Idea Generation

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Idea Generation

• How to come up with ideas for your LCVP
  Enterprise Activity
• Dorothy Lavery Deborah Dunne

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General Principles

• Rule nothing out, nothing in
• No idea is a bad idea
• A good idea is not necessarily a new idea
• Be creative
• Think outside the box
• Make it fun

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Techniques for generating ideas

• Brainstorming
• Mind maps
• Worst idea

• Visualisation
• An old product
• Discussion

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Sources of inspiration

• Look at what others have done successfully
• Look at whats done in other countries eg an
  idea from your holidays
• Dragons Den
• Websites

• Recycle an old product
• Modify or improve a product
• Find a gap in the market
• Use a skill
• An interest or hobby

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Now its your turn to work!!

• We are going to divide you into groups and set
  you a task
• Using one of four techniques, your group must
  come up with as many ideas as possible

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Brainstorm

• Limit time (4-6 minutes)
• Appoint someone to record ideas
• Rule nothing out
• Think outside the box!
• TASK Take a SKILL you have or a NEED in your
  school or community and brainstorm ideas

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Mind Map

• TASK Make a list of products or services you
  could develop based on your hobby
• Football or Basketball

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Object

• TASK Make a list of products you could make
  from an old

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Worst idea

• TASK Take the worst idea for a product or
  service and see how you could adapt it to
  make it viable
• A chocolate teapot A glass hammer
• A square wheel Sell ice to the Eskimos
• Edible dog lead Camouflaged golf balls

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Brainstorm

• Need in your school/community
• Educational resources
• Breakfast club
• Lunches
• Breakfast in Bed
• Gardening
• Washing cars

• Skill
• Photography
• Web design
• Music
• Dance
• Art
• Cookery
• Woodwork

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Mind Map
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Mind Map
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Mind Map
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From an old pair of Jeans

• Shorts
• Hot Pants
• Bags
• Hand Bags
• School Bag
• Week end Bag
• Make up Bag
• Purse
• Wallet
• Pencil Case

• Dolls Clothes
• Wall Organiser
• Waist Coat
• Bikini
• Picture Frames
• Hair Scrunchies
• Passport Wallet
• Table Mats
• Tea Pot Cosy

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Worst idea Glass Hammer

• Paper weight
• Ornament
• Jewellery
• Retirement gift
• Booby prize
• Money box

• Ashtray
• Vase
• Egg cup
• Name plate
• Photo frame
• Garden ornament

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LCVP National Conference 2009

• All Conference presentations can be accessed on
• www.lcvptpn.net