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How is your idea generation routine generating ideas?

Jason Womack

I coordinated this activity 6 times in the past week, here in New York City, for audiences as small as 20 and as large as 37. If you're starting, or halfway there, or thinking you've made it.try this out: Lay out a blank piece of paper, get a pen, and set a timer for 12 minutes. Yeah, just 12.

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Create a Presentation Your Audience Will Care About

Harvard Business Review

Many of your ideas may be fascinating or clever, but you can't squeeze them all in — and no one wants to hear them all, anyway. The people in the audience are the stars of your show. It's shaped by your point of view and what's at stake (that is, why the audience should embrace your perspective). Be specific.

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When Ideas Have Sex, What do the babies look like?

Mike Cardus

In this talk people developed; Knowledge of where ideas generate How to apply creative ideas to innovative solutions Knowledge of how ideas evolve Which ideas to nurture and which to cull How to apply these fledgling ideas into marketing success for your business, and your-self Great talks with an amazing Buffalo, NY audience michael cardus is create-learning (..)

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Create a Presentation Your Audience Will Care About

Harvard Business Review

Many of your ideas may be fascinating or clever, but you can't squeeze them all in — and no one wants to hear them all, anyway. The people in the audience are the stars of your show. It's shaped by your point of view and what's at stake (that is, why the audience should embrace your perspective). Be specific.

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Comparing the ROI of Content Marketing and Native Advertising

Harvard Business Review

The process for a single campaign includes idea generation, concept research, asset design, and – the final step – promotion. For some firms with large budgets, the expense is worth it if it means aligning their brand with a high-authority publisher and the right niche audience.

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The Number One Key to Innovation: Scarcity

Harvard Business Review

Faced with new limits on audience attention, advertisers that once assumed 30-second ad spots now must pack potent messages into the most fleeting of impressions. In our daily lives, moreover, we can see a very persuasive natural experiment playing out in the realm of marketing communications and advertising.

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How to Influence People with Your Ideas

Harvard Business Review

You have to take your idea public, which means entering the "ideaplex" — that glamorous, treacherous place where videos go viral, TED stardom beckons, a thousand new authors publish each day, and think shops like IDEO make a business of idea generation. How does my idea connect with a greater "thinking journey?"