Idea Champions

JANUARY 4, 2019

Do the people in your organization treat invitations to brainstorming sessions like jury duty summons? Do people roll their eyes when the brainstorming is over, convinced that nothing new is going to materialize? Past experience has shown us that learning goes deeper and lasts longer in this format. Number of techniques taught.

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InnovationTraining.org

OCTOBER 1, 2020

With many workshops, classes, events, and sessions being held online, it’s more important than ever to have the right virtual meeting and facilitator skills to effectively engage in your virtual session. Engage the group to be your collaborators. Contact us today to learn more! What will you gain from this workshop?

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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Idea Champions is thrilled to announce it will soon be launching a bold new service to transform the way it's clients plan for, design, facilitate, and follow-up their company's conferences. We've been designing innovative conferences since 1987 (see below for testimonials). One of our conference mavens will get back to you ASAP.

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CMOE

APRIL 14, 2023

Meeting facilitators and Learning & Development professionals must evaluate these challenges and identify the best practices to overcome them to create the most valuable experience for the participants. With participants live on camera, you can see levels of engagement and how participants are reacting to your facilitation.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 15, 2023

We’ve helped with small groups and special conferences for hundreds of people. We will also conduct an icebreaker activity to get everyone comfortable and engaged. Ideate: We will conduct brainstorming exercises to generate a wide range of possible solutions to the challenge.

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The Human Factor

APRIL 14, 2021

A study published in the Virtual Event Tech Guide revealed that 31% of event organizers cite maintaining audience engagement as the biggest challenge of pivoting to virtual events, according to Event Manager Blog. Not to mention, the distractions work-from-home presents can make it difficult for you to keep your audience engaged.

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Boxes and Arrows

JUNE 24, 2014

It’s fun, simple, and quick; in fact, I recently tried it out with a group at the Re:Design conference and it seemed to work well. Take as much of the ten minutes as you wish, and make it clear that there will be opportunities to discuss your story and brainstorm after you’re done. Vulnerability is engaging. Shapeshifter.

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Moves the Needle

MAY 20, 2022

If yes or no, we’d love to chat with you so we can learn more.). We need to improve user engagement x% or incrase market share y% in order to hit our numbers.). Optional: brainstorm new ideas to tackle the gaps. Fourth , each team, in their own space, confers to place the sticky notes on the Project Prioritization board.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Simply put, an executive retreat can help the leadership team at your organization or company tackle your own unique challenges, brainstorm future goals, and build a global vision moving forward. Why are they personally engaged and invested in the organization and its goals moving forward? Why organize a leadership retreat? Conclusion.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Employee engagement presented the second major challenge. The Project WOW methodology offered by A+B is designed to engage employees and empower them to put forward new improvement suggestions, through workshops, training programs, and brainstorming sprints.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 25, 2019

Brainstorming sessions sound like a great idea, especially for breaking out of creative ruts, but too often brainstorming fizzles out. The main reason for this is that organizations don’t actually use any of the ideas that come out of brainstorming sessions. The key is to have the right brainstorming tools in your kit.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 12, 2018

The venue and time limit allow the participants to “pull out all the stops,” creatively, so to speak, and the immediate engagement between participants can yield effective feedback that can be utilized immediately. Sweeney, S., Bruce, F., & Baxter, S. THE USE OF THE “HACKATHON” IN DESIGN EDUCATION: AN OPPORTUNISTIC EXPLORATION.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Here are some ways to infuse flexibility: Establishing a culture that embraces change and experimentation Creating adaptable strategic plans with room for adjustments Allocating resources for continual learning and development To achieve this, consider adopting agile methodologies which allow for incremental and iterative work cadences.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. The top innovative companies in the world know that hosting effective, engaging meetings makes all the difference.

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

On occasion we do a public event where leaders from various organizations can come together to learn from us and learn from each other to become better leaders for innovation and design thinking. Here is a short case study about this kind of program including what participants wanted to focus on and what they learned and gained.

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Boxes and Arrows

APRIL 2, 2013

Instead of waiting for your favorite noodle dish to be served, you are waiting in the conference room wishing your pencil were an appetizer. Engaging people in the design process will let you be seen as a person who wants to make the work great, not someone who craves credit for every decision. Scenario 1: You say tomato, I say UX.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 22, 2019

Companies are investing in innovation training, mostly learning frameworks like Lean, Agile, or Design Thinking. Engaged support for strategic and tactical innovation initiatives developed by others. Osborn was the inventor of brainstorming. Or better yet a full immersion in Innovation Concepts? . And that’s a good thing.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

GroupMe, a group messaging app, began as a hackathon project at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in 2010. It’s specially designed to assist hackers, helping them save ideas and discoveries learned during an event. Some major companies were in fact born from these hackathons. In 2011 it was acquired for $85 million by Skype.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

GroupMe, a group messaging app, began as a hackathon project at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in 2010. It’s specially designed to assist hackers, helping them save ideas and discoveries learned during an event. Some major companies were in fact born from these hackathons. In 2011 it was acquired for $85 million by Skype.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 19, 2015

It certainly doesn’t happen in most brainstorming sessions. Scaffolding is a term borrowed from the field of education and psychology and generally refers to an expert teacher helping students learn by providing graduated steps. Improvisation sessions are now part of the mix at innovation conferences. Elaborate the ideas.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In 1999, the word “hackathon” was used at the OpenBSD event in Calgary and then a little later at the Sun Microsystems JavaOne conference. A hackathon is typically defined as an event lasting up to several days in which many people meet to engage in collaborative computer programming. Engage participants (e.g.

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Boxes and Arrows

MARCH 12, 2009

Conference. Andy Dornan quotes a business manager as saying that “Second Life allows more user engagement than traditional video or phone conferencing.” Jira , ScrumWorks ); task dependencies and scheduling, Gantt Charts ( Microsoft Project , @task ); brainstorming; workflow and process modeling; and others.

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