FAQs

CommLIT.online is an on-line learning resource for improving commercial literacy.

CommLIT.online is targeted to give high level, practical information about the commercial world and related issues, by teaching users more commercial literacy and giving them more confidence to engage with commercial colleagues and partners.

Work  supporting innovators and entrepreneurs with great ideas over many years, highlighted the need for commercial literacy.

The founders work as Royal Society’s Entrepreneurs in Residence confirmed this need.

Many academic business textbooks and specialised courses are both theoretical and expensive. CommLIT.online is positioned to be easily accessible, practical and based on real business experience.

Therefore anyone seeking a straightforward means of achieving commercial literacy should be interested in CommLIT.online.

Its simple on-line format will allow remote learning by individuals interested in improving their commercial literacy in order to :

• Professionally engage with industrial and commercial partners
• Learn the language and principles of setting up a new company, perhaps to commercialise their own innovation
• Be better prepared for a career move from academia to industry
• Improve their knowledge of commercial issues without the time and financial commitment required for a short, specialist business course or MBA

CommLIT.online material is only available online and, to protect copyright are for individual use only and not downloadable.

The hierachy of the CommLIT.online material is  BOX SETS > TOPICS > LESSONS.   A BOX SET is all the material related to a single theme e.g. IP.  Each TOPIC is made up of several LESSONS.

Although there are overlaps between the material each TOPIC has been written so that it is standalone and can be studied independently. No background or pre-reading is required, as each LESSON is intended to raise interest and prompt the participant to pursue further study as they see fit.

The format of each LESSON is not fixed, but typically is made up of a Powerpoint presentation with a voiceover, which lasts about 20 minutes.

These LESSONS are underpinned and complemented by a range of MINI-CASES.  These are examples of the principles described in the LESSON illustrated by an actual event. Importantly these MINI-CASES are often explained by managers who actually took part in the described event.

These MINI-CASES often serve to illustrate a range of issues common to a range of material and so are cross-referenced back to the relevant LESSON or LESSONS.

Most of the current contributors to CommLIT.online are experienced entrepreneurs and business professionalsD, some of whom were appointed as Royal Society Entrepreneurs in Residence. As a result the material is all based on high quality, practical, relevant lessons from actual business situations.

If required these contributors are available to give their views and experience in more depth face-to-face in a traditional format.

We are always seeking new material from professionals wishing to share their experiences through making a contribution to CommLIT.online.  Anyone interested in contributing should write to info@commlit.online.

Individuals wishing to access the material on CommLIT.online should buy a license from the website.  These are time-limited.

Employers and institutions seeking multiple user licenses should write to james.otter@commlit.online.

CommLIT.online is a limited company incorporated in the UK, company number 12985824.

CommLIT.online is a commercial venture, but is also intending to work with charities and underprivileged groups at lower rates to ensure the delivery of its vision of providing commercial literacy to all.