5 Easy Steps to Better Brainstorming
Posted on 30. Dec, 2009 by Ciaran in ETT Blog
No matter what product or service you offer, at some point you’ve been in a brainstorming session. Often this can start as a regular meeting and evolve into the flowing of ideas. Our latest free tool will allow you to put some structure to your brainstorming and get the most from it.
Follow this link for the Brainstorming tool
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How to Evaluate Brainstorming Ideas
Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by Ciaran in ETT Blog
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We’ve all been through brainstorming sessions and come out with tons of ideas… Some good, some not so good. Our latest free tool will help you and your team assess those brainstorming ideas and look at them from different perspectives.
Originally developed by Edward De Bono, the exercise is called the 6 thinking hats. It is designed to encourage evaluation and exploration of ideas by looking at them from different ‘hats’.
For example the ‘White Hat’ is the neutral viewpoint, it focuses on the facts, and doesn’t make any assumptions.
The ‘Black Hat’ is the negative viewpoint, when using the black hat you focus on the flaws, weaknesses and cons of the idea in question.
Follow the link to find out more about the 6 thinking hats technique and start getting more out of your brainstorming sessions today.
Free Problem Solving Workshop
Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by Ciaran in ETT Blog
The first in a series of tools we’ll be giving away on the site for free, the 5 why’s is a workshop designed to help your team get to the root of a problem quickly and effectively.
All you need is a couple of flip charts and some markers… and maybe a little teamwork thrown in for good measure.
Check it out here: The 5 Why’s
Announcing: Effective Facilitation
Posted on 05. Dec, 2009 by admin in ETT Blog
Effective Facilitation Kit
Exciting times as we launch our first product. Pick up your free copy here, we hope you like it.
The Effective Facilitation training kit contains all you need to run a training program in Facilitation. You’ll get the powerpoint slides, attendee handouts, suggested schedules, and most important of all, the trainers guide to prepare you to deliver the program effectively.
It’s all fully customisable, so you can add your own company logo and branding. In just a short while you can be ready to run a facilitation training programme.
We’d love to know what you think so please come back and leave some feedback on the blog.
Download the Effective Facilitation Kit here
