Good ideas are common inside organisations, what is rare is an idea that actually survives the trip from a meeting-room whiteboard to a funded, scheduled, resourced plan. That journey depends entirely on planning: matching what an idea needs against what the organisation can realistically provide, then sequencing the work so it happens within a set timeframe and at the lowest reasonable cost.

This Training Course in Converting Ideas into Actionable Business Plans, from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, builds the practical skills behind that journey: presenting and pitching new ideas persuasively, assessing whether an idea is genuinely needed, running feasibility studies that turn concepts into viable projects, and using strategic-planning tools to carry an idea all the way through to execution.

Who Should Attend?

• Managers and owners of economic and commercial establishments.
• Heads of administrative and business-development departments.
• All staff involved in turning proposals into working plans.

Knowledge and Benefits:

After completing the programme, participants will be able to:

• Present and pitch new ideas persuasively, using proven methods of persuasion.
• Assess how genuinely needed an idea is before investing in it.
• Run feasibility studies that turn an idea into an actionable project.
• Identify planning strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities.
• Apply creative and analytical thinking to achieve excellence in business programmes.

Module 1: Presenting and Pitching New Ideas

• Methods for presenting new ideas clearly and confidently.
• What makes an idea practical rather than just interesting.
• Persuasion techniques and how to apply them when pitching.

Module 2: Assessing an Idea Before You Commit to It

• Judging how genuinely needed an idea is.
• Feasibility studies that turn ideas into viable business projects.
• Concepts behind strategic plans and objectives.

Module 3: Reading the Environment Around an Idea

• Analysing the internal and external environment.
• Types of strategic plans and how ideas fit within them.
• Strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities relevant to the idea.

Module 4: From Workshop to Formulated Strategy

• Running strategic-planning workshops to develop ideas collaboratively.
• Core strategy-formulation skills.
• Administrative meetings that keep an idea's plan on track.

Module 5: Creative and Analytical Thinking in Execution

• Innovative and analytical thinking to achieve workplace excellence.
• Preparing work maps and developing the working reality.
• Typical strategic-thinking strategies used when executing new ideas.

Module 6: Leadership and Successful Business Models

• Administrative insight and confident supervisory leadership.
• Core mental and diplomatic skills for leading an idea to success.
• Learning from successful models and programmes already used in business.