BrightSpark is an idea management system created by Component Workshop that allows employees and customers to submit innovative ideas and provide feedback. It tracks all ideas, feedback, and votes to ensure details are not lost. Ideas progress through a four step cycle from submission to implementation. BrightSpark offers customization and multiple campaign types to align ideas with business strategies. Component Workshop provides ongoing support to help customers maximize the benefits of BrightSpark.

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A GENDA
 About Component Workshop
 Our Core Team
 What is BrightSpark Idea Management?
 Why BrightSpark
 Idea Cycle
 The BrightSpark Advantage
 The BrightSpark Look
 Demo

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A BOUT U S
 Component Workshop provides IT consultancy and software
development services
 Our highly experienced in house development team can solve
complicated business problems with innovative software solutions
 With over 10 years of experience in a broad range of sectors

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C ORE T EAM
 Our team includes
 Management Team
Floyd Price
 Development Team CEO
 Marketing & Sales
 Our senior management are represented as:
Adrian O’Connor
Clair Andrews CTO
Operations Officer
Kerry Browne
Business Development

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W HAT IS B RIGHT S PARK I DEA M ANAGEMENT ?
 BrightSpark is an idea management system facilitating direct engagement from
employees and customers.
 BrightSpark is a tool that enables individuals innovative ideas and constructive feedback
to be real and visible.
 All Ideas, solutions, feedback and votes are all tracked, ensuring details are not lost and
allowing appropriate reporting.
 BrightSpark allows transparency to ideas giving the creator visible recognition.
 A variety of reporting options allow companies to evaluate ideas.
 Cost effective, timeline, relevance, impact.
BrightSpark enables you to leverage your most valuable asset
Your employees,
to encourage creativity and innovation.

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W HY B RIGHT S PARK ?
 A cost effective, technology driven approach enabling virtual collaboration across,
teams, departments and companies.
 Complete customisation allows you to embed your business values into every idea
ensuring that new ideas are aligned to your business mission.
 BrightSpark can run multiple idea campaigns across the business as well as restricted
campaigns.
 It's finding those innovative ideas that can set you apart from your competitors and
deliver a quick return on investment.
 In today’s climate a competitive edge has never meant more.
 With an idea management system great ideas will organically rise to the top.
BrightSpark promotes the sharing of
ideas in a corporate environment.

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I DEA C YCLE
 The BrightSpark idea cycle consists of a
simple 4 step approach.
 Plant
Submit your idea
 Cultivate
Share, Grow & Develop your ideas
 Evaluate
Assessment of idea and conclusion
determined
 Action
Implementation plan

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I DEA C YCLE
 Alignment to business strategy
 Automated submission process
 Focused categories
 Impact & required action
Idea:
“Why don’t we partner our
brands for marketing?”
For example:
Bisto Gravy
&
Paxo Stuffing

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I DEA C YCLE
 Encourage participation to the idea:
 Vote/ Rate
 Feedback
 Help promote and develop an idea into
a real concept
 Share your idea with a specific
audience
Good cost savings idea, 2 for the
price of 1 in terms of marketing,
albeit a bit more effort.
Sounds good in principle, but a
logistical nightmare getting the
“Great idea, why brands to agree.
haven’t we done this
sooner”.

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I DEA C YCLE
 Integrated into internal processes
 Project Groups
 Steering Committees
 Business Forum
 Scorecard evaluation
 Benefit assessment
 Cost considerations
 Sign off levels
 Risk assessment
 Average voting
 Improvement or innovation
A lot of ideas create good ideas!

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I DEA C YCLE
 Implementation Plan
 Communication
 Recognition
 Project update
 Idea bank
The greatest source of competitive
advantage is creativity!

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T HE BRIGHT S PARK A DVANTAGE
 Idea Management Systems will greatly improve your ability to encourage
creative and innovative ideas from all areas of your business.
 BrightSpark stands above the rest by leveraging the expertise that we at
Component Workshop have for Idea management and targeted idea
campaigns.
 When you enter into a relationship with Component Workshop you not only
get a great software package, but access to a proactive team of UK based Idea
Management Consultants and Software Developers that will assist your
company in getting the most out of your investment.
Product Development Consultancy