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1.Build a Bigger & Better Innovation Tool KitInnovators need more and better tools. Get the award-winning KnowBrainer Tool, the iKnowBrainer App, and an InnovationResource Kit lled with useul and practical worksheets and planners.

2.Plan to Achieve Your Goals, Overcome Tough Challenges & Solve Real ProblemsThe workshop is very practical and not overly theoretical. Everyone brings a real-world goal, challenge or problem towork on during the workshop. Everyone leaves the workshop with an Action Plan to ollow-through and continue applyingwhat they learned to achieve goals, overcome challenges and solve problems.

3.Grow Your Network & Build Innovation Dream TeamsAttend as an individual or bring your entire team to the workshop. Collaborate with other workshop participants to gaininsights rom other bright minds. Grow your innovation network by connecting with people during and ater the workshop.Get invited to join communities o innovators which have similar interests.

4.Learn More Efcient & Eective ProcessesDiscover processes that do not get in the way and slow you down. Learn to speed up and optimize innovative thinkingby using the proven 4-Stage Accelerated Innovation, 2-Phase M-Curve, 2-Step Ideation Process, and the New3Rs Process.

5.Save Time by Thinking FasterYou will invest time to attend the workshop, so you need to regain that investment by saving or gaining much more timeater the workshop. More than hal o our workshop graduates surveyed revealed that they saved over 5 days o timein the 2 months that ollowed the workshop. One organization ound that or every hour they invested in our innovationtraining they saved 5 hours over a 6 month period. For example, an 8-hour innovation workshop can produce results

equivalent to a ull 40-hour workweek. Our 2-day workshop can generate two weeks o time savings or gains.

6.Earn More Proft or Money by Implementing or Selling Ideas FasterTime is money or many people. In addition to translating the time saved or gained into real dollars, there are other waysto prot rom the training. Do you have a million dollar idea that needs to be developed? Our innovation workshop canhelp you earn those million dollars. Do you need to reduce costs or overhead? Our innovation training can help you de-velop the cost saving ideas. Do you want to grow your business and increase prots? Our training can help.

7.Learn Tools, Techniques that Stimulate Brain PowerLack o tools is the main block or barrier to innovation or most people.Abraham Maslow said, I the only tool you have is a hammer, you

tend to see every problem as a nail. You will receive more than just aKnowBrainer tool, you get an entire innovation tool kit in our innovationworkshops. Techniques help you leverage the ull power o yourbrain and our innovation tools. We will give you a menu o over100 techniques and train you to select the best techniques ora variety o situations.

8.Discover Tips That Make People SmarterWe have discovered hundreds o tips that enhance personaland organizational innovation. Get ready to learn 28 GreatInnovation Tips in this thought-provoking workshop.

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Training Will Help You & Many People You Know

Accelerating Innovation training has been designed to be eective or nearly anybody or almost any goal, challenge,problem or question. The workshop design is based on how most human brains think, and thereore can be used in a varietyo job situations, unctions, proessions and age groups. The workshop has been valuable to people in management,sales, marketing, public relations, communications, product and service development, nance and operations. Studentsand proessors at several prominent universities and schools have ound the KnowBrainer to be extremely valuable.

The training has helped people develop new products, services and experiences. This workshop has helped people planmeetings, events, conerences and conventions. The training has helped people improve team collaboration and ostermore innovation. You can use the training to help your customers, clients, consumers and audiences. Many people haveused the workshop to prepare or entrepreneurial opportunities, change careers or nd a new job.

Learn New & Proven Processes, Tools & Techniques to Accelerate Innovation

Train Your Brain to Think and Innovate Better, Faster and Smarter in Our Most PopularInnovation Training Workshop.

There is a reason why this workshop is called Accelerating Innovation you will quickly learn a signicant amount ovaluable knowledge in two days o experiential action-ocused training. We recognize that most workshop brochures area ew pages long to give you a quick overview o the training. However, we have ound that most o our customers have

been very interested in more details about what they will learn (and earn) as a result o their investment. Indeed there arehundreds o innovation workshops and seminars rom which you can choose. Yet, we are condent there is no other innovationworkshop that oers the caliber o training that we provide. To help you appreciate our award-winning training, you areencouraged to read the ollowing detailed overview o the curriculum.

