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		<title>Sinnovation: The 10 Deadly Sins of Innovation</title>
		<link>http://ideafacilitators.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/179/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BusinessWeek ran an article last week on the 7 deadly sins of innovation.  Let me know which ones you face most often and how you deal with it! Here&#8217;s a summary of the article:
Sinnovation &#8211; BusinessWeek
October 21, 2009 (2:38 PM) by GMM
The seven deadly sins of the innovator—and how you can stop yourself from committing them
Just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ideafacilitators.wordpress.com&blog=3624129&post=179&subd=ideafacilitators&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facilitating Brand Strategy Workshops: Begin with Insights, Ideology, Intention</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insights. Ideology. Intention. These are three crucial components of a successful brand strategy. Set yourself up for success by making sure all of these components are part of your next brand strategy workshop.
Insights: What is that penetrating, discerning understanding about consumer motivations that will unlock opportunity for this brand?  If you don&#8217;t know the answer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ideafacilitators.wordpress.com&blog=3624129&post=169&subd=ideafacilitators&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life Lessons . . try these in the boardroom!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just can&#8217;t resist . . . I found this list of &#8220;Life Lesson&#8221; written by my daughter when she was 11 years old. I&#8217;m inspired by how relevant (and adoreable) they are!  Try some of these as &#8220;rules of engagement&#8221; at your next meeting or team building session!

 
Life Lessons
By Michaela Diamond, 11 years old
1. I&#8217;ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ideafacilitators.wordpress.com&blog=3624129&post=160&subd=ideafacilitators&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the &#8220;no&#8221; out of Innovation</title>
		<link>http://ideafacilitators.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/taking-the-no-out-of-innovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Individual credibility or position can have a real influence on the tenor of an idea generation session. When I&#8217;m facilitating, I am acutely aware of managing the energy in the group &#8212; particularly when it comes to managing group members reactions to ideas. I employ a few process rules that help:

No back story &#8211; no stories on how an idea evolved, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ideafacilitators.wordpress.com&blog=3624129&post=155&subd=ideafacilitators&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facilitating Consumer Insights Workshops</title>
		<link>http://ideafacilitators.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/facilitating-consumer-insights-sessions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most difficult tasks for marketing teams to do without a facilitator is develop consumer insights.  I&#8217;ve seen &#8220;insights&#8221; that range from purely self-serving (&#8220;Mom wants a more healthy popcorn for herself&#8221;) to insights that are simply a finding from the research (&#8220;Teens want salty snacks to satisfy afterschool hunger&#8221;).  Getting to real insights is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ideafacilitators.wordpress.com&blog=3624129&post=143&subd=ideafacilitators&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What can corporate America learn from the Special Olympics?</title>
		<link>http://ideafacilitators.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/what-can-corporate-america-learn-from-the-special-olympics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I had the good fortune to be in the audience cheering on the figure skaters at a Special Olympics ice skating competition. My 15-year old daughter, Melissa, is a volunteer assistant coach for the team and I went to watch the competition to support her work. It was a very emotional experience for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ideafacilitators.wordpress.com&blog=3624129&post=121&subd=ideafacilitators&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Core Values: An essential part of core ideology or not?</title>
		<link>http://ideafacilitators.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/core-values-an-essential-part-of-core-ideology-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most misunderstood, misguided and misrepresented part of an organization&#8217;s core ideology is often the core values. These values, which often give lip service to such things as: &#8220;We respect each other as equals,&#8221; &#8220;We seek diversity and diverse points of view,&#8221; etc. rarely manifest themselves within the organization they are written for. Why? For one, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ideafacilitators.wordpress.com&blog=3624129&post=112&subd=ideafacilitators&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facilitating Team Building in a Time of Uncertainty</title>
		<link>http://ideafacilitators.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/facilitating-team-building-in-a-time-of-uncertainty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of today&#8217;s organizations function in a team setting. These may be cross functional or functional internal teams, client service teams made from internal and external service providers, or other member compositions.  Stability is an essential component to the success of these teams. Why? Because teams go through many stages before they become high performing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ideafacilitators.wordpress.com&blog=3624129&post=98&subd=ideafacilitators&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Developing a Vision for Your Organization: A Great Team Building Experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[building-your-companys-vision-overview-of-key-concepts3 (link to a Powerpoint presentation)
Of all the workshops and ideations sessions I facilitate,  I believe the best team building experiences are created through my vision workshops. Both new and existing teams benefit immensely from this experience. The most essential piece for the success of the workshop is the participation of senior leadership. If the senior leaders and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ideafacilitators.wordpress.com&blog=3624129&post=72&subd=ideafacilitators&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brainstorming: Finding the Next Big Idea</title>
		<link>http://ideafacilitators.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/brainstorming-finding-the-next-big-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding the Next Big Idea (link to presentation)
Last week I went to Palm Beach, FL to present at the CASRO conference for market research professionals. I presented on . . . you guessed it! . . . &#8220;Brainstorming: Finding the Next Big Idea.&#8221; My goal was to provide some structure and process tools to assist these professionals in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ideafacilitators.wordpress.com&blog=3624129&post=63&subd=ideafacilitators&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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