Entrepreneurs    On  Stage  -­‐  With  Power,Passion  &  Personality

Project  Objec<ve

This  project  looks  at  the  global  entrepreneurship  educator  .  The  role  of  coaching,  mentoring  and  sparring  with  entrepreneurship  students  whose  energies,  crea<vity  and  passion  need  to  be  mobilized  to  create  changes  needed  in  a  highly  compe<<ve,  complex  and  some<mes  confusing  world.  

Entrepreneurship  educators  need  to  facilitate  entrepreurship  processes.  They  need  to  communicate  with  power,  passion  and  personality  vis  a  vis  external  stakeholders,  colleagues  and  students.  They  need  to  run  mee<ngs  effec<vely,  and  they  need  build  effec<ve  bridges  across  personal,  professional  and  na<onal  differences.

The  stage  of  the  future  is  a  stage  where  actors  share,  choose  freely  and  contribute.  It  is  a  stage  en  where  all  ideas  compete  on  an  equal  foo<ng  in  an  environment  characterized  by  flexible  roles,  transparency  and  selfdetermina<on.  The  project  look  at  the  staging  challenges  of  this  future

Finally,  the  project  will  look  at  the  leadership  role  of  entreprenership  educators.  How  do  they  lead  others  ?  How  do  they  mo<vate,  engage  and  inspire?  How  do  they  combine  individualism  and  the  need  for  more  community  and  ci<zenship?How  do  they  handle  radical  opennness,  mobilize  crea<vity  and  appeal  to  both  the  ra<onal  and  emo<onal  needs  of  students?

 Key  ques<ons

• What  entrepreneurship  educator  stage  performance  is  needed  to  mo<vate,  energize  and  move  students  of  our  <me.

• What  are  the  key  leadership  challenges  facing  an  entrepreneurship  educator?• What  are  effec<ve  personal  communica<on  strategies  of  the  entrepreneruship  educator  of  21st  century  ?

• What  can  lecturers  learn  from  the  world  of  drama,  ac<ng  and  entertainment  ?

 Project  elements

• Interviews  with  lecturers• interviews  with  students• programme  development• planning,  implemen<ng  and  evalua<ng  programme  contents• workshops• conference

Possible  Project  Partners

• Interact• Hamletscenen• Kirs<  Kærn• Academy  Internship  Companies  with  an  entrepreneurial  profile• Human  Entertainment

Project  Group

Povl  HenningsenAcademy  entrepreneurship  educatorsSelect  entrepreneurs

Who  would  benefit  ?

• Business  Academy  Lecturers  at  Danish  business  academies• Business  Academy  entrepreneurship  students    • The  Business  Academy  Management• The  Danish  entrepreneurship  environment  in  general    • The  European  entrepreneurship  environment

Sondrup  BakkerJanuary  2012

Povl  Henningsen