221_SME_APEC Women-Led Start-Up Accelerator Initiative Report

The APEC Women-Led Start-Up Training Manual contributed to the efficiency of the workshops of this initiative in several ways: First of all, with a material for previews and reviews, participants are more likely to catch up on the key points during the training sessions, boosting the overall efficiency of the training; Secondly, the training manual contains basic knowledge and resources that the p. [...] However, due to the global pandemic and the international travel restrictions imposed by all the economies, the means of preparing and conducting the events were adjusted to meet the challenges of the pandemic. [...] Secondly, due to the fact that participants have to connect online to join the event, test runs with the participants has to be conducted prior to the event to ensure both the equipment (e.g., the microphone, speaker and other hardwires) and environment (e.g., the internet connection, surroundings, lighting of the room) are suitable for the event. [...] Most importantly, the e-mail will also confirm with the trainee her time to conduct a pre-event test run, which aims to confirm the equipment and environment of the trainee, explain the protocols, let the trainee to actually try out the procedure listed in the operational manual and to answer any questions that the trainees have before the event. [...] The prior is the training material introduced in the previous chapter, the latter is an information guidebook containing the final event agenda, brief introduction to all the speakers and mentors of the event, list of all the confirmed trainees and most importantly, the training groups for the trainees and all the links relevant for the event (including YouTube links for livestreaming, Microsoft T.