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Find a ResourceTools:MindManager -- Simple but powerful mindmapping software. This is our favorite brainstorming tool, and they offer a free 21-day download. www.mindmanager.com Inspiration -- Powerful visual thinking software that helps you graphically present complex ideas. www.inspiration.com IdeaFisher -- A supermarket of idea stimulators … it's like walking through a giant thesaurus. Great for naming exercises and when you really need an idea jolt. www.ideafisher.com Information Sources:ASTD -- Great resources on e-learning and human resources. www.astd.org Cultural Creatives -- if you haven't discovered the power of this cultural shift (which, as an InnovationNetwork visitor) you are most likely a member of, give yourself a treat and visit this site ... and check out the book by Paul Ray, Ph.D. and Sherry Anderson Ph.D. www.culturalcreatives.org Product Development Management Association -- Excellent resource for people interested in new product development. www.pdma.org Perspectives on Business Innovation -- The journal produced by The Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Center for Business Innovation. Lots of information available here. www.businessinnovation.ey.com/journal/loader.html FastCompany Magazine -- A mother-lode of information. Just don't get buried by the 500-page a month avalanche. www.fastcompany.com Fortune Magazine -- A rich site with some occasional gems. Their list of innovative companies is always interesting, although sometimes hard to find. www.fortune.com/fortune/ InnovationTools -- Helping you learn more about the tools, strategies and techniques used to be more creative in your business. www.innovationtools.com Footprints in the Wind -- here's a site that encourages leaders "to be noble, to grow bigger dreams, to tap the deepest in them..." www.FootprintsintheWind.com Conference Resources:ASTD
-- Co-presenter
with InnovationNetwork of Convergence 2001, June 2-6 in Orlando, FL. For
more info, mailto:conv2001@innovationnetwork.biz
American Creativity Association (ACA) -- ACA offers an annual conference and resources for stimulating your personal creativity. www.amcreativityassoc.org The Creative Education Foundation (CEF) -- Presents the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI) each year in Buffalo, NY, in late June, as well as a "Winterfest" in San Diego, CA, in the first quarter of the year. www.cef-cpsi.org Social Activism:The Giraffe Project -- part of the process of changing the world is knowing that it can be done and hearing the stories of others who are doing it. Ann Medlock created a project to honor heroes and a terrific, informative website for sharing the information. www.giraffe.org Links to Stimulate Your Creative Thinking |
