DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS IDEA KARAMAN MEM EU FOREIGN

DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS IDEA KARAMAN MEM EU & FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 1 -4 April 2019, Kaunas, Lithuania

COURSE OUTLINE: 1 -FIND AN IDEA Preliminary preparation: According to the number of students are divided into 3 or 5 groups. Each group will create their own business idea. Duration: 1 Hour

Application: Students study to create a business idea in their groups. The teacher guides the groups by visiting them. First of all, the students discuss and share among themselves. With the brainstorming technique, they freely put their minds on the table. It is important that ideas are contrary. .

Application: Students should be able to express their opinions freely. Students who underestimate or find the ideas odd in the group should be warned with appropriate language. In this process, students should be freed as much as possible. Papers are distributed to students to write their ideas. After brainstorming, each student is asked to find a business idea and write on paper.

Application: With a brief summary of his business idea he writes on paper. They are even asked to support the business idea with drawings. The business ideas formed within the group are collected and evaluated. The idea of which business idea is more profitable and feasible is discussed among students and only one business idea from each group is asked to be presented.

Application Students go for one of the ideas in their group. At this stage, if the members find it difficult to choose between more than one business ideas, the opinions of the group members can be voted on. The selected business idea is now accepted as a single idea of the group and all group members are asked to develop this idea.

Application The group members who adopt the idea develop a business idea and write on a single piece of paper. The first step in the process of transforming this idea into a brand is taken at this stage. Each business idea is asked to give a name. All business ideas within the class are announced throughout the class.

Results : The business idea will be produced in all class groups. The number of classes will come from the business idea. With these ideas announced to the class, the students will have learned all the ideas. In this way, they will learn the interesting ideas and add them to the world of imagination.

“I always say “It is never too late to start a business” but let’s face it, we do have less time for experimenting and repeated trial and error before we find the right one. How often have you heard yourself asking "What type of business could I start? " That’s only natural and it is VERY common. In fact, that is probably the most-often question I get asked. I also understand how confusing this can be as I have been there myself.

• “The fact is, as a baby boomer you have skills and knowledge built up over decades, so you have already done most of the hard work learning what you know. All you need to do is take a few more steps to turn that experience into your own digital product. When you do that, it becomes your first online business. ” • (resource: https: //www. boomerbooster. com/businessidea) •

COURSE OUTLINE: 2 OPINION AND PLACE • Preliminary preparation: • Students can be divided into 3 groups or 5 groups according to the location. In this case, each group will create their own business idea. Outdoors and in natural environments, students are left alone and allowed to think for themselves. Students’ produced ideas will be tried to be found by using different places. • The relationship between ideas and space will be revealed. • Duration: 1 -2 hours

Application: Students work to create a business idea in their groups. The teacher guides the groups by visiting them. To create the business idea, different places are used to take advantage of the space. Considering the physical condition of the classroom and educational environment, it is ensured that students are taken to different places as much as possible. These places are important; Nature and natural spaces, spaces suitable for collaborative work, quiet places that can be used with your mind, crowded places and social media can be described as the world.

Working Areas • Nowadays, the common working areas, which are now very popular, provide serious, and quiet working environment that you need at certain times of the day, provided that you reserve it in advance. Students who cannot concentrate on working or thinking in school or in the classroom can benefit from common study areas.

• Thus, they can stay away from the stress of serious environments such as classrooms and offices. Students are asked to take notes and pencils with them. In order to produce ideas and maintain this productivity, these study areas can be re-visited in other courses.

Staying Alone with Nature According to researches; It has been observed that the creativity levels of the walking people, on average, sixty percent more than the inhabitants, and the original spark of the creativity fever arose as they walked. Plan for a long and beautiful walk in an open area where students can feel comfortable and peaceful, if possible, for long periods of time. Maintain walks for 20 -40 min. Ask the students to write at the end of the walk by encouraging them to produce ideas during this walk.

Doing Exercises Do simple breathing exercises before asking students to produce business ideas. After these exercises, students' thinking skills will be quite progressing and different ideas will emerge. You can continue brainstorming and group work activities after these exercises.

Crowded Places For students to take inspiration, you can develop their creativity skills and inspire them from the community by allowing them to make observations in areas such as the school yard or the crowded areas in the city centers. Students can participate in this activity only with paper and pencil. Then get inspired by the shortcomings and problems they see in society.

Social Media Social media is one of the most widely used communication tools all over the world today. It will be very easy for students to develop an innovation in the social media environment and turn them into business ideas. While doing this activity, students should pay attention to social media ethics and internet safety according to their age group. Provide a place to reach social media via telephone or computer. Ask them to do research for about 30 minutes. Then ask the innovations they find to produce a business idea. Discuss the business ideas in the classroom as a result of this process.

Results In the whole classroom, the group will produce business ideas with one of all these activity methods. These ideas will be shared in the classroom and will enable all class to generate additional ideas for business ideas and the business idea will be strengthened with new contributions. Considering that students have different abilities of intelligence, a student who cannot produce business idea in any of these activities will be able to produce business idea in a different place or environment.