You Will Focus on Actionable Goals & Learning Objectives

During this action-ocused workshop, you will learn to:

Apply the 4-Stage Accelerated Innovation Process to real goals, challenges and problems

Accelerate processes that produce or enable innovation

Collaborate with better thinkers who leverage diverse brainpower

Create new products, services & experiences

Enhance teamwork & collaboration

Improve perormance by using KnowBrainer innovation tools & techniques

Minimize risks, barriers, and obstacles to innovation

Optimize your whole-brain by applying strategies based on the 4-Brain Thinkers Model

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DAy 1 AGeNDA - 8:30am - 5:00pm

8:30am:spd-Rlating Ntorking

Relate-to-Innovate Workshop Preparation Technique

Know BrainsUnderstanding How Brains Think

Know Your Brain Game Experience

4Brain Thinkers Innovation Model Collaborate-to-Innovate Methods

Appreciate-to-InnovateMethods

Know Goals Clariying Goals, Challenges, Problems & Questions

8 Great Questionson Innovation

Know Needs Understanding the Need or Creative &

Innovative Thinking Clariying Barriers & Blocks to Creative &Innovative Thinking

Know Processes The 2-Phase M-CurveProcess: How to Generate

Breakthrough Ideas Faster

The New 3Rs Process: Record, Recall, and Recycle

The 2-Step Ideate & Filterate Process

The 4-Stage AcceleratedInnovation Process

Accelerate-to-InnovateMethods to

Optimize Processes

Know Tools The KnowBrainerInnovation Tool & System

How Question Banks StimulateBreakthrough Thinking

Train Your BrainStrategies

Building Bigger & Better Innovation Tool Kits

12:00pm:Lnch & Ntorking

Quotemplate-to-InnovateNetworking

Karaoke-ate-to-Innovate

KnowBrainer Techniques Leveraging the Full Power o the KnowBrainer

Stimulate-to-InnovateMethods QuestionatingTechnique with the KnowBrainer

Wordating Technique with the KnowBrainer

Quotemplating Technique with the KnowBrainer

Visualating Technique with the KnowBrainer

FlashThinkingTechnique with the KnowBrainer

KnowBrainer Power Tool Techniques Menu

Know Better Brainstorming Techniques Record-Setting Thinkathon& Idea Exchange

Techniques Increasing Creativity by over 500%

with the KnowBrainer

Questionate-to-Innovate Methods

How to Develop Question Banks

8 Great Questions to Questionate-to-Innovate

Know More Innovation Tools FlashBrainerInnovation Sotware

Innovation Activator Sotware

Microsot Ofce eTemplatesor Microsot Word

Excel & PowerPoint KnowBrainer iMusic

iPhone Brainer eToolApp

iPodBrainer eToolApp

Idea Fan Note Recorders

Journals

Learning Review & Preview5:00pm:Conclion o Da 1

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Review the ollowing agenda to discover howyou will make the most out o every minute o theinteractive training workshop.

DAy 2 AGeNDA - 8:30am - 5:00pm

8:30am: spd-Rlating Ntorking

Relate-to-Innovate Networking

Welcome: Overnight Insights Day 1

Review Overnight Insights TechniqueCollaborate-to-Innovate

Team Building Strategies

28 Great Innovation Methods:Concentrate-to-Innovate

The Decorate-to-Innovate Method

The Questionate-to-Innovate Method

Targeting Opportunities or Applied Innovation New Products & Services Innovation

Selling & Sales Innovation

Marketing, PR & Promotions Innovation

Process & Manuacturing Innovation

Meeting & Event Planning Innovation

Leadership & Management Innovation

Design & Experience Innovation

Environment & Space Design Innovation

Learning & Development Innovation

Communication Innovation Strategic Planning Innovation

Green & Sustainability Innovation

Government & Political Innovation

Applying the4-Stage Accelerated InnovationProcess (Part 1) Stage 1: Investigate Needs - Investigate-to-Innovate

