Digital fundamentals.
What is digital fundamentals?
The Digital Fundamentals Education Program is an opportunity for coffee professionals to explore the meaning and application of digitalization in coffee.
In this 10-hour online course, students will learn about the purpose and use of digital tools, and how such tools can contribute to efficiency and sustainability throughout the value stream.
They will gain technical knowledge on the components of a digitalization plan and understand how to map organizational or entrepreneurial processes as a starting point for digital transformation. Finally, students will discuss the main challenges behind digitalization for the coffee sector, and how to overcome these obstacles from an ethical perspective.
The program is co-taught by Digital Coffee Future and The Chain Collaborative.
Our facilitators.
Elisa Criscione
Elisa is the founder and CEO of Digital Coffee Future. Before fully dedicating herself to a career in coffee, she deepened her understanding of the application of digital solutions in agriculture in Ghana and worked in Colombia in the sustainable development arena where she first entered into contact with coffee. She holds a Master in Coffee Economics and Science Ernesto Illy from the University of Trieste, an MSc in Food Policy from the City University of London, and a BSc in Food & Agriculture from the University of Gastronomic Sciences.
Nora Burkey
Nora is the founder of The Chain Collaborative, a non-profit in the coffee sector that invests in local leaders around the world to develop and implement small community projects for livelihood improvements. She holds a master’s degree in Sustainable Development from the Graduate Institute at School for International Training, where she focused her studies on gender in development and food systems. She is one of the four creators of the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA)'s Coffee Sustainability Program and currently serves as an Authorized SCA Trainer for the program.
The format.
Digital Fundamentals is carried out fully online and is structured on a four-week structure, bringing together from six to eight participants in each cohort. At the end of the four weeks, students have two weeks of individual work to develop their final pitch deck.
Each week includes:
A live session with two expert lecturers
Practical exercises
Group discussions
At the end of the program, each participant will complete the development of one pitch document showcasing a potential digitalization process or plan for their organization or company,
The modules.
Interested in future cohorts?
If you are interested in learning more about the curriculum or you want to join our future cohorts, reach out!
Price: starting from 500 euros per participant