Looking for Strategic Planning Facilitators
Who Serve the Washington Market?

  Let me ask you 3 Critical Questions: Are you ...

    1. TIRED of the Standard, Boring Strategic Planning meeting?

    2. READY to Infuse New Energy into your Strategic Planning Process?

    3. HUNGRY for More Profitable Ideas that Produce REAL Results?

If so, then FORGET about SWOT
(I call it a "Stale Way Of Thinking").

Forget about how you've done your
Strategic Planning events in the past.

Imagine Your Next Strategic Planning Event
Producing Breakthrough Results

Our focus is to produce TANGIBLE RESULTS for your Strategic Planning Process like:

Getting your people OUT OF THEIR DAILY RUTS
Re-Thinking your ENTIRE Business and Industry Paradigms
Generating MORE (Greater Quantity) PROFITABLE (Greater Quality) IDEAS
Identifying NEW GAME-CHANGING BUSINESS DRIVERS
Capitalizing on NEW TRENDS and CHANGES

Is Strategic Planning Dead?
The Problem with Traditional Strategic Planning Facilitators

Nearly every business has a basic strategic plan. Yet, once that plan is in place, many companies rarely re-examine their process about how to re-vamp, re-engineer, and re-innovate their plan to create catalytic results. MANY facilitators simply focus on REVIEWING THE PAST, rather than FOCUSING ON THE FUTURE, in light of global, economic and market changes.

What's worse is that their clients get trapped into old ways of Past-Based Thinking. Why? Because they've participated in such pathetic strategic planning sessions and seen so few results. Poorly trained facilitators, domineering colleagues, secret agendas, pitiful preparation, aimless wandering, stale topics, inefficient methods, lonnnnnnng meetings, and all for what? NOTHING is often the RESULT of these "strategic planning" events.

Lots of companies rank "innovation" HIGH on their corporate value list. Yet, when it comes to their own strategic planning process, they're still stuck in doing things the same traditional way. Their sessions aren't designed for modern innovation scenarios influenced by social, technological, and cultural changes. There is MUCH MORE to Strategic Planning than what most companies recognize.

The Solution to a Stale Strategic Planning Process:

Due to inevitable changes in global trends, economic convolutions, and market changes, Strategic Planning is a critical issue for every business. Change happens whether we like it or not.

The key is to equip your people with the mental tools and resources they need to engage change pro-actively and positively. Your Return on Innovation (ROI) comes as they generate innovative ideas, develop creative solutions, discover game-changing revolutionary strategies, and capitalize on emerging opportunities.

I believe that great Strategic Planning Facilitators must begin first and foremost with helping their clients in "Strategic Re-Thinking." That's why we call our strategic planning program BEYOND STRATEGIC PLANNING™. This innovative program focuses on the "front end" of strategic planning and offers a unique opportunity to learn, practice and apply multiple innovation resources to generate powerful ideas and solutions for your company's High Stakes Issues, Million Dollar Problems, and Fast-Breaking Opportunities. This program serves as an "early stage module" within your overall Strategic Planning process that will help your team look at your problems, challenges, and opportunities through a different framework.

The program will help you GO Beyond Strategic Planning™ and challenge you to re-think your approach to corporate Strategic Planning in 3 specific ways:

1. To move beyond "past-based" thinking to "Zero-Based" planning
2. To integrate new resources into your corporate culture creating a 24/7 Atmosphere of Innovation™
3. To move beyond basic strategic planning to tangible actions that generate BOLD Breakthroughs!

Our goal is to help you move Beyond Strategic Planning to re-define the your Strategic Planning events in the minds of your team. We'll help you go from Basic, Bland and Broken Strategic Planning to Innovation and Beyond!

The Tangible Benefits of the Beyond Strategic Planning™ Program

BASIC BENEFITS

Overcome the Key Deficiencies of Traditional Strategic Planning
Generate More Profit by Increasing Revenues and Reducing Expenses
Develop a Monitoring System including Communication Plans, Benchmarks & Accountability
Explore up to 25 Powerful Innovation Tools & Techniques
Maximize Individual, Team, Tribe and Crowd BrainStorming
Enjoy the Results of Making It Rain More Profitable Ideas!

BONUS BENEFITS

Overcome Painful Strategic Planning Pitfalls™
Discover How to Create an Atmosphere of Innovation™
Learn How to Unleash the Power of CyberStorming™
Design your Company's own "Perfect 'Storm"
Profit from the Emerging Trend of Distributed Innovation™

The Intangible Benefits of Beyond Strategic Planning™ Events

So, what are the intangible benefits of going Beyond Strategic Planning?

At the end of your Strategic Planning Process, you want your team to go away FEELING:

A concrete sense of HOPE and CONFIDENCE
A renewed sense of COMMITMENT and ENTHUSIASM
A genuine sense of ACCOUNTABILITY and MOMENTUM
The satisfaction and thrill of taking an idea from nothing and turning it into a powerful reality
They are part of a story that is BIGGER than themselves - a story they can be proud of
They are becoming a better person who is doing their part to help the world become a better place
They are creating a better life for themselves, their team, and those they care about

All this from moving Beyond Strategic Planning?... you bet! It is definitely possible.

