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Day 1 of the Digital Innovation Days and the Final Conference of the SpinIT project is officially behind us! 🚀

Yesterday at Black Swan in Prague, we kicked off an action-packed start to the final chapter of the SpinIT project — bringing together students, experts, mentors, and project partners from across the Danube region. 🌍

The first day featured two parallel events running seamlessly side by side:

✔️Student Ideathon: We launched a 2-day ideathon where student teams use the Design Thinking methodology to tackle real challenges provided by Fair Venture. This year’s topics focus on critical sustainability issues, including:

👉🏼Cutting Through the “Green Fog”
👉🏼From Reporting to Real Impact

✔️Partners as Experts: SpinIT project partners actively joined as experts and coaches, helping teams better understand the challenges and guiding them through the first ideation phases.

✔️Project Synergy: While students brainstormed innovative solutions, project partners worked on finalizing key project outcomes, including policy recommendations and lessons learned gathered throughout the SpinIT journey.

✔️Inspiring Study Visit: The afternoon also included an inspiring study visit to the CIIRC CTU premises for project partners.

We are proud to see this cross-border collaboration in action, supported by the Interreg Danube Region Programme and co-funded by the European Union. 🇪🇺

Now we’re excited for today, where student teams will present their final pitches to the jury! 🤩

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Mluvit o vlastních emocích není vždy snadné.. Někdy je mnohem jednodušší je prostě vzít do ruky a poskládat z papíru! 😉✂️

Dnes jsme v rámci projektu Back on Track strávili 2 hodiny se studenty Střední odborné školy Jablonecká v Liberci a věnovali se duševnímu zdraví trochu jinak, než bývá zvykem. Místo klasické přednášky jsme vzali staré časopisy, nůžky a pustili se do práce s emocemi skrze kreativitu – individuálně i ve dvojicích. Každý si vybral jednu emoci a zkusil ji intuitivně ztvárnit formou koláže. 🙌🏻

Cíl byl jednoduchý: dát emocím prostor, aniž by musely být hned pojmenované nebo vysvětlené. A co se ukázalo?

✔️Tvorba přirozeně přináší klid a bezpečný prostor pro sebereflexi.
✔️ I v době plné tlaku a různorodých pocitů mezi studenty silně rezonovaly pozitivní emoce.
✔️Kreativita se ukázala jako velmi silný nástroj pro zpracování emocí – často přirozenější než samotná konverzace.

Děkujeme SOŠ Jablonecká za otevřenost, důvěru a skvělou spolupráci! 😊

Win 20,000 CZK by solving a real-world business challenge! 💰

At SpinIT Digital Innovation Days, you’ll spend two intensive days working on real cases from Fair Venture, designing solutions to problems companies are facing right now:

♻️ How can we prevent greenwashing and make sense of “green” labels?
🛒 How can we communicate the real impact of what people buy?
📊 And how can ESG be turned from a buzzword into a working business model?

Expect teamwork, mentoring, and a hands-on innovation experience in English — where your ideas are tested, challenged, and developed into real concepts.

Join with your own team or come solo and get matched with other participants! 😊 Link in bio.

Ready to turn ideas into real digital innovation? 🚀 Join us at SpinIT Digital Innovation Days 2026 - an international event where students, innovators, and experts come together to tackle real-world challenges and co-create impactful solutions. 🙌🏻

Expect hands-on teamwork, inspiring mentors, and a unique opportunity to collaborate across disciplines and countries. 🌍 Whether you’re a student, researcher, or aspiring innovator, this is your chance to step into the world of digital transformation. 💡

Build solutions. Connect with like-minded people. Gain experience that goes beyond theory. 🤗

Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/dWiJBDMk

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