If you select developing a regenerative business marketing strategy as the outcome of the Ecological Farming Certificate you will be structuring this course to suit the requirements of developing a strategy to develop your regenerative business to fill a targeted niche in the market, connect to your costumers and add value in ways that supports the profitable operation and sustainability of your business.
On completion of the course you will have a Permaculture Design Certificate and a functional business plan and marketing marketing to guide the development of your business enterprise.
On completion of the course you will have a Permaculture Design Certificate and a functional business plan and marketing marketing to guide the development of your business enterprise.
- We Are Currently in The Process of NZQA Accreditation of This Course and Aim To Launch Our First Cohort in July 2024
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This course presents a comprehensive blueprint for developing a regenerative business and targeting your customers. Covering a spectrum of essential elements, it begins with understanding regenerative systems, delves into business ethics, and progresses towards identifying target customers, developing a value proposition, identifying trends and formulating a growth strategy. The course culminates with guidance on business and marketing plans, outcome reporting templates, effective pitching and much more. This offers aspiring entrepreneurs a cohesive guide to establish and sustain a business aligned with regenerative principles, ethics, and strategic success. |
Introduction
Developing a Business Model Canvas
In this module, participants delve into the fundamental elements of constructing a robust business model through the Business Model Canvas framework. The primary objective is to grasp the intricate dynamics of identifying and addressing the core needs of end-users. Participants explore various methodologies and techniques to keenly discern the specific pain points and demands of their intended audience. Emphasis is placed on understanding customer behavior, market research, and techniques for translating these insights into a well-defined value proposition. Through this module, entrepreneurs gain invaluable skills in dissecting customer needs and crafting a compelling value proposition that serves as the cornerstone of their business concept.
Creating a Comprehensive Business Plan
The core of any successful venture lies in a meticulously crafted business plan. This module offers participants a comprehensive guide to outline their business's roadmap. It begins with honing in on the overarching vision and strategic goals that steer the business's trajectory. Through in-depth market analysis utilizing tools such as PESTEL analysis and the 5-forces model, participants gain insights into market dynamics, competitive landscapes, and untapped opportunities. The module further delves into the development of a robust value proposition that succinctly captures the unique offering to the target audience. A strategic development strategy is then crafted, charting the course for the business's launch, growth, and scalability.
Creating a Persuasive Pitch Deck
Effectively communicating the essence of a business idea is crucial for engaging stakeholders, investors, or partners. This module focuses on the art of condensing the comprehensive business plan into a persuasive and compelling pitch deck. Participants learn the art of structuring a concise yet impactful presentation that encapsulates the business's concept, value proposition, growth potential, and overall vision. Techniques are explored to articulate the project's objectives, market opportunities, and differentiation succinctly. The module equips entrepreneurs with the skills to eloquently and persuasively communicate their business ideas, fostering engagement and interest among potential collaborators or investors.
In this module, participants delve into the fundamental elements of constructing a robust business model through the Business Model Canvas framework. The primary objective is to grasp the intricate dynamics of identifying and addressing the core needs of end-users. Participants explore various methodologies and techniques to keenly discern the specific pain points and demands of their intended audience. Emphasis is placed on understanding customer behavior, market research, and techniques for translating these insights into a well-defined value proposition. Through this module, entrepreneurs gain invaluable skills in dissecting customer needs and crafting a compelling value proposition that serves as the cornerstone of their business concept.
Creating a Comprehensive Business Plan
The core of any successful venture lies in a meticulously crafted business plan. This module offers participants a comprehensive guide to outline their business's roadmap. It begins with honing in on the overarching vision and strategic goals that steer the business's trajectory. Through in-depth market analysis utilizing tools such as PESTEL analysis and the 5-forces model, participants gain insights into market dynamics, competitive landscapes, and untapped opportunities. The module further delves into the development of a robust value proposition that succinctly captures the unique offering to the target audience. A strategic development strategy is then crafted, charting the course for the business's launch, growth, and scalability.
