2-Hour Virtual Seminar on How To Brainstorm: 12 Effective Strategies for Success
2-Hour Virtual Seminar
Instructor:
Chris DeVany
Chris DeVany
Tuesday
April
01
2025
12:00 PM PDT | 03:00 PM EDT
Duration:
2 Hours
Webinar ID: 74728
Live: One Dial-in One Attendee
Corporate Live: Any number of participants
Recorded: Access recorded version, only for one participant unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
Corporate Recorded: Access recorded version, Any number of participants unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
Overview:
Areas Covered in the Session:
Who Will Benefit:
Brainstorming is a powerful tool for generating ideas and solving problems, but without the right strategies, sessions can fall flat.
This webinar reveals 12 proven techniques to supercharge your brainstorming efforts and ensure you consistently produce innovative, actionable ideas. Whether you’re tackling a tough challenge or seeking fresh perspectives, these strategies will help you maximize creativity, foster collaboration, and turn brainstorming into a game-changing process. Join us to learn how to lead brainstorming sessions that inspire and deliver results!
Why you should Attend:
- Understand the purpose and benefits of effective brainstorming in problem-solving and innovation
- Apply a variety of brainstorming techniques to suit different objectives and team dynamics
- Create a structured yet flexible environment that encourages creativity and participation
- Address common challenges, such as idea stagnation and groupthink, with targeted strategies
- Facilitate brainstorming sessions that lead to actionable and impactful outcomes
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Introduction to Brainstorming
- The role of brainstorming in creativity and innovation
- Common pitfalls of traditional brainstorming sessions
- Characteristics of successful brainstorming
- Preparing for Brainstorming Success
- Setting clear objectives and defining the problem
- Choosing the right participants and tools
- Creating a psychologically safe environment
- 12 Effective Brainstorming Strategies
- Strategy 1: Mind Mapping - Visualizing ideas and their connections
- Strategy 2: SCAMPER - Generating ideas through systematic questioning
- Strategy 3: Brainwriting - Encouraging individual contributions before group discussion
- Strategy 4: Reverse Brainstorming - Solving problems by identifying potential failures
- Strategy 5: Six Thinking Hats - Exploring perspectives systematically
- Strategy 6: Role-Storming - Brainstorming from alternative viewpoints
- Strategy 7: Rapid Ideation - Generating ideas under time constraints
- Strategy 8: Random Word Association - Stimulating creativity with unexpected prompts
- Strategy 9: Collaborative Sketching - Using visuals to inspire ideas
- Strategy 10: Question Storming - Focusing on asking the right questions
- Strategy 11: Silent Brainstorming - Encouraging quieter voices to participate
- Strategy 12: Dot Voting - Prioritizing ideas for action
- Overcoming Challenges in Brainstorming
- Recognizing and mitigating groupthink
- Keeping sessions focused and productive
- Revitalizing creativity when the group feels stuck
- From Ideas to Action
- Techniques for evaluating and refining ideas
- Building consensus and prioritizing solutions
- Developing an action plan and follow-up process
- Interactive Session: Applying the Strategies
- Live demonstration of select brainstorming techniques
- Group participation and feedback exercises
- Q&A session to address specific challenges and scenarios
Who Will Benefit:
- Team Leaders
- Project Managers
- Professionals
Speaker Profile
Chris DeVany is the founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development. Pinnacle's clients include global organizations such as Visa International, Cadence Design Systems, Coca Cola, Sprint, Microsoft, Aviva Insurance, Schlumberger and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries. He also has consulted to government agencies from the United States, the Royal Government of Saudi Arabia, Canada, Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom.
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, "90 Days to a High-Performance Team", published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.
He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss mergers and acquisitions (how to manage and survive them), project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues.
He has served or is currently serving as a board member of the International Association of Facilitators, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association. Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster's International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.
Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving multiple corporations as manager and trainer of sales, operations, project management, IT, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation.
He has assisted these organizations in mergers and acquisitions, facilitating post-merger and acquisition integration, developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives.
Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University. He has traveled to 22 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, "90 Days to a High-Performance Team", published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.
He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss mergers and acquisitions (how to manage and survive them), project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues.
He has served or is currently serving as a board member of the International Association of Facilitators, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association. Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster's International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.
Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving multiple corporations as manager and trainer of sales, operations, project management, IT, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation.
He has assisted these organizations in mergers and acquisitions, facilitating post-merger and acquisition integration, developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives.
Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University. He has traveled to 22 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.