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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
General George Patton

Idea Champions trainings are a great way to help employees become more creative on the job.
Kelly Salita, Chicago Board of Trade
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Awake at the Wheel, Book about big ideas If you're looking for a powerful way to jump start innovation and get your creative juices flowing, Awake at the Wheel is for you. Written by Mitch Ditkoff, Co-Founder and President of Idea Champions.
Free the genie card deck A deck of 55 cards to spark new ideas, breakthroughs and extraordinary results. Buy now! Or brainstorm with our online genie.

"This is really, really good stuff." — Seth Godin

Ingenuity Bank!
Enterprise software to help you create a virtual community of inspired, committed, collaborative innovators cranking out great ideas. Read More!
BrainTrust.
Idea Champions' "rent a brain" network of visionaries, wizards, and creative thinkers ready and able to conjure up breakthrough ideas, products and services on your behalf. Read More!
Face the Music Blues Band The world's first interactive business blues band. A great way to help your workforce go beyond complaint.

"In tune with corporate America." — CNN

Innovation Kits. Here's your one-stop shopping for everything you need (but forgot to ask for) in order to jump start innovation. Read More!
The Sales Force Is With You! Go beyond the commodity trap and help your sales force master the art and science of selling ideas. Taught by Farrell Reynolds, former President of Turner Broadcast Sales.
Our 360° Mission Statement ProcessTM helps your entire workforce dissolve silos and realign with new purpose while drafting your new company mission statement. Read A&E Television Network's rave about it here.
Breakthrough Cafe.
A totally unique brainstorming salon. Great food. Great food for thought. Great people. Collaborate, have fun, get out of the box.

"Inno-waiters With Whine Lists" – The Breakthrough Cafe featured in January 2006 issue of
Virtual Interview

Interested in exploring next steps with us, but don't have time for a phone call? Take a few minutes now to fill out our virtual interview. At your earliest convenience, one of us will call you to continue the intake process.

Step 1: About You

Your name  (required)
Phone number  (required)
Email  (required)
Company
Address
Web site
Your role/title
Fax
Where you heard about Idea Champions

Step 2. About Your Session

Date(s):
Location (city, state):
Name of facility:
# of attendees:
Profile of attendees:
Session coordinator:
Phrase your business challenges as a series of "How can we?" questions:
What qualifies as a successful outcome?:

Step 3. Selecting an Intervention
Idea Champions offers a wide variety of workshops, trainings, keynotes and customized consulting interventions. Please tune us in to your needs by checking the appropriate boxes.

Innovation at Work
Ingenious Leadership
Ingenuity Bank
360° Mission Statements
Breakthrough Conferences
Banking on Innovation
High Velocity Brainstorming
Know Time
Conducting Genius
Team Innovation
Face the Music
Undiscovered Genius
Team Building Lite
FUNdamentals of Teamwork
Drumming up Teamwork
Executive Coaching
Seize the Future
Blue Pearl Retreats
BrainTrust

Step 4. About Your Team

Profile of team
Their biggest challenges?
What do THEY want from the session?
What past team building sessions have they participated in? When?
How "high performing" are they?
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Step 5. Idea Champions Impact
An IDEA CHAMPIONS session can be customized to reinforce specific themes and competencies. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being highest), please rate how much you would like us to focus on the following:

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Risktaking
Assumption busting
Innovation best practices
Creative thinking techniques
Brainstorming methods
Organizational innovation
Idea generation
Breakthrough thinking
Team development
Coaching for innovation
Product development
Developing a "can do" attitude
Action planning
Launching project teams
Identification of champions
Cross fertilization of ideas
Evaluation/idea selection
Motivation/inspiration
Fun

Step 6. Commitment from Upper Management
Often, participants in ideation sessions become frustrated because the ideas they've generated run into organizational obstacles OR senior management is unwilling or unable to provide meaningful support. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest) please indicate your present level of commitment to the following post-session actions:

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Distribute a "Brainstorm Report" of ideas generated during the session
Give feedback, within 72 hours, on ideas submitted to you
Meet one-on-one with champions
Develop a coaching relationship with selected participants
Reconvene the group within three months for a follow up session
Be coached by Idea Champions on how to be an innovation coach
Fund selected ideas
Provide discretionary time for champions to develop new ideas
Locate sponsors to shepherd ideas through your organization
Learn and practice the creative thinking techniques taught in the session
Create a meeting room on your intranet for session grads to communicate
Develop a protocol for helping session grads share best practices
Establish a corporate culture conducive to innovation
Do the necessary "downfield blocking" to promote others' new ideas

Step 7. A Word About Pricing
The cost of an Idea Champions intervention depends on a wide range of variables, including number of conference participants, length of session, complexity of pre-session consulting process, number of facilitators required, custom design, and learning materials. We'll be happy to quote you a specific fee, immediately following our intake call with you.

Step 8. Next Steps
We call you (when?)
We set up a face to face meeting
You call Idea Champions clients
We send you a Letter of Engagement
We hold specific dates for you

Last Step. Send Information
Please review your information and then click on the Send Information button to send your information to us.

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