Creating a Persuasive Pitch Deck
Effectively communicating the essence of a business idea is crucial for engaging stakeholders, investors, or partners. This module focuses on the art of condensing the comprehensive business plan into a persuasive and compelling pitch deck. Participants learn the art of structuring a concise yet impactful presentation that encapsulates the business's concept, value proposition, growth potential, and overall vision. Techniques are explored to articulate the project's objectives, market opportunities, and differentiation succinctly. The module equips entrepreneurs with the skills to eloquently and persuasively communicate their business ideas, fostering engagement and interest among potential collaborators or investors.
A Regenerative Business
Regenerative design is where the output of a system improves the health and resiliency of that system over time. This is achieved by positive feedback loops linked to production that function to strengthen that system. The characteristics of a regenerative system are having a functional diversity of inter-connected elements in ways that mirror the communities of plants and animals in ecosystems.
Nature is the ultimate practitioner of developing complex self-sustaining systems over time - that not move ecosystems towards complex stable states - but also impact the atmosphere (air), hydrosphere (water), lithosphere (land) of the entire Earth in even change these elements in ways that benefit life. In such processes life has Terra-formed Earth into more climatically and atmospherically stable states in the process of increasing in complexity and diversity over time.
In the recent history of humans we have continued this trend - utilising our immagination to create ever more complex systems - which when modelled upon the complex, inter-connected diversity of natural systems will result in the advancement of increasingly more stable and life enriching states. Like other phases of life on Earth - the impact of systems we have created has had a global impact - resulting in an extended period of climatic stability and warming which has enabled human civilisations to flourish.
However our approach to the design of systems has been flawed and while civilisation may have flourished - other living systems on Earth have degraded and we need to re-examine our design philosophy.
Nature is the ultimate practitioner of developing complex self-sustaining systems over time - that not move ecosystems towards complex stable states - but also impact the atmosphere (air), hydrosphere (water), lithosphere (land) of the entire Earth in even change these elements in ways that benefit life. In such processes life has Terra-formed Earth into more climatically and atmospherically stable states in the process of increasing in complexity and diversity over time.
In the recent history of humans we have continued this trend - utilising our immagination to create ever more complex systems - which when modelled upon the complex, inter-connected diversity of natural systems will result in the advancement of increasingly more stable and life enriching states. Like other phases of life on Earth - the impact of systems we have created has had a global impact - resulting in an extended period of climatic stability and warming which has enabled human civilisations to flourish.
However our approach to the design of systems has been flawed and while civilisation may have flourished - other living systems on Earth have degraded and we need to re-examine our design philosophy.
Environmental Reporting for Carbon Positive Business
Over eight weeks, participants embark on a journey exploring the significance of sustainability reporting methodologies, particularly focusing on carbon analysis in farming practices. Beginning with an introduction to the importance of environmental reporting and regulatory landscapes in New Zealand, the module progresses into the detailed exploration of carbon credits as a mechanism for offsetting emissions.
Students engage in practical exercises, learning to calculate carbon footprints tailored specifically for farming systems within New Zealand's diverse ecological contexts. A critical highlight involves strategizing pathways toward carbon-positive farming, examining case studies that demonstrate successful transitions to carbon positivity within the country's farming sector. The module navigates through policy landscapes, emerging technologies, indigenous practices, and community engagement, emphasizing holistic approaches to sustainability and their role in achieving carbon neutrality.
Assessment involves the preparation of environmental reports for a business, integrating carbon credit methodologies, and crafting a sustainability strategy for your business.
Throughout, the module emphasizes the practical application of theoretical knowledge to create tangible solutions fostering carbon positivity in New Zealand's ecological farming landscapes.
Students engage in practical exercises, learning to calculate carbon footprints tailored specifically for farming systems within New Zealand's diverse ecological contexts. A critical highlight involves strategizing pathways toward carbon-positive farming, examining case studies that demonstrate successful transitions to carbon positivity within the country's farming sector. The module navigates through policy landscapes, emerging technologies, indigenous practices, and community engagement, emphasizing holistic approaches to sustainability and their role in achieving carbon neutrality.
Assessment involves the preparation of environmental reports for a business, integrating carbon credit methodologies, and crafting a sustainability strategy for your business.
Throughout, the module emphasizes the practical application of theoretical knowledge to create tangible solutions fostering carbon positivity in New Zealand's ecological farming landscapes.