Stage 2: Create Ideas - Create-to-Innovate

12:00pm Lnch & Ntorking

Relate-to-Innovate Networking

Karaoke-ate-to-Innovate

Applying the4-Stage Accelerated Innovation

Process (Part 2) Stage 3: Evaluate Solutions - Evaluate-to-Innovate Stage 4: Activate Plans - Activate-to-Innovate

Know Value:Valuate-to-Innovate Communicate-to-Innovate Strategies

Facilitate-to-Innovate Strategies

ROI Strategies: Return On Ideas,

Return On Implementation and Return On Innovation

Know Action:Activate-to-Innovate Activate-to-InnovateStrategies to Facilitate Follow Through

88 Great Words That Help YouActivate-to-Innovate 8 Great Questionsto Decorate-to-Innovate

Getting Things Done the David Allen Way

FosteringContinuous Innovation Celebrate-to-Innovate Strategies

Replicate-to-Innovate Strategies

Innovation Communities & Networks:Relate-to-Innovate

Learning Review & Follow-up PreviewConclusion & Speed-Activating Networking

Activate-to-Innovate Follow-up Networking Technique

5:00pm: GRADuATION CeLebRATION!

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Learn Proven Models & Processes4-Quadrant Model

seCOND,you will be introduced to our unique processes that help you acilitate creativeand innovative thinking. The M-Curve, New 3-Rs, ideate & lterate, and Accelerated InnovationProcess will clariy how you can think better, aster and smarter.

INALLy,you will learn how touseyour brain by applying the 4-StageAccelerated Innovation Process that consists o:

Over two decades have been invested in developing, refning and testingproven models and processes that can be taught in workshops.

IRsT,you will learn how the human brain consists o our quadrants that comprise the4Brain Thinker 4-Quadrant Model.

sa 1: Investigating Needs

sa 2: Creating Ideas

sa 3: Evaluating Solutions

sa 4: Activating Plans

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Rarch ho that la f l i a primar lock to crativit andinnovation. Innovators want MORE TOOLS, and FEWER PowerPoint decks, 3-ringbinders and books. The compact KnowBrainer tool summarizes the entire Acceler-ated Innovation Process into a portable tool that can be taken any- where anddoes not require computer hardware or sotware. The tool actually

ts in a pocket, briecase or purse. All workshop participants get atool kit ull o unique tools that accelerate innovative thinking. Youwill receive the latest version o the award-winning KnowBrainer In-novation and Creativity Tool that increases creativity by over 500%.The KnowBrainer summarizes the 4-Stage Accelerated InnovationProcess that is the oundation o the workshop and helps you applythe process and techniques during and ater the workshop.

Discover New Innovation Tools Stimulating Techniques

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Receive Useul Materials & Resources

An innovation workshop should provide you with innovative materials and resources. Traditional 3-ring binders are seldomused ater training and become learning trophies that collect dust on bookshelves.THeRe ARe NO 3-RING bINDeRs INTHIs wORKsHOP.You will be equipped with several resources that can easily and requently be used ater the training.

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Our workshops ollow the advice o Abraham Maslow whoadvocated that people need a variety o tools. The ollowing card rom the

KnowBrainer quotes Maslows wisdom:

Workshop participants get an Innovation ToolKit ull o the ollowingportable, user riendly, empowering resources that accelerate

innovative thinking:

You get much more than a regular 3-ring binder or book,you will receive a complete SYSTEM. Your Innovation System includes tools,

techniques, worksheets, planners, posters, bookmarks and eBooks.

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1. KnowBrainer 4.0 Innovation Tool

2. Recordion Learning & Coaching Guide

3. Innovation Resource Kit

4. 4-Column Let-Brain Planning Worksheets

5. 4-Quadrant Right-Brain Planning Worksheets

6. Idea Exchange Brainstorming Worksheets

7. Solution Evaluator Worksheets

8. Color Mini Posters o Innovation Models

9. Bookmarks & Desktop Learning Reminders

10. Speed-Relating Innovative Networking

Cards

11. Speed-Activating Innovative NetworkingCards

12. How to Questionate-to-Innovate Guide

13. Innovation Articles

14. Discount Coupons or savings on InnovatiSotware, iMusic, eTools and Apps


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You Get Inspiring Coaching & Mentoring Support

Once registered, you will be assigned a Certied Innovation Coach who will help prepare you to make the most oyour workshop. Your coach has attended the workshop several times, so he or she can oer you advice and guidanceto help you beore, during and ater the training workshop.

