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Bring your business challenges. Get 25 sharp minds working to solve them! Mr. "100-Ideas-an-Hour" Jack Fecker leads 10-minute brainstorming blitzes for 5 lucky Bizniks.

Plus, learn an effective brainstorming strategy you can apply immediately in your business, to solve challenges easily and quickly.

Here's how we'll do it:

1. Introductions. You'll get to briefly introduce yourself, your business, and the challenge you're bringing to the group.

2. Presentation. Jack will share his 10 Idea Generation Game rules, and how to write a good trigger question to start the process.

3. Write your question. We'll break into five small groups. Each person will craft a trigger question for their challenge. Each group will choose one question to submit for whole-group brainstorming.

4. Brainstorming. We'll take one question at a time in the whole group. Jack will lead the brainstorming, and Joe will capture the ideas to be shared with everyone.

5. Close. You'll get to share a takeaway and your action steps: What's next?

If you're one of the lucky five to be chosen for whole-group brainstorming, you'll come away with 20 new ideas for how to solve your business challenge.

And everyone can be sure that at least one of the five questions will be relevant to your business too. How many ideas will you get? Lots! How much will they be worth in dollars to your business? That's up to you, now isn't it?

The most valuable takeaway? Jack Fecker's 10 rules for the Idea Generation Game.

Never again will you tackle a business challenge alone. And never again will you settle for the first solution you come up with. Now you'll be armed with the know-how to gather a few good people and generate all the ideas you need to be successful. Right now.

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LOCATION: We'll be meeting downtown in the Park Place conference room, on the 6th floor. The building is conveniently located by entrance and exit ramps to and from I-5 in both directions. (The mark on the Google map is misleading. If you zoom in, you can see the Park Place building on the SE corner of 6th and University.) And because the event is midday, we shouldn't have any problem with traffic. Plus, there's parking in the building (expect up to $10 for a couple hours - but the event is free) and at several more affordable places less than two blocks away.

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Your hosts:

Joe has been a member of Biznik since December 2005. He is trained in various group facilitation techniques, and received his MA in Whole Systems Design from Antioch with an emphasis on facilitating transformative learning experiences.

Jack is well known for his franchise development (NW) of Farrell's Ice Cream Parlours, and some 20 successful companies. He is considered one of the finest business consultants in the market place today.

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  • Ken Mahar
    Posted by Ken Mahar, Seattle, Washington | Jan 20, 2009

    Great meeting concept that I've been looking to execute - glad you beat me to it. Anxious to learn firsthand how to run an event from two Biznik masters.

  • Michelle Basey
    Posted by Michelle Basey, Burien, Washington | Jan 20, 2009

    Jack's Brainstorming Game is fantastic!!

    I've had a sample of it during his Creative Entrepreneurs Round Table and you're going to be AMAZED at how a group under time tested & refined brainstorming rules can catapult your ideas, dreams, and gradiose visions into reality.

    If you're not ready for fruition, you're not ready to attend!

  • MC Hunter
    Posted by MC Hunter, Bellevue, Washington | Feb 04, 2009

    Looking forward to another stellar offering of keen business insight and the wisdom borne of experience.

  • KAMMIE LISENBY
    Posted by KAMMIE LISENBY, Kirkland, Washington | Feb 04, 2009

    Okay you two... I'm going to let you know right now that I have a client until 12:30PM so; I'm going to be a bit late. Hopefully, both of you will have some time to sit down and talk further about the future endeavors you had in mind after the event. I'm looking forward to this! Thanks for hosting an event together. -Kammie

  • Dorian Dyer
    Posted by Dorian Dyer, Seattle, Washington | Feb 04, 2009

    Hey Jack and Joe and everyone,

    Got some remodeling work that has shown up to do that needs to start real soon, might be able to make it yet but to be fair I'll cancel for now and see how the chips fall. Have fun anyway. Dorian

  • Joe Shirley
    Posted by Joe Shirley, Seattle, Washington | Feb 04, 2009

    OK Dorian, come if you can. We'll miss you otherwise.

    Kammie, yes, come even if you're late. See you soon!

  • KAMMIE LISENBY
    Posted by KAMMIE LISENBY, Kirkland, Washington | Feb 05, 2009

    Good news! Well, sort of... My client has pushed back her appointment. So I will be early! -Kammie

  • Debra Lane
    Posted by Debra Lane, Bothell, Washington | Feb 05, 2009

    Sorry to cancel, getting over the flu this week and I'm sure you are happy I won't be bringing the germs.

  • April Pierre
    Posted by April Pierre, Bellevue, Washington | Feb 05, 2009

    I'll catch you on the flip side. So sad! I reallllllllly wanted to go to this.. I'm up for the next one. If anyone would like to share any amazing info they bring out of it.. I'm all ears. Cheers!

  • Joe Shirley
    Posted by Joe Shirley, Seattle, Washington | Feb 05, 2009

    Debra and April - we'll miss you both. Check back here, though, and I'll be sure to post photos of whiteboard captures of all our ideas!

  • Phil Germer
    Posted by Phil Germer, Covington, Washington | Feb 05, 2009

    Sorry I have to cancel Joe, I had a client that needs me. Education has to wait. See you next time

    Thanks Phil

  • Terra  Vita
    Posted by Terra Vita, Puget Sound, Washington | Feb 05, 2009

    Wow, wish I could attend this. Sounds fabulous!

  • Ruth Hartmann
    Posted by Ruth Hartmann, Seattle, Washington | Feb 05, 2009

    Thank you, Joe and Jack, for hosting this event.

    The energy was great and some powerful ideas were contributed. Learning the 10 rules of brainstorming was a very valuable takeaway.

    If anyone that attended is interested in getting together to do some more brainstorming, let me know. I'm sure up for it!

    Ruth

  • Becca Campbell
    Posted by Becca Campbell, Burien, Washington | Feb 06, 2009

    Such an energizing event. I can't wait to do it again. I go a lot out of the brainstorming, even though my question wasn't specifically addressed. I liked the wide range of businesses and services that people represented.

    I'm excited to share this tool with others or send them your way! -Becca

Event Location

Park Place Conference Center

1200 Sixth Ave, 6th Floor
Seattle, Washington 98101
Thu Feb 5, 2009 12:30 PM

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