WORKSHOPS
April 2023
Fun Craft Activity - Innoboost
with Dr. Krista Keranen, Dr. Sunitha Kshatriya
April 11th, 2023 at 1.30 pm GST
Via Zoom or AEIC 214 EMBA
This is a business game that helps young founders understand innovation theory, service design, and co-creation. Using the game ‘Innoboost’ founders learn how to commercialize their startup ideas in a game where everyone is a winner.
Legal Matters in Startup
with Mr. Ayman Al Awadhi
April 4th, 2023 at 3.00 pm GST
Via Zoom or AEIC 214 EMBA
This is a guest speaker series where students are shown by an expert how to examine legal issues involved for launching their startups and are informed about the critical role played by lawyers including the value of intangible assets such as patents, copyrights, trademarks etc.
November 2022
Online Marketing
with Ms. Mihaela Nina
November 22nd, 2022 at 3.00 pm GST
Via Zoom or AEIC 214 EMBA
This seminar talks about learning the value and benefit of using various online marketing tools including social media for launching your product and service, from an expert guest
Legal Matters in Startup
with Mr. Ayman Al Awadhi
November 10th, 2022 at 3.00 pm GST
Via Zoom or AEIC 214 EMBA
This seminar examines legal issues for startups and the critical role that lawyers play. It also includes the value of tangibles such as patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks within the UAE.
InnoBoost
with Dr. Krista Keranen
November 4th, 2022 at 3.00 pm GST
Via Zoom or AEIC 214 EMBA
InnoBoost is a Gaming Workshop for all who teach innovation knowledge or are interested in using gamified methods for commercializing innovative ideas in a practical way. It incorporates the understanding of innovation theory, service design methodology, and co-creation approach to lead through a game where there a no winners or losers and where everyone wins and gains innovation, knowledge, and skills.
Sources of Capital for Entrepreneurs
with Dr. Rassel Kassem
November 3rd, 2022 at 3:00 pm GST
Via Zoom or AEIC 214 EMBA
Explore the essentials of venture finance and how to set priorities when gathering financial resources and raising capital, while examining the advantages and disadvantages of various capital sources in the UAE with the help of an expert.
September 2021
Digital Prototyping
with Mr. Max Mirho
September 27th, 2021 at 2.00 pm GST Via Zoom or AEIC 214 EMBA
Expert shows students how to create digital prototypes using online and desktop tools to create digital mockups.
Public Speaking
with Mr. Kamal Dimanchkie
September 26th, 2021 at 2.00 pm GST Via Zoom or AEIC 214 EMBA
Fear of Public Speaking is one of the most common fears faced by individuals, while being an important skill in all areas of entrepreneurship, the corporate world and within social environments. This seminar will show how startup founder can build this skills to improve the trajectory of their personal and professional growth.
InnoBoost
with Dr. Krista Keranen
September 22nd, 2021 at 11.00 am GST Via Zoom or AEIC 214 EMBA
This inspiration workshop uses a gamified tool called 'InnoBoost' to better understand how to commercialise innovative ideas. 'InnoBoost' incorporates the understanding of innovation theory, service design methodology, and co-creation approach to lead through a game where there a no winners or losers and where everyone wins and gains innovation + knowledge + skills.
June 2021
Social Entrepreneurship
June 24, 2021 at 1.00 pm GST Via Zoom
This incubation seminar will lead a discussion around Social Entrepreneurship, Mission Driven for Profit Enterprises and Social Purpose Ventures, and will explore ways to address the unmet needs of Social, Government and Business Sectors.
21st Century Skills
June 17, 2021 at 1.00 pm GST Via Zoom
This incubation seminar covers the importance of Global and 21st Century skills in the post-COVID world. Some of the skills that will be covered are Digital Marketing, Cybersecurity, AI, Robotics and other key skills including Soft skills.
Competitive Advantage
June 10, 2021 at 12.45 pm GST Via Zoom
The incubation seminar will inform startups regarding developing a competitive advantage or "Competitive Moat" such as: barriers to entry, intellectual property, trade secrets, speed of execution, brand awareness, cost advantages, protection, and distribution rights.