You will be invited to participate in optional phone calls with your Coach beore and ater the workshop. YourCoach will provide you with up to three Innovation Surveys that will help you assess your innovation eectivenessand personal experiences. The assessment results will help you urther prepare or the innovation workshop and

your ollow-through.

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Participate in our 60 to 90 minute Anticipate-to-

Innovate webinar led by a certied workshoptrainer or a Certied Innovation Coach. Thisadvanced webinar will also allow you to getintroduced to other people who will attend theworkshop. The Journal and webinar will give

you a head start on contemplating topics ad-dressed in the innovation workshop.

Participate in Important Follow-up & Webinars

Your learning continues AFTER you leave the workshop. You will be encouraged to invest important time ater thetraining to talk with your Innovation Coach, continue contemplating questions in your Innovation Journal, and begindeveloping your own Innovation Plan. The Innovation Plan will help you ormulate the elements you need to applywhat you learned during and ater the workshop

Yes, You Earn a Certicate!Creative Recognition or Alumni

Thousands o people rom around the world have graduatedrom the Accelerating Innovation workshop. They are easyto identiy because they usually have a smile on their aceand a KnowBrainer tool in their hand. You will also receive acolorul Certicate o Completion to rame and post nextto your other awards, diplomas or graduation certications.

Prepare with Meaningul Prework & Webinars

Your learning begins BEFORE you arrive at the workshop. You will be encouraged to invest important time beore

the training to talk with your Innovation Coach and start answering questions in an Innovation Journal.

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Workshop graduates are invited to join exclusive Groups organized by SolutionPeople on the Linkedin Proessional Network.Memberships are by invitation only and accepted Group members can display a logo on their Linkedin proles, blogs,websites and business cards. Groups have been organized on Linkedin or people who have completed SolutionPeoples

intensive certications or Innovation Trainers, Facilitators and Coaches. Additional groups and communities have beenorganized or graduates who have interests in specic innovation topics including marketing, sales, product & servicedevelopment, healthcare, green/sustainability and several other areas. Below is a list o our Linkedin Groups, which haveover 300,000 members.

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Recommended by Experts & Authors

A Google search reveals over a million reerences to Gerald Haman and SolutionPeoples innovation training andtools. Haman has been quoted or SolutionPeople has been recommended in the ollowing books:

Innovation Training(ASTD Trainers Workshop)

by Ruth Ann Hattori

Creating Customer Evangelistsby Ben McConnell, JackieHuba, and Guy Kawasaki

99% Inspirationby Bryan Mattimore

Creativity and Innovation:

The ASTD Trainers Sourcebook

by Elaine Biech

How to Succeed in BusinessWithout Working So Damn Hard

by Robert Kriegel

Thinking about the Future, Guidelinesor Strategic Foresight

by Andy Hines

Forward-Focused Organization:Visionary Thinking and

Breakthrough Leadershipby Stephen Harper

The Psychology o Moneyby Jim Ware

The 100 Percent Factor: LivingYour Capacityby Jodee Bock

Power Brainstormingby Dr. Hazel Wagner

The Red Rubber Ball at Workby Kevin Carroll

Summoned to Leadby Dr. Leaonard Sweet

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Garantd ROI (Rtrn On Ida) Man yo Gt Rlt

Your investment to participate in the workshop will be signicant. Time,travel, transportation and tuition all add up. In order to justiy your $2,497tuition and expenses, the workshop must produce a high ROI (Return OnInvestment). Additionally, the workshop is designed to yield an ROI (ReturnOn Ideas) that once implemented, yield results worth much more than yourtuition investment. I it does not, you can get your money back, or youcan attend the workshop again.

soltionman Giv yo Hi Pronal ROI GuARANTee!

