Monthly Event - Melbourne - Third & Fourth Thursday of every month: 01:00 PM to 05:15 PM

Begins Thursday March 6th 2009 - Sector: Community - Youth Services Topic: How to increase communication across services

Melbourne, Hotel Kew - Lounge Bar - $65.00/$55.00 *You are paying for two sessions

Max 45 participants - Open to anyone who is willing to participate from within or outside the sector.

Facilitated by Brendan O'Keefe & The Idea Evangelists

We meet twice a month in Kew with a between sessions meet up online in a virtual brainstorming room and online idea management toolbox. Participate in an on topic business challenge to brainstorm.The topic for the month will be emailed to the goup the day before so you can sleep on it just prior to the event.

We use the very best techniques for idea generation and evaluation. We provide a non-judgmental and safe space for you to express your ideas. Listening amplifies the life of an idea. It creates the kind of fertile environment that makes it easier for it to take root and grow.

First we brainstorm the questions you need to answer, then brainstorm for answers. It doesn't matter how good your answers are when you're asking the wrong questions.

Most people think of brainstorming as a way to generate ideas, answers or solutions.

One of the basic principles of productive thinking is to brainstorm for questions before brainstorming for answers. Then the magic happens.

Session 1 - Generate Questions - Generate Answers

Questions & Ideation (brainstoriming)

The main idea generation technique we use is Stick em Up Brainslipping. This uses post it notes to capture all the ideas so that they are easy to be built on by others and can be culled, clustered and combined quickly.

• What's Going On? (questorming)
  
• Brainslipping
• Brainwriting
• Synetics
• 6 Thinking Hats - Initial Ideas - Blue, White, Green, Blue
• SCAMPER*
• ThinkCube®

Online: You can visit the private online Idea Management Toolbox and collaborative mind map between the two sessions to add and refine ideas. Also use the SMS Idea Box to send in ideas anywhere, anytime.

Session 2 - Define Critera for Success - Evaluate Ideas

Evaluation

• PMI decision making tool
• Opportunity Assessment System
• Collaborative Online Mind Map
• C5
• POWER

Open to anyone who is willing to fully participate.

You will be assigned a URL to the private meeting room when your payment has been processed.

Any questions, feel free to contact me anytime. The open brainstorm experience can also be customized to your specific requirements and the two sessions can be facilitated online form anywhere in the world.

Brendan - 03 9005 7877 or visit www.brainstormfacilitator.com.

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