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Two-Sided-Fan Deck Tool Weighs Just 5 Ounces! Front side A stimulates thinking in Stages 1-2 Back side B stimulates thinking in Stages 3-4

Front side A stimulates thinking in Stages 1-2

Your KnowBrainer is Self-Instructional Directions are summarized on ONE single card. Follow the 6-Stage Directions on Card #5 to get started. `

Instructions Guide You Through the 4 Stages Directions help you BEGIN and END each stage, and transition between stages. `

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Stimulate to Innovate Questions Words Images Quotes Stimulate-to-Innovate™

The First 5 KnowBrainer Techniques Questionating – answering questions to generate ideas Wordating – thinking about words to generate ideas Quotemplating – contemplating quotes generate ideas Visualating – visualizing pictures to generate ideas FlashThinking – using questions, words, quotes & pictures Questions Words Images Quotes

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Use KnowBrainer to Stimulate Ideas to Record on Column Planner

4 Types of Questions SMCM: Shoulda, Mighta, Coulda, Musta 1. Investigate 2. Create 3. Evaluate 4. Activate SHOULD MIGHT COULD MUST Questionate-to-Innovate™

QUESTION ATING ™ GOAL: Brainstorm ideas using KnowBrainer “question” cards generate ideas Form teams of 3 and assume roles of Reporter, Expert and Recorder Reporter asks questions related “questions” from KnowBrainer Expert answers questions with responses related to expertise area, goal, challenge or problem Expert should respond quickly and with as much detail as possible Expert can say “no comment” and pass on questions that do not stimulate ideas or are not appropriate to answer Recorder captures ideas brainstormed by Expert on paper, worksheet, or flip chart Continue brainstorming until allocated time ends, or signaled to stop or switch roles Idea generating technique using Solutionman’s KnowBrainer® Tool

GOAL: Brainstorm ideas using KnowBrainer “question” cards generate ideas

Form teams of 3 and assume roles of Reporter, Expert and Recorder

Reporter asks questions related “questions” from KnowBrainer

Expert answers questions with responses related to expertise area, goal, challenge or problem

Expert should respond quickly and with as much detail as possible

Expert can say “no comment” and pass on questions that do not stimulate ideas or are not appropriate to answer

Recorder captures ideas brainstormed by Expert on paper, worksheet, or flip chart

Continue brainstorming until allocated time ends, or signaled to stop or switch roles

Experience Review What happened when you were the Reporter ? What happened when you were the Expert ? What happened when you were the Recorder ? How many ideas might people generate using the questions in the KnowBrainer tool? How many questions might people generate using the questions in the KnowBrainer tool? QUESTION ATING

What happened when you were the Reporter ?

What happened when you were the Expert ?

What happened when you were the Recorder ?

How many ideas might people generate using the questions in the KnowBrainer tool?

How many questions might people generate using the questions in the KnowBrainer tool?

A Word is Worth a Thousand Ideas - Solutionman Over 900,000 The average person knows 60,000 The KnowBrainer has hundreds of the best words to stimulate innovation and creativity How many words are there in the English language? Wordate -to-Innovate™

Over 900,000

The average person knows 60,000

The KnowBrainer has hundreds of the best words to stimulate innovation and creativity

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WORD ATING ™ GOAL: Brainstorm ideas using KnowBrainer “word” cards to generate ideas Form teams of 3 and assume roles of Word Selector, Thinker and Recorder Word Selector flashes “words” from all 4 KnowBrainer Stages Thinker brainstorms ideas stimulated by “word cards” and related to a Goal, Challenge, Problem or Question Thinker should respond quickly and with as much detail as possible Thinker can pass or skip cards that do not stimulate ideas Recorder captures ideas brainstormed by Thinker on paper, worksheet, or flip chart Continue brainstorming until allocated time ends, or signaled to stop or switch roles Idea generating technique using Solutionman’s KnowBrainer® Tool

GOAL: Brainstorm ideas using KnowBrainer “word” cards to generate ideas

Form teams of 3 and assume roles of Word Selector, Thinker and Recorder

Word Selector flashes “words” from all 4 KnowBrainer Stages

Thinker brainstorms ideas stimulated by “word cards” and related to a Goal, Challenge, Problem or Question

Thinker should respond quickly and with as much detail as possible

Thinker can pass or skip cards that do not stimulate ideas

Recorder captures ideas brainstormed by Thinker on paper, worksheet, or flip chart

Continue brainstorming until allocated time ends, or signaled to stop or switch roles

Experience Review What happened when you were the Word Selector ? What happened when you were the Thinker ? What happened when you were the Recorder ? How many ideas might people generate using the words in the KnowBrainer tool? WORD ATING

What happened when you were the Word Selector ?