I invite you to join me or one o our trainers or a training experience that produces results. For over 20 years, Ive beentraining, acilitating, coaching and motivating people to realize the ull power o their creative and innovative potential. Iwant you to be very satised with your training results. I you are unable to generate ideas that are worth at least $2,497,

you can take the workshop again, or we will happily reund your tuition.

Sincerely,

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Gerald Solutionman Haman ounded SolutionPeople.com Innovation in 1989, Thinkubators.com in 1997, InnovatorsDigest.com in2005, InnovationToolotheMonthClub.com in 2008, and he plans to launch illumiNation.com in 2014. He is an adjunct proes-sor o innovation at Northwestern University and teaches at the University o Illinois-Chicago. Haman is the Founding Organizer omore than 30 Innovation Groups on LinkedIn.com and Facebook.com that comprise a worldwide community o over 300,000members. Haman was recognized as one o the Most Infuential People Online by FAST Company magazines Infuence Project.

He is recognized by clients as Solutionman because o his ability to quickly help people develop breakthrough solutions.Solutionman gained international acclaim or establishing a world brainstorming record by acilitating 8,000 people in aThinkathon at the Singapore Stadium to generate 454,000 ideas in less than 60 minutes. Since launching SolutionPeopleover 20 years ago, Haman has helped clients generate more than three million ideas valued at over two billion dollars.

Formerly, Haman was an award-winning manager at Procter & Gamble and Arthur Andersens Proessional EducationCenter. Haman is the acclaimed inventor o the KnowBrainer innovation tool which has proven to increase creativity byover 530%. He also created the worlds rst innovative thinking Apps & eTools or the iPhones, iPads and iPods, as well asFlashBrainer and Innovation Activator sotware programs. Haman has been proled in over 50 major news publicationsincluding FAST Company, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek Japan, The Australian, Singapore Straits Times,the International Herald, US News & World Report, Investors Business Daily.

SolutionPeople has helped over 100,000 people rom 200 o the FORTUNE 500 companies in more than 60 countries.Over 50% o BusinessWeeks Top 50 o the Worlds Most Innovative Companies have used SolutionPeoples innovation orTraining & Development awarded SolutionPeople a Learning Excellence Citation or their innovation training results. Anentire chapter was published about SolutionPeoples successul business practices in the book, Creating Customer Evan-gelists by Ben McConnell & Jackie Huba, which also proled IBM and Southwest Airlines.

Haman earned a Masters Degree in Communications and Training rom the University o Minnesota. He is a contributing au-thor o the New Product Development Handbook and has published articles on innovation or the Journal o Innovative Manage-ment, Productivity Digest, Training Today and The Meeting Proessional. Haman was recently certied as an Experience EconomyExpert by Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore, the pioneering authors o ground-breaking books including The Experience Economy and

Authenticity. Haman incorporates many Experience Economy principles into his innovation workshops, acilitations and keynotespeeches. He has also created highly-acclaimed certication programs that designate graduates as Certied Innovation Train-ers, Facilitators, Coaches, Questionators and Masters.

He has given innovative presentations to over 100,000 people rom around the globe and has been recognized or hiscreativity by the United States Congress and the American Academy o Achievements.

Prior to joining the corporate world, Haman was a concert producer or a variety o Grammy-award-winning musicians includingAir Supply, Cheap Trick, Harry Chapin, Little River Band, Alice Cooper, The Babys, Cli Richard, Michael Johnson, Nick Gilder,Poco, Juice Newton and Head East. Hamans responsibilities included talent scouting, contract negotiations, marketing, and onsite supervision o the stage crews and production teams.

Haman originally grew up on a cattle ranch and arm in rural North Dakota and he now lives in downtown Chicagowhere he loves spending time with his 10-year old daughter Olivia. Solutionmans hobbies include magic, painting andorganizing his growing collection o diverse music and art.

ollo or Connct ith soltionman:

GeraldHaman.com Linkedin.com/in/GeraldHaman Facebook.com/TheSolutionman

Twitter.com/Solutionman

YouTube.com/Solutionman

About Gerald SolutionmanHaman, Master Facilitator & Experience Designer

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Accelerating Innovation is one-o-a-kind program that has generated a 75% increase in innovation knowledge, 30% increasein innovation ability, and has created business solutions worth millions o dollars in new revenue and cost efciencies, as well asbillions worth o new accounts. Learning Excellence Citation Award rom the American Society or Training & Development (ASTD)

I hired Gerald to train our product management team on innovation this past year. His knowledge, approach, and tools wereexcellent. I would highly recommend him i you want to jump start your organization on producing innovative programs, productsor services.

