Network Academics, consultants, competitors, trade associations, events, conferences… YCDBSOYA

11. The Rules of Collaboration 1.Establish trust 2.Agree ground rules/contracts 3. Communicate – open, often, honest 4. Contribute 5. Stay organised 6. Stay in the game 7. Part on good terms

12. Veronica Strain Researcher Training & Development Manager (Enterprise) Room A12 Graduate School University Park NG7 2RD veronica.strain@nottingham.ac.uk @uongradschool, #2headsbetter