Why you present it

A project nobody hears about does less for you than one you can explain in a few minutes. What an interviewer or a client wants is the story behind it: what you made, why you made it, and what you'd do next.

Presenting to the room is where you practise telling that story, with people who have spent the same two days developing ideas of their own.

How it works

On day two you finish your project and put it online at a web address of its own. Then you show it to the room: what it does, the idea behind it, and what you'd change with more time. The group asks questions and gives you direct feedback on how it lands.

A woman explaining an idea with her hands open while others listen.
Explaining the idea is as much a part of the day as developing it.

What you take away

The same explanation becomes the story you tell at interview, a line on your CV and portfolio, and the start of a pitch if the idea could become a business. We also cover the UK funding routes open to an early idea, from the government's business finance and support finder to Innovate UK.

Everyone who completes the workshop is considered for the selective advanced route, the three month apprenticeship described on the programmes page.