Dan Love, President, Medline Industries Personal Care (over 100 Medline people have been trained)

I thoroughly enjoyed the Accelerating Innovation workshop recommend it to others who are seeking innovation train-ing or just a new outlook on lie and business. Tori Berndt, Allstate Insurance

I cant tell you how helpul Gerald and the tools he created have been! I attended Geralds Accelerating Innovationtraining and then sent the rest o my department. Whenever I hold or attend a meeting, people are amazed at the

amount and quality o ideas that come out it. I attribute much o that to Geralds tools and training.

Katie Schelp, McDonalds Corp.

There arent enough words to express the value I gained rom attending the training--the experience is invaluable. Solutionmanand his techniques are the catalyst or creativity, enabling actionable and innovative solutions that result in a Return On Ideas. WS Walts, Bank o America

The innovative approach to training combined with usable take-away tools like the KnowBrainer (which I use everyweek) made or one o the most valuable training sessions in which I have participated. Kevin Lawrence, American Express

The training was so successul that he was invited back by other groups within the company. I sincerely recommend

Gerald and his company or innovative training to create new ideas to grow your business. Jaime Borras, Wireless Silicon Group & Motorola

Accelerating Innovation training is deceptively eective. You start out having some un, playing with your new KnowBrainertool and learning techniques to enhance creativity and innovation and suddenly you fnd you have a replaceable and powerulprocess in your hands with the skills to use it in every situation in which you need resh ideas. Soon enough everyone wants toknow how you become the ideas powerhouse o the organization. Dana Montenegro, Seriously Creative, ormerly with Red Bull

When Gerald describes ROI (Return on Ideas), it was a real outcome or each o the teams. We walked awaywith more ideas than we could have imagined and let the workshops with concrete ways to implement them. Raymond Truitt, ormerly with TAP/Takeda Pharmaceuticals

We have regained our industry leadershipposition for innovation as a result of this training.

Gary Peterson

Vice President o R&D, Lie Fitness

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Accelerating Innovation training with the KnowBrainer tool has made it easy or our internal and international trainersto oster more creativity and innovation in our company throughout the world. Andy Hines, ormerly with Dow Chemical & Kelloggs, author, Thinking About the Future

Simply an amazing experience. This goes WAY beyond just a creativity seminar. This is applied creativity, and WOW

is it powerul. I you are looking to make your business expand exponentially, I highly recommend the training. Peter Mars, Mars Authentic

Our company hired Gerald and his team to acilitate work we were doing internally and we couldnt have been morepleased. From their energy and openness through their antastic tools like KnowBrainer, SolutionPeople were a greatpartner in getting great work done. Specifcally, we ound their tools to be powerul at bringing new ideas and insightsto the oreront quickly and keeping us ocused and engaged all day, which is key when dealing with a large group ocreative people with other things on their minds. Rene Huey-Lipton, Vice President, GSD&M AdvertisingGeraldSolutionman has developed an excellent process or being innovative. Using the process will save and I

believe will provide excellent results. I do recommend his Accelerating Innovation course. Tom Zobitz, General Manager, Trelleborg

The innovation workshop with Gerald was an out o the box memorable experience based on a successul tool. TheKnowBrainer helped me generate new creative ideas & solutions to challenges that Ive been working on or a year. Maher Mezher, Head o Marketing, First National Bank o Lebanon

I had the ortune o attending a two day seminar with Gerald at his Thinkubator in Chicago. I have been to manytraining sessions over the years, but this had to be the most worthwhile experience. From the moment we started, thecontent was instantly engaging and connected to my personal and business goals. His tools like theKnowBrainer andother handouts are so easy to use, easy to learn and applicable to so much that I do in business and in lie outside theworkplace. I went to the seminar to fnd ways to help my creative team think dierently about challenges and remove

mental blocks. I walked away with a set o tools that will not only help my team and me at me work, but willhelp inpersonallie as well. Gerald is a sincere individual who really takes pride in what he does and I would recommendusing his training or simply his perspective on any innovation or thinking you need. David Lisitz, Director o Innovation, Liberty Mutual