What Participants Are Saying:

"Within days I was able to put into practice several techniques presented by John. The response was not only enthusiastic participation, but productive results. We came away with literally hundreds of ideas and concepts to consider. I'll certainly be incorporating John's techniques on a regular basis, not only within our business team, but with our customers as well." Patricia Schroder, Valspar, Pittsburg, PA (paint, coatings, adhesives industry)

"This was an entertaining and valuable session. Too many "experts" offer techniques that are not truly useable in the real world - definitely not the case here. Great info, great materials - and everything is flexible enough to apply and use." Debbie Schneider, Intrinzic Marketing, Newport, KY (advertising and marketing agency)

"My thoughts were awakened by the different techniques and examples that you presented to us at our recent sessions. The meeting(s) were informative, a learning experience, helpful, but most of all -- fun. We should be able, with this good start, to resolve our issues for this Best Practice Team and move forward onto another step towards our goals." Diana Starr, Lyondell Chemicals, Houston, TX (chemical industry)

"This gives leaders one of the best tools - I have seen a lot of good team-building seminars and this one gave me the best tools to build a team that can really stand out as unique." Dwight Schneider, EnCana, Denver, CO (energy industry)

"I found the session very informative. Most of all I like the fact that we come away with some tangible/workable ideas, not just knowledge we have to go find time to use later." Jim Sieck, Explorer Pipeline, Tulsa, OK (energy transportation industry)

"This program really helped our group to dig deeper to come up with many different ideas."
Anne Pechuls, Promotional Products Business, Dallas, TX (promotional products / publishing)

"John did a fabulous job facilitating our Board Retreat. We had over double the number of ideas from last year! Great!" Tiffanie Hardbarger, OKC Convention and Visitors Bureau, Oklahoma City, OK (travel and hospitality industry)

"The techniques John uses are innovative and force you to change the way you think." Mark Holt, OSECO, Tulsa, OK (manufacturing industry)

"John's style and process not only stimulated me to think about innovation at work, but also in my personal life with my family as well." Bill Baxter, BASF, Research Triangle Park, NC (chemical industry)

Who Needs the Beyond Strategic Planning™ Program?

Chief Executive Officers (CEO's)
Chief Innovation Officers (CIO's)
Chief Marketing Officers (CMO's)
Chief Learning Officers (CLO's)
Sales & Marketing VP's/Directors
Training Directors and Managers

Human Resources VP's/Directors
Corporate Innovation Strategy Executives
Special Project Teams
Advertising and Creative Directors
New Product Development Groups
Research & Development (R & D) Teams

Our best "fit" are people who would describe themselves as open-minded, collaborative, process-driven, and upbeat. If your company's strategic planning team is composed of these kind of professionals, we're off to a good start!

Perfect For Washington ...

Business Strategic Planning Events / Sessions
Corporate, Sales, Marketing Meetings / Retreats
Board of Directors/Management Strategic Planning Retreats
Strategic Thinking, Strategic Innovation and VisionCasting Events
Company Team Building Events

Strategic Planning Facilitators Serving Washington:

As strategic planning facilitators, we work with business clients on a variety of issues including: innovation strategy, business development, new revenue stream creation, strategic marketing, and new product development. Using a variety of innovation tools and brainstorming techniques, we work with your team to design a powerful strategic plan.

The Beyond Strategic Planning™ program is conducted at your Washington company location or meeting event site. It is available in a variety of formats ranging from a half-day session to a complete 2-day corporate strategic planning retreat. We simply find out what you want to accomplish and then design a program with the components that fit your event, group, or business need. We also offer thought-provoking, motivational keynote speeches or breakout sessions for company, association and/or industry events in Washington.

Pricing:

Let's shoot straight. If you don't have a High Stakes Issue, Million Dollar Problem, and/or a Fast-Breaking Opportunity, we're probably not a good "fit" as far as a face-to-face program. Our programs are custom-designed and value-driven, so they're not "cheap". We provide our "No Surprises" Quotation outlining the objectives and scope of work so that you won't be surprised. Your investment will range from $10,000 USD and up. If your Strategic Planning Initiatives aren't significant enough for that kind of investment, we can provide other options including:

Virtual Strategic Planning and/or Telecoaching
Access to our Award-Winning Innovation Resources
Other Creative Options and/or Referrals to other Innovative Strategic Planners

We put a LOT of work into making sure we understand your specific goals on the front end to make sure we produce the kind of outcomes and follow up you need after the program is complete.

Your Lead Strategic Planning Facilitator:

John Storm is RainMaker and Founder of The BrainStorm Network, author of The Book on BrainStorming and creator of CyberStorming.com. His mission is to bring your ideas to Life! His expertise focuses on helping people discover, evaluate and implement their ideas. John speaks, facilitates, consults and writes on the topics of strategic planning, change, brainstorming, marketing, and innovation. For over 25 years, he has facilitated strategic planning and strategic innovation events for both private and public companies. For bio information, go to www.BrainStormNetwork.com/company.html.

John Storm, Strategic Planning Consultant

Our 100% MoneyBack Guarantee

BrainStorm Network guarantees your satisfaction with our 100% MoneyBack Guarantee. If you believe we have not performed according to our service agreement, just send us a written request for a refund via USPS 1st class mail along with a brief explanation within 60 days of the last day of the event. BrainStorm Network, LLC will refund 100% of the money that your organization paid us.

Hire Us!

BrainStorm Network is a strategic planning facilitation firm who focuses on helping you generate catalytic ideas to address your company's Million Dollar Problems, High Stakes Issues, and Fast-Breaking Opportunties.

Contact John Storm for a customized quotation at:

Toll Free: (800) 427-9746
Email: info@beyondstrategicplanning.com

Be sure and ask about our other innovative programs, including Carpe Boxem® Re-Think the Box, our "out, in, around, and beyond the box" Change Engagement program.

BrainStorm Network
Toll Free: (800) 427-9746
info@beyondstrategicplanning.com

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