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The KT Soft Skills Training Program offers a modular set of half-day training sessions. Each module is designed to provide an effective learning experience combining theory and practice.
This course introduces some essential communication skills that represent the cornerstone of personal and professional success. Verbal, written, and visual communication are considered. Materials included: slides, teaching toolkit, and additional documents for the practical activities.
Communication Slides
Teaching Toolkit
Materials for Practical Activities:
KTSS Stakeholder Map
Invention Disclosure Form A
Invention Disclosure Form B
Invention Disclosure Form C
This course introduces the concepts of teamworking and leading teams, which are key aspects of organizational and collaborative success. The principles and practices fundamental to building and leading effective teams in dynamic settings will be analysed. Materials included: slides, teaching toolkit, and additional documents for the practical activities.
Teamwork Slides
Teaching Toolkit
Materials for Practical Activities:
Briefs for Teamwork Roleplay
This course is designed to equip knowledge transfer professionals — whether in academia, research, or industry — with essential negotiation skills that drive impactful collaborations. Materials included: slides, teaching toolkit, and additional documents for the practical activities.
Negotiation Slides
Teaching Toolkit
Materials for Practical Activities:
Briefs for Patent Licensing Roleplay
Briefs for JointVenture Roleplay
This course introduces the basics of problem solving, an essential skill for everyone working in the knowledge transfer field. Problem solving skills help to deal with challenges, task management, and change management. Materials included: slides and teaching toolkit.
Problem Solving Slides
Teaching Toolkit
This course is tailored for knowledge transfer professionals that conduct their professional activities in diverse and collaborative settings. Different collaboration models, examining the various ways work can be conducted effectively, will be introduced. Materials included: slides, teaching toolkit, and additional documents for the practical activities.
Socio-cultural Skills Slides
Teaching Toolkit
Materials for Practical Activities:
Briefs for Roleplay: The First Impression
This course explores the ability to perceive, understand, and appropriately respond to the specific conditions in which knowledge transfer takes place. Materials included: slides, teaching toolkit, and additional documents for the practical activities.
Context Awareness Slides
Teaching Toolkit
Materials for Practical Activities:
Iceberg Model for Knowledge Transfer
Stakeholder Table for Knowledge Transfer
This course is designed to help professionals understand their development goals and give them guidelines and tools to plan their personal development journey. Materials included: slides, teaching toolkit, and additional documents for the practical activities.
Personal Development Slides
Teaching Toolkit
Materials for Practical Activities:
Personal Development Plan
Personal Learning Diary
Briefs for Delayed Workflow Roleplay
This course is designed specifically for KT professionals who want to strengthen their networking capabilities and use them as a tool for impactful collaboration. Materials included: slides and teaching toolkit.
Networking Slides
Teaching Toolkit

KT SoftSkills Self-Assessment Tool is for you to test your skills and competencies and see what skills could you improve with the KT SoftSkills Training course.
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KT SoftSkills WP3 Final Report provides a detailed overview of the skills and competencies selected to the training programme, course handout and self-assessment tool. The report showcases the work package lifeline and the results of each activity. The presentation version of the report showcases the reports main findings in a short and visual manner.
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KT SoftSkills Investigation Report provides a detailed overview of the skills and competencies that are already present in training programs turned to Knowledge Transfer (KT)professionals; and a detailed overview of the set of soft skills (SS) and competencies that KT professionals lack, and that would be very useful to enhance the effectiveness and inclusiveness of KT activities
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KT SoftSkills Dissemination & Sustainability Report 2025 provides a detailed overview of the dissemination and sustainability activities within the project, and an overview of the qualitative and quantitative indicators that the project achieved.
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KT SoftSkills Dissemination & Sustainability Report provides a detailed overview of the dissemination and sustainability activities that have been done within the project so far; and an overview of the qualitative and quantitative indicators that the project aims to achieve.
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