Grab a Think Pak!

Need a little help in coming up with ideas or revising your presentation?

You might want to grab a Think Pak developed by Michael Michalko, author of Thinkertoys, published by Ten Speed Press in California.

This is a brainstorm tool that comes in card format in a box along with a small instruction booklet.

The basic ideas behind the techniques Michalko suggests sare embedded in the acronym SCAMPER. He says when solving idea problems following the steps suggested here  you can: (1) Substitute something (2) Combine it with something else (3) Adapt something to it (4) Modify Magnify it (5) Put it to some other use (6) Eliminate something or (Reverse or Rearrange it.

While it was not designed specifically for speech writers or presenters I've found you can use it to come up with new ideas in your presentation quite effectively.  

You might not use all of the steps presented in SCAMPER technique but together or singly these brainstorming steps can help you to come up with new ideas or to revise some part of your presentation that just doesn't seem to work.

The Think Pak  might work for you or it might help you to devise your own brainstorming and editing tool that's quick and easy to use. For more information  click on "Think Pak" online.


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