Innovation Training & Resources

Innovation Training & Resources

• Diploma in Innovation Management for Food & Beverage Manufacturing (Training Course)
• Open Innovation (Training Course)
• Innovation: The Food Industry (Training Course)
• Innovation: From Plan to Product (Training Course)
• Innovation Training Series (Training Videos)
• Idea Development: Create & Implement Innovative Ideas (Training Course)
• Introduction to Design Thinking & People Centred Design (Training Course)
• The secret Power of Brands (Training Course)
• Consumer Perception, Emotion & Cognition (Training Course)
• Diploma in Consumer Psychology (Training Course)
• Intellectual Property Management in the Food Sector (Training Course)
• Retail Fundamentals (Training Course)
• The art of innovation (Training Video)
• 10 Templates for your Innovation Process
• Journal of Innovation Management
• Journal of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Marketing Training & Resources

• Introduction to Marketing (Training Course)
• Diploma in Marketing Management (Training Course)
• Understanding Your Audience: Market Segmentation (Training Course)
• E-Commerce – Introduction to Internet Marketing Strategies for Businesses (Training Course)
• Create a Social Media Marketing Campaign (Training Course)
• Retail Management – Merchandising, Distribution & Marketing (Training Course)
• Marketing Analytics: Competitive Analysis & Market Segmentation (Training Course)
• Diploma in Social Media Strategy (Training Course)

Innovation Toolkits

• Food Values Questionnaire
• Assessing New Markets Questionnaire
• Product Opportunities Questionnaire
• New Product Design Brief Template
• Brand Agency Brief for Labels & Artwork (Template)
• Package Opportunities Questionnaire
• Package Design Checklist
• Package Interaction Guidelines
• Innovation Process Infographic
• Consumer Sensory Infographic

Food Trends

• Top 10 Global Food Trends 2020
• 2019 Food Trends
• Consumer Lifestyle Trends
• The New Face of Private Label: Global Market Trends to 2018

Product Development Training & Resources

• New Product Development (Training Course)
• Product Management Fundamentals (Training Course)
• Portfolio Analysis in a Food Business (Training Video)
• Entering a New Market Tutorial (Training Video)
• What does your company stand for? (Training Video)
• Explore Product Opportunities (Training Video)
• Product Opportunities Questionnaire
• Creating New Foods: The Product Developers Guide
• Selecting & Managing New Product Ideas
• NPD Strategy & Planning
• New Product Design Brief Explained
• Establishing Effective Metrics for NPD Success
• Product Testing in PD 
• How to Create a Product Concept Test

Package & Label Development Resources

• Package Development Process
• Package Design
• Explore Package Opportunities (Training Video)
• Package Opportunities Questionnaire
• Package Design Checklist
• Package Interaction Guidelines
• American Package Museum
• Guide to Best Practices for Print
• The New Face of Private Label: Global Market Trends to 2018
• Clean Label  Conferences Library

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Useful Websites

• How to Implement Open Innovation: Lessons from MNC’s
• Good Practice Case Studies for Innovation
• Managing the Innovation Process (White Paper)
• Why Consumer Analytics Matter for Business Strategy
• Market Research for Market Readiness
• Basics of Sensory Evaluation, Tools, Techniques, Methods & Interpretation
• Food Analysis Using Artificial Senses
• Society of Sensory Professionals
• Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium
• Research Foreign Markets
• Retailing in the 21st Century
• The Food Bibliography (Food History)
• World Food Innovations