= Sensitivity to social and cultural norms of a community

Since the country is made up of a variety of cultural backgrounds with clearly defined ethnic and social distinctions in language and other cultural elements, it is necessary that the trainer integrates existing practices and develops the discernment as to the approach more suitable to his/her audience. In so doing, he/she could abide by the method that would maximize the delivery of results vis-à-vis the effort exerted in the process. The cultural dimension of existing and prevalent practices has to be properly acknowledged. This would mean that the introduction of the proposed technology would not deliberately or totally rule out the merits of traditional methods and practices. Rather, emphasis should be given on the merits of the intervention as a means of “building on” and progressing from what their customary methods offered, thereby rendering the transition process “more palatable” for the technology adoptors. In so doing, the trainer could better demonstrate the value of the technology and emphasize the advantages and benefits that will be derived from the innovation over the existing and often outdated practice.
 
= Personalized technology monitoring

The casual manner of monitoring the impacts of an introduced technology fared better than the formal method of using structured questionnaires and formal interviews. Casual inquiry for updates encourages the adopter to bring out and discuss technological problems and other relevant information, which would not have been captured using the formal method of monitoring. Corresponding remedies and plans could then be worked out by both the technology generator or service provider and the adopter.
 
= Ladder-type approach
 
In many instances, firms or groups provided with assistance were based in the countryside where the majority of members are ordinary folk with low levels of educational exposure. In such cases, a step-by-step method of introducing the S&T intervention, starting from the basics, would be more effective. This would give the trainees ample hands-on experiences, allowing them to have enough feel and appreciation of the initial process or processes. Interest in proceeding to the next step will thus correspondingly build up.

In some cases a duration of four to six months is afforded to participants to engage and practice simple product development activities, before the trainer returns to present more complicated innovations.