Looking for ‘beta’ testers for the Killer Innovation Workshop for Education – May 6th in San Jose

philmckinney | May 1, 2011

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I rarely have the time to host workshops unless they are sponsored by a company or organization.  As a result of a unique set of circumstances, I’m hosting a “dry run” (think ‘beta’) of a workshop that will be used by others to innovate the US education system.

Why education? I’ve been asked to create an approach to help innovate the elementary through high school education system in the US based on the Killer Innovation methodology.

You are invited to participate in an evening session where I will run a Killer Innovation workshop to :

  • Come up with killer ideas that will then be shared with government leaders
  • Help validate the killer questions for education that will be used by others
  • Provide feedback on the process/approach being ‘tested’
  • Learn how the Killer Innovation workshop works by being part of a workshop

Looking forward to seeing you there …

Register for 'Beta' of the Killer Innovation Workshop for Education in San Jose, CA on Eventbrite

 

Additional Information

For the workshop to come together, I need a minimum of 8 participants.

Participants will be assigned homework in the form of two killer questions to ‘research’.  Each participant will be expected to bring with them 10 to 15 ‘answers’ to the questions they are assigned.

When: Friday, May 6th

Logistics:

5:30PM to 6:00PM  Networking

6:00PM to 6:45PM Killer Questions

6:45PM to 7:45PM Ideation Workshop (Idea Generation)

7:45PM to 8:45PM Ranking The Ideas

8:45PM to 9:00PM Feedback on the workshop

9:00PM to whenever Networking … hanging out ….

Location:

TBD — I’m still finalizing the location but it will be in San Jose, CA area

Special:

For each person who attends, they will receive a special gift.  Note that you must be present to get the gift.

Register for 'Beta' of the Killer Innovation Workshop for Education in San Jose, CA on Eventbrite

Note:

This event will be recorded so participants need to be aware that their voice/images/ideas will be captured and may be shared with others.  A release will need to be signed at the start of the event in order to participate.

 

Tags: education, ideas, innovation, invent, workshop

  • rubenk

    This is exactly what I would like to help the Palm GBU do! – I have applied to HP (and anxiously await a response). – In any event, I will be traveling to Peru on the 6th and cannot attend but I have some pretty solid opportunities I would like to put forth. Is there an avenue by which I may describe my suggestions, if not be email then possibly at a later date?

  • Uma Lakshman

    Hi,

    I am new employee and am so excited to discover this blog. I have suggestions for High School classrooms. How can I bring that forward. ?

    Thank you

    Uma Lakshman

  • http://houldsworth.wordpress.com Barry

    I am very excited to hear that – I hope the session went very well. I’ve been concerned about the education system for a long time now (lack of innovation, excessive cost, one size fits all, etc.) so I am very pleased to see you getting involved. I know you can make a difference.