Lean Startup Principles
June 3, 2021 at 1.00 pm GST Via Zoom
The seminar covers the Five Principles of Lean Startups:
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Entrepreneurs are everywhere
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Entrepreneurship is Management
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Validated Learning
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Innovation Accounting
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Build-Measure-Learn
March 2021
InnoBoost
with Dr. Krista Keranen
March 22nd, 2021 at 11.00 am GST Via Zoom or AEIC 214 EMBA
This inspiration workshop uses a gamified tool called 'InnoBoost' to better understand how to commercialise innovative ideas. 'InnoBoost' incorporates the understanding of innovation theory, service design methodology, and co-creation approach to lead through a game where there a no winners or losers and where everyone wins and gains innovation + knowledge + skills.
October 2020
Mural Workshop for Faculty
October 22, 2020 at 2.00 pm GST Via Zoom
Mural’s immersive, collaborative and remote workshop for AUD faculty was a 90-minute introductory workshop on Mural. This experiential workshop was inclusive for all learning styles and took faculty through observation, concepts, experience, and testing. It was planned to engage users with the material, inform them in creative ways, enhance their learning efficacy, facilitate them to practice new skills, and enable them to perform and find their strategy.
Pop Up Classes
An Unconventional Timeframe
A sneaky experiment…. 30-minute weekly session
New adventurous content you’re trying to prototype and refine
A great opportunity to bring in a new design team and try out new partnerships
A Quintessential AEIC experience
Team taught, multidisciplinary, design based, learning-by-doing.. BUT with a twist….
A new strange burst of creativity….from unexpected places
A choice of AEIC Workshops & Seminars that may be offered on a need basis but not limited to the below
Inspiration Workshops
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Body Language
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Journaling
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Applying 5 Whys
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Framing the Challenge
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Recruiting
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Interviewing
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Group Interviewing
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Expert Interviewing
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Conversation Starting
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Analogous Inspiration
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Card Sorting
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Collage
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Creating a Plan
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Guided Tours
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Drawing It
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Peer Observations
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Building a Team
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Defining the Audience
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Immersion
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Secondary Research
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Resource Flow
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Extremes & Mainstreams
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Journey Mapping
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Downloading Learning
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Rules for Brain Storming
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Bundling Ideas
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Creating Concepts
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Designing Principles
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Creating Frameworks
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Mashing Up
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Gut Checking
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Co-Creating
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Determining What to Prototype
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Sharing Inspiring Stories
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Creating How Might We
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Rapid Prototyping
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Creating Story Boards
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Role Playing
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Getting Feedback
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Integrating Feedback & Iterating
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Business Model Canvas
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Getting Visual
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Finding Themes
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Exploring Hunches
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Top 5
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Creating Insight Statements
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Brain Storming
Ideation Workshops
Incubation Workshops
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Business Model
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Design Thinking Process
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Developing Original Ideas
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Financial Modeling
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Getting Started
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Introduction to Human Centric Design Thinking
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Making a Creative Difference
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Prototyping
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Storytelling
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Shaping Ideas
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Marketing for Burning Need
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Live Prototyping
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Iterating
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Building Partnerships
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Laying a Roadmap
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Piloting
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Sustainable Revenue
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Growing the Framework
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Defining Success
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Measuring and Evaluating
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Staffing E&I Projects
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Keep Getting Feedback
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Funding Strategy
Implementation Workshops
Seminars
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Adaptive Leadership
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Branding and Social Impact
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Changing Customer Behavior
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Competitive Advantage
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Environmental Sustainability
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Lean Startup Principles
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Marketing to Customers in Need
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Networking Leadership
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Public Speaking
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Social Entrepreneurship
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Strategy for Enterprise
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Systems Design
* AEIC acknowledges IDEO - David Kelly’s design company based in Palo Alto, California, as being the inspiration behind it’s ideas and Design Thinking tools used.