What happened when you were the Thinker ?

What happened when you were the Recorder ?

How many ideas might people generate using the words in the KnowBrainer tool?

Contemplate These Quotes on “Quotes” “ The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.” – Benjamin Disraeli “ A short saying oft contains much wisdom.” – Sophocles “ I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.” – George Bernard Shaw “ People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.” – David Comins “ I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.” – Marlene Dietrich “ A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.” – Brendan Francis “ Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.” – Alfred North Whitehead

“ The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.” – Benjamin Disraeli

“ A short saying oft contains much wisdom.” – Sophocles

“ I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.” – George Bernard Shaw

“ People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.” – David Comins

“ I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.” – Marlene Dietrich

“ A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.” – Brendan Francis

“ Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.” – Alfred North Whitehead

20 Quotes from the KnowBrainer to Contemplate Quotemplate-to-Innovate™

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QUOTE MPLATING ™ GOAL: Brainstorm ideas using KnowBrainer “quote” cards as inspiration Form teams of 3 and assume roles of Quote Selector, Contemplator and Recorder Quote Selector flashes “quotes” from all 4 KnowBrainer Stages Contemplator brainstorms ideas stimulated by “quote cards” and related to a Goal, Challenge, Problem or Question Contemplator should respond quickly and with as much detail as possible Contemplator can pass or skip cards that do not stimulate ideas Recorder captures ideas brainstormed by Quotemplator on paper, worksheet, or flip chart Continue brainstorming until allocated time ends, or signaled to stop or switch roles Idea generating technique using Solutionman’s KnowBrainer® Tool

GOAL: Brainstorm ideas using KnowBrainer “quote” cards as inspiration

Form teams of 3 and assume roles of Quote Selector, Contemplator and Recorder

Quote Selector flashes “quotes” from all 4 KnowBrainer Stages

Contemplator brainstorms ideas stimulated by “quote cards” and related to a Goal, Challenge, Problem or Question

Contemplator should respond quickly and with as much detail as possible

Contemplator can pass or skip cards that do not stimulate ideas

Recorder captures ideas brainstormed by Quotemplator on paper, worksheet, or flip chart

Continue brainstorming until allocated time ends, or signaled to stop or switch roles

Experience Review What happened when you were the Quote Selector ? What happened when you were the Contemplator ? What happened when you were the Recorder ? How many ideas might people generate using the quotes in the KnowBrainer tool? QUOTE EMPLATING

What happened when you were the Quote Selector ?

What happened when you were the Contemplator ?

What happened when you were the Recorder ?

How many ideas might people generate using the quotes in the KnowBrainer tool?

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Ideas How many ideas might people generate with a collection of interesting visual images? This entire collection of images are included in the KnowBrainer

Images Contained in the KnowBrainer

12 Great KnowBrainer Images to Stimulate Ideas Visualate-to-Innovate™

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VISUAL ATING ™ GOAL: Brainstorm ideas using KnowBrainer “images” to generate ideas Form teams of 3 and assume roles of Image Selector, Visualator and Recorder Image Selector flashes “images” from all 4 KnowBrainer Stages Visualator brainstorms ideas stimulated by “image cards” and related to a Goal, Challenge, Problem or Question Visualator should respond quickly and with as much detail as possible Visualator can pass or skip cards that do not stimulate ideas Recorder captures ideas brainstormed by Thinker on paper, worksheet, or flip chart Continue brainstorming until allocated time ends, or signaled to stop or switch roles Idea generating technique using Solutionman’s KnowBrainer® Tool

GOAL: Brainstorm ideas using KnowBrainer “images” to generate ideas

Form teams of 3 and assume roles of Image Selector, Visualator and Recorder

Image Selector flashes “images” from all 4 KnowBrainer Stages

Visualator brainstorms ideas stimulated by “image cards” and related to a Goal, Challenge, Problem or Question

Visualator should respond quickly and with as much detail as possible

Visualator can pass or skip cards that do not stimulate ideas

Recorder captures ideas brainstormed by Thinker on paper, worksheet, or flip chart

Continue brainstorming until allocated time ends, or signaled to stop or switch roles

Experience Review What happened when you were the Image Selector ? What happened when you were the Visualator ? What happened when you were the Recorder ? How many ideas might people generate using the images in the KnowBrainer tool? VISUAL ATING

What happened when you were the Image Selector ?

What happened when you were the Visualator ?

What happened when you were the Recorder ?

How many ideas might people generate using the images in the KnowBrainer tool?

