| Duration: 90+ min Number of players: 6+ player/s Materials/ Tools needed: Card set “Pitch” Publisher: Baltic Regional fund/ 8KEYCOM project Language: EN, LV, EE, ES, HR Links: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/5/folders/16aRqXwbILv2AiqB38iruDr9y9-b–bZj |
Short description
“Pitch” is a game that helps to develop a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship, which is the ability to turn ideas into action. It involves creativity, innovation and risk-taking, as well as the ability to plan and manage projects in order to achieve objectives. Game “Pitch” was developed during Erasmus+ strategic partnership project “Enterprising and Surprising through 8 Key Competences”.
Educational value/ Learning Objectives
- Create new ideas and be innovative.
- Develop the ability to turn ideas into action.
- Dare to take risks and encourage to take initiative.
- Take responsibility for your own decisions.
- To present developed ideas.
- To develop presentation skills, creative thinking and teamwork skills, argumentation. and communication skills.
Recommendations for use
Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship is the ability to turn ideas into action. It involves creativity, innovation and risk-taking, as well as the ability to plan and manage projects in order to achieve objectives. The individual is aware of the context of his/her work and is able to seize opportunities that arise. It is the foundation for acquiring more specific skills and knowledge needed by those establishing or contributing to social or commercial activity. This should include awareness of ethical values and promote good governance.
- In the game “Pitch” participants are divided in teams by three and during several steps teams need to develop new ideas. They can be business, project, social, events ideas ect.
- After ideas are developed, participants need to present – “pitch” them.
- Be creative! Make new rules of the game which are most appropriate for your needs! Good luck!
Tips and Tricks for Facilitators
How to adapt game for different groups, topics, occasions/needs
In the beginning you can “hide” that in the end there is “pitch” presentation, to hold their focus on all the process.
- Size of the groups depends on the total amount of participants and aims of the game. Can be played also individual.
- The group can develop more ideas.
- You can ask the groups to present results at every stage of business idea development.
- The elevator pitch can be presented by one representative of the small group or invite all small group members to do it together.
- “Pitch” presentations can be presented in front of business people.
- After creating ideas, it is possible to get to the next level (according to plan, time limits and goals of the training) – project management
Feedback questions
- (Experience) What did you observe during the game/presentations (objective facts)? What happened? …..?
- (Reflection) How did you feel? What was easy? What was the most challenging? …..?
- (Conceptualise) What did you learn personally?/ What can we learn from it? …..?
- (Applying) How can we transfer it to our lives? How can you develop projects/businesses in our daily lives and what do you need for it? …..?
Further discussion topics
Personal goals
Presentation skills
