BrainZooming

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Success factors in strategic planning and creating collaborative strategy were the central topics we tackled on an edition of Smart Companies Radio, hosted by Kelly Scanlon, the owner of Thinking Bigger Business Media, Inc., 10 Keys to Collaborative Strategy and Strategic Planning. FREE Download: “Results!!!

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BrainZooming

MAY 17, 2016

On Monday, I discussed the community collaboration process we facilitated for Carbondale, IL in September 2015. We’ve worked with Dave’s team on multiple community collaboration engagements related to broadband initiatives, economic development, and Smart Cities. FREE Download: “Results!!! – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 11, 2016

What leadership skills are necessary to successfully champion a collaborative strategy ? A client fully immersed in developing and implementing a collaborative strategy asked that question. 4 Vital Characteristics of Collaborative Strategy Leaders.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The week included: Large scale community collaboration workshops – Nearly eighty students from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale gathered Monday night and a comparable number of Carbondale, IL residents assembled on Tuesday for community collaboration workshops to imagine the community’s future with Gigabit Internet capabilities.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

We’re increasingly incorporating online collaboration workshops ( which we call Zoomferences ) to do more of the work typically done through in-person visioning workshops. Sometimes they proceed an in-person strategy planning meeting, but not always. Sometimes we use online collaboration within an in-person strategic planning workshop.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 1, 2015

In nearly every Brainzooming community collaboration workshop, we conclude with a Plus-Minus-Interesting-Recommendation-Question exercise (a PMIRQ for short). 41 Surprising Things about Community Collaboration Done Well. New People Coming Together Collaboratively and Effectively. Small unknown group collaboration”.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 28, 2016

Since strategy planning is an infrequent activity, it is difficult for executives to master it. We learned that if we asked executives a series of questions leading to the information needed to complete a strategy plan, they became productive strategy planners. Identify alternative internal strategies to secure support.

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BrainZooming

JULY 6, 2016

FREE Download: “Results!!! This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 25, 2016

The thing is, there’s a different way to structure business meetings to help a group come together and collaborate in an innovative, productive way. FREE Download: “Results!!! In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results.

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BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2016

If you want to go deeper on a viable strategy to improve employee engagement, download our Results eBook. It highlights an approach for more collaborative strategy that provides employees with a real opportunity to contribute their ideas and be a part of actively contributing to your organization’s direction.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 24, 2017

FREE Download: “Results!!! This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 21, 2017

FREE Download: “Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible. In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 22, 2016

And by done well, we mean that the vision statement: Is developed broadly and collaboratively. Collaborating on a Vision Statement. Strategic Planning – All the Strategy Roles You Need. Strategic Visioning Exercises – Group Collaboration the Right Way. 5 Questions for Creating a Collaborative Vision.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

You can provide people with strategic thinking exercises, creative thinking tools, strategy questions, and ways to collaborate with one another, using structure to help imagine better strategies. This means there is no opportunity for productive collaboration to devise the plan. FREE Download: “Results!!!

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

FREE Download: “Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible. In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 8, 2016

When individuals download our free Results!!! mini-Book, we ask a question about the biggest strategy implementation opportunity or challenge the individual is facing in his or her organization. Someone downloaded Results!!! FREE Download: “Results!!! – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

10 Keys to Developing Collaborative Strategy. FREE Download: “Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact” The Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” highlights ten proven lessons leaders can use to develop collaborative strategy and results for next year.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Contact us , and let The Brainzooming Group facilitate your planning for next year using our collaborative and streamlined Brainzooming planning methodology. 10 Keys to Involving Employees In Your Strategy. FREE Download: “Results!!! Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

If you need new ideas about how to approach strategic opportunities and challenges, a collaborative workshop to imagine a variety of possibilities can be very productive. If the gaps pertain to unknown facts and information, brainstorming won’t be productive. FREE Download: “Results!!!

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Planview

JANUARY 31, 2022

At Planview PSA we continue to “Build the Future of Connected Services,” which enables professional service organizations to fully connect, plan, and collaborate, while they work across the entire services lifecycle and within the context of the enterprise in which they live. Download the Ultimate Guide to Professional Services Automation.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2016

To complement the in-person workshop content, The Brainzooming Group collaborated with Breanna Jacobs at GSMI, the Brand Strategy Conference producer, to publish a new free branding strategy eBook called, “Engaging Employees as an Internal Brand Team: 3 Actionable Strategies.”.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

10 Keys to Involving Employees In Your Strategy. FREE Download: “Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders need high-impact ways to develop employees that can provide input into strategy that turns into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 11, 2016

And if you would like to talk about how to quickly deploy a collaborative planning process to get you ready for success next year, contact us at info@brainzooming.com. We will arrange time to talk about how we can help you do more in less time with your strategy planning and implementation. Faster Strategy through Collaboration.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

And the asterisk on fun acknowledges we’re stretching the definition of fun to cover things nerdy strategic planners think are fun such as “mental stimulation,” “highly collaborative groups,” and “people that want to be involved in strategic planning the next time it happens.”. FREE Download: “Results!!! – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 20, 2016

If you have questions about the best ways to broaden participation in the earliest stages, be sure to download our Results, mini-book. FREE Download: “Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

FREE Download: “Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 10, 2016

10 Keys to Developing Collaborative Strategy. FREE Download: “Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact” The Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” highlights ten proven lessons leaders can use to develop collaborative strategy and results for next year.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 2, 2016

FREE Download: “Results!!! This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

FREE Download: “Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 4, 2016

10 Keys to Involving Employees In Your Strategy. FREE Download: “Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders need high-impact ways to develop employees that can provide input into strategy that turns into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

FREE Download: “Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

FREE Download: “Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders need high-impact ways to develop employees that can provide input into strategy and then turn it into results. Download this free, action-focused mini-book to: Learn smart ways to separate strategic opportunities from the daily noise of business.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

FREE Download: “Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 22, 2016

FREE Download: “Results!!! This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2016

FREE Download: “Results!!! This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 16, 2016

FREE Download: “Results!!! This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 5, 2015

People who collaborated for the first time. FREE Download: “Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. The volume of ideas someone generated.

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