Top Dawg Academy

Leadership & ConfidenceCreativity & Innovation

Teamwork

Intro

Top Dawg Academy is a course for Transition Year students, that aims to teach you useful skills and lessons the areas of: Leadership & Confidence, Creativity & Innovation, and Teamwork.

Who

are

you

!?

My name is Conor Diskin, Im 23 years old and have just graduated from Maynooth University with a degree

in Business and Media. I am now working with Enactus to help teach Transition year students like yourselves about important business and life skills.

Toda

y’s P

lan 30 Minutes – Leadership

& Confidence15 Minutes – Creativity & Innovation15 Minutes – Teamwork (Putting lessons into practice)

Lead

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ip &

Co

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nce

-Ou

tcom

es - Find out your personality

type, and learn to respect other types i.e bands and football teams.

- Learn effective communication skills

Lead

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Co

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– Pe

rson

ality

Type

s

Everyone will be given a sheet of statements, please mark the number that represents you best in each case.

1 – Disagree2 – Slightly Disagree3 – Neutral4 – Slightly Agree5 – Agree

Diffe

rent

type

s and

wh

at th

ey m

ean?

Extroversion: Community

mindset and social Agreeableness: Adjusting

behavior to suit others and

wont shake things up too much. Conscientiousness: Honest

and hardworking. Prefer rules and order Neuroticism: Emotiona

Openness: Seeking new experiences but may dream

a lot.

Types of communication:Verbal and Non-Verbal communication

- Verbal communication is made up of spoken words. - Non-verbal communication is made up of tone of voice, body language, gestures, eye contact, facial expression and proximity.

Lead

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Co

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- Co

mm

unica

tion

First impressions have a long lasting effect on people, so it is very important to make a good one.

1. Act as if you are meeting a good friend2. Keep your body language open3. Speak Clearly4. Have good posture5. Be positive6. Be interested and interesting

Practice!

Lead

ersh

ip &

Co

nfide

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- Co

mm

unica

tion

What is Creativity?

What is Innovation?

Crea

tivity

&

Inno

vatio

n

Idea Generation

Role Playing Reverse Thinking Random Word

TechniqueCrea

tivity

&

Inno

vatio

n

Your turn!

Use one or more of the techniques that you just learned about to come up with 3 ideas for a cool new product, service, business or invention.

1 in sports1 in music1 in school

Crea

tivity

&

Inno

vatio

n

In your teams everyone decide on one idea that you all like. Everyone discuss ways it can be improved until you are happy with the concept.

Create a name for your team and write it on the top of the page.

Team

work

Share your ideas with the class!Te

amwo

rk

See you next week