What do you do when you are OUT of ideas? Use the FLASH THINKING ™ Brainstorming Technique to inspire ideas using the KnowBrainer Tool

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FLASH THINKING ™ GOAL: Brainstorm ideas using KnowBrainer cards as inspiration Form teams of 3 and assume roles of Flasher, Thinker and Recorder Flasher randomly flashes “Questions, Words, Images & Quotes” from all 4 KnowBrainer Stages Thinker brainstorms ideas stimulated by cards and related to a Goal, Challenge, Problem or Question Recorder captures ideas brainstormed by Thinker on paper, worksheet, or flip chart Continue brainstorming until allocated time ends, or signaled to stop or switch roles Brainstorming technique using Solutionman’s KnowBrainer® Tool Questions Words Images Quotes

GOAL: Brainstorm ideas using KnowBrainer cards as inspiration

Form teams of 3 and assume roles of Flasher, Thinker and Recorder

Flasher randomly flashes “Questions, Words, Images & Quotes” from all 4 KnowBrainer Stages

Thinker brainstorms ideas stimulated by cards and related to a Goal, Challenge, Problem or Question

Recorder captures ideas brainstormed by Thinker on paper, worksheet, or flip chart

Continue brainstorming until allocated time ends, or signaled to stop or switch roles

FLASH THINKING ™ FLASHER TIPS RANDOMLY flash cards from ALL stages Show a variety of cards – Questions, Words, Images AND Quotes SHOW each card so it is clearly VIEWABLE the Thinker and Recorder SPEAK each card so it is clearly HEARD the Thinker and Recorder Minimize talking and focus on listening If necessary, Flasher can be the Recorder and take notes THINKER TIPS Thinker should respond quickly and with as much detail as possible Thinker can pass or skip cards that do not stimulate ideas RECORDER TIPS Write fast and clearly Record number of KnowBrainer card next to ideas generated Brainstorming technique using Solutionman’s KnowBrainer® Tool

FLASHER TIPS

RANDOMLY flash cards from ALL stages

Show a variety of cards – Questions, Words, Images AND Quotes

SHOW each card so it is clearly VIEWABLE the Thinker and Recorder

SPEAK each card so it is clearly HEARD the Thinker and Recorder

Minimize talking and focus on listening

If necessary, Flasher can be the Recorder and take notes

THINKER TIPS

Thinker should respond quickly and with as much detail as possible

Thinker can pass or skip cards that do not stimulate ideas

RECORDER TIPS

Write fast and clearly

Record number of KnowBrainer card next to ideas generated

Experience Review What happened when you were the Flasher ? What happened when you were the Thinker ? What happened when you were the Recorder ? How many ideas could be generated with the KnowBrainer tool or FlashThinking? FLASH THINKING ™

What happened when you were the Flasher ?

What happened when you were the Thinker ?

What happened when you were the Recorder ?

How many ideas could be generated with the KnowBrainer tool or FlashThinking?

What happened when people were the Flasher using the KnowBrainer? It was easy to flash It was hard to flash Wanted to talk (Internal Monologue) Wanted to help or select cards FLASH THINKING ™ Experience Review

It was easy to flash

It was hard to flash

Wanted to talk (Internal Monologue)

Wanted to help or select cards

What happened when people were the Thinker using the KnowBrainer? It was easy to think It was hard to think It took a while to get started Ideas started to flow after awhile Surprised by the volume and variety of ideas FLASH THINKING ™ Experience Review

It was easy to think

It was hard to think

It took a while to get started

Ideas started to flow after awhile

Surprised by the volume and variety of ideas

What happened when people were the Recorder using the KnowBrainer? It was hard to keep up Had to abbreviate Wanted to add my own ideas Wanted to organized ideas FLASH THINKING ™ Experience Review

It was hard to keep up

Had to abbreviate

Wanted to add my own ideas

Wanted to organized ideas

How many ideas might people generate with the KnowBrainer tool and FlashThinking? A lot of them It depends on time and frame of mind Hundreds Thousands Millions An infinite number FLASH THINKING ™ Experience Review

A lot of them

It depends on time and frame of mind

Hundreds

Thousands

Millions

An infinite number

What are the benefits using the KnowBrainer FlashThink technique? Helps discover “who’s in the know” What you DO know? What you DON’T know? WHO knows what you don’t know? Fosters fun Quickly drains brain of “old ideas” Stimulates “new ideas” Stimulate-to-Innovate™

Helps discover “who’s in the know”

What you DO know?

What you DON’T know?

WHO knows what you don’t know?

Fosters fun

Quickly drains brain of “old ideas”

Stimulates “new ideas”

The KnowBrainer is actually a “search engine” for your amazing brain.

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