Gerald provided a two-day workshop on innovation and his KnowBrainer tool and it was a very inspiring session atthe Thinkubator. Geralds passion and knowledge come through in everything and he had great ollow up ater thesession. Defnitely recommended. Bill Myers Research In Motion

I have heard about Geralds Thinkubator and his work or many years. However, I had the privilege to recently attend

one o Geralds workshops recently. I am amazed how much he has accomplished and contributed to the feld o creativityand innovation. I love his latest design o Thinkubator! Besides his innovation methods, I learned rom Geralds trainingstyle and techniques. Overall, I am truly impressed by Geralds work in Chicago and impact around the world! Praveen Gupta, Faculty, Business Innovation, Illinois Institute o Technology

My experience with Gerald during the 2 day Accelerating Innovation Workshop was very positive. From the moment Iwalked in the door he made me eel welcome and comortable. The 4 -Stage Accelerated Innovation Process, presentedby Gerald, is a great guide and highly valuable when also using his KnowBrainer Tool. Gerald also presented ourtechniques that tap into the potential o the KnowBrainer Tool. Overall, the workshop was un, inormative, andempowering. I recommend it or anyone in any industry who has a need to increase idea output and realize themas solutions. Duke Fox, Development Engineer, Biomet

Other People Rave About Our Innovation Workshops

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Experience Creative Training Locations

Gerald Haman believes i you want to think outside o the box, you should not train your brainin a box. In 1995, SolutionPeople created the Thinkubator in Chicago so people wouldhave an ideal space to experience creativity in action and become inspired by a wide varietyo innovative resources. Many people have reported that an added benet o experiencingthe training in thought-provoking environments like the Thinkubator is that they are inspired toborrow ideas to improve their own work paces, conerence rooms, oces or cubicles.

Workshop participants will learn how SolutionPeople applied their provenDecorate-to-Innovate method to create one o the worlds most unique innovation centers.

Workshops in Chicago are held at The Thinkubator and other creative venues. Our Trainershave the option o taking a portable Thinkubator on the road to other locations including con-erence centers, hotels, art galleries and museums. Visit Thinkubators.com or more details.

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Continuous communications will happen ater the workshops to keep you engaged in learning and earning a signicantROI rom your training. Ater graduation you will receive ree subscriptions to newsletters and blogs that inspire continuedapplication o workshop ideas on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Five valuable newsletters include Innovators Digest,Technique-o-the-Week News, Tool-o-the-Month News, VIP (Very Innovative People News) and Innovation & CreativityTraining & Learning Opportunities News.

Reasonable Tuition Investments

The award-winning 2-day workshop is designed to help you develop ideas and action plans to address your real-worldgoals, challenges and problems. SolutionPeople guarantees that you will leave with ideas worth more than your tuitioninvestment. Tuition is $2,497 per person or less than $1,300 per day. A survey o over 1,000 graduates revealed that80% o them generated ideas valued at over $50,000 rom the Accelerating Innovation Training. One team o 25 people

yielded solutions valued at over $273 million. I you do not eel you have gained at least $2,497 worth o value, you canask or a reund or take the course again. SolutionPeople is condent you will generate ideas worth much more.

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Register your team or entire organization and learn how to collaborate-to-innovate while getting some signicant savings.Save 20% or 2-4 people or 35% or 5 or more people. Groups can qualiy or discounts and do not need to attend theworkshop on the same locations.

All major credit cards are accepted including Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.For more inormation, email [email protected] or phone +1-312-829-2852. or ax +1-312-829-2852

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Our certied trainers are happy to come to your organization and train your team, department or organization. Ourtalented trainers have experience in training very large groups. We can come to you and share the experiences with10, 100, 1,000 or even 10,000 people. We can tailor, customize, personalize, architect, design, style, minimize, ormaximize or small groups or very large audiences.


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