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Now Available – Charting Change™ Facilitated Change and Project Kickoffs

Help Yourself to Successful Projects and Change Initiatives

Too often change management is seen as a subset of project management, causing the people side of change to be an afterthought. Stop it!

Architecting the Organization for Change

Successful organizations plan for change, and so I am extremely excited to announce that people can now get help powering their project or change initiative to a strong start with a facilitated Charting Change™ kickoff event requiring only a very small financial investment that will deliver a large return.

Charting Change™ Facilitated Change and Project Kickoffs include a package of products and services, valued at up to $460,600, for a deeply discounted introductory price:
(contact us for pricing)

  1. Change Readiness Audit (part of Day 1 of 3 on-site) – $5,000 value
  2. Change Saturation Heatmap (part of Day 1 of 3 on-site) – $5,000 value
  3. 20 autographed copies of Charting Change – $600 value
  4. Change Planning Toolkit

  5. Two-Day Guided Change Planning Session (Days 2&3 of 3) – $25,000 value
    • Day 1 – Introduction to the Change Planning Toolkit™
    • Day 1 – Set up the room
    • Day 2 – Conduct the change planning session
    • Day 2 – Change Planning Toolkit™ Q&A
    • Day 2 – Wrapup
  6. Certification of Change Planning Toolkit™ instructors (post-event certification exam)
  7. Change Planning Toolkit™ license (free for six months) – Up to a $425,000 value

TOTAL VALUE = Up to $460,600 for a deeply discounted introductory price
(contact us for pricing)

As part of the package I will fly to your location, work with you to facilitate a change planning or project planning session using the tools from the Change Planning Toolkit™ introduced in my latest book Charting Change, so that your next project or change initiative can be a roaring success and you and your team can become certified Change Planning Toolkit™ practitioners (if desired). If you’d like additional help with your project or change initiative beyond the Charting Change™ Facilitated Kickoff, we can stick with you to provide additional assistance via on-site or virtual support.

FOLLOW-UP SERVICE OFFERINGS

  1. Additional on-site support – by the week
  2. 100 virtual hour support package
    • Can choose a 1-day on-site for the equivalent of 30hrs
  3. Certification Exam

So invest a little in taking a more visual, more collaborative, and well, human, approach to planning your next successful project or change initiative and contact us.


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Ten Reasons to Hire an Innovation Keynote Speaker

Innovation Keynote Speaker Braden Kelley

Innovation Keynote Speakers are often misunderstood, maligned, and underutilized.

We have all been to many conferences, and heard many good (and bad) keynote and session speakers with a variety of styles (all of which are perfectly acceptable), including:

1. The Motivator

Say this public speaking style and most people will envision Bill Clinton, Tony Robbins, Steve Ballmer or someone like that. Notice that not all three examples are people you think of as full of boundless energy, that can be incredibly motivating. The motivator tries to connect on an emotional level with the audience and dial up the inspiration.

2. The Academic

This speaking style is nearly, but not completely synonymous with college professors and others in the “teaching” business. My personal style straddles between The Academic and The Storyteller. The Academic focuses on bringing compelling content and connecting with the intellect of the audience, bringing them tools and concepts that done well, are easy to grasp and use.

3. The Storyteller

The Storyteller makes a strong use of similes, metaphors, and stories to get their points across. Bill Clinton straddles the line between The Motivator and The Storyteller. Storytellers try to connect on an emotional level and along with The Academic, tend to dive deeper into their points than The Motivator or The Standup comedian. Personally I love good stories and funny pictures and so my personal T-shaped speaking style embraces bits of The Storyteller and The Standup Comedian as well.

4. The Standup Comedian

The Standup Comedian aims to keep the audience laughing, using humor to underscore and to make their points. Other than comedy writers or standup comedians, few speakers will rely on this as their primary style, but many will drift into this style from time to time.

As you might expect, all of these styles are perfectly valid as long as the content is solid and valuable, but the energy of The Motivator entices a lot of people and as you can imagine, this group does the most to both help and hurt people’s perceived value of keynote speakers. Sometimes The Motivator inspires people to action, and other times they are the equivalent of cotton candy, firing people up with weak content that they can’t do anything with.

So, if with public speaking, like other communication vehicles, content is king and all speaking styles are valid, then you need to find the right content, the right speaker, and have the right reasons for employing one.

With that in mind, let’s look at the…

Top 10 Reasons to Hire an Innovation Keynote Speaker

  1. To begin an honest dialog around the role of innovation in your organization’s future
  2. To help build/reinforce your common language of innovation
  3. To bring in fresh ideas to inspire fresh insights
  4. To bring additional perspectives to existing innovation conversations
  5. To lay the groundwork for building an innovation infrastructure
  6. To help reduce the fear of innovation in your organization
  7. To reinforce your commitment to innovation publicly to your employees
  8. To increase the energy for innovation in your company
  9. To inject fresh life into an existing innovation program
  10. To combine with an innovation workshop to build new innovation capabilities

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Ten Reasons to Hire an Innovation Speaker

This is of course, not a comprehensive list of the reasons that companies around the world find value in periodically bringing in an innovation keynote speaker to dialog with their employees. Some companies choose to achieve some of these objectives via the innovation keynote, and others by sponsoring innovation training programs, or by retaining an innovation thought leader in an advisory capacity to provide the same kind of external perspectives, input, insights, and diversity of thought.

So, whether you are a new innovation leader seeking guidance on how to get off on the right foot, or an experienced Chief Innovation Officer, VP of Innovation, or Innovation Director, I encourage you to consider having myself or another innovation keynote speaker or workshop leader as a guest from time to time. I know you’ll find value in it!

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Innovation Speaker Sheet for Braden Kelley

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Innovation Keynote and Change Planning Workshop Special

January Innovation and Change Planning Toolkit Special

To kickoff January with a bang I thought I would make a special offer to companies and event organizers who would like to get an excellent innovation keynote for their company or event attendees AND get a jump on your competitors by getting trained on how to use my new collaborative, visual change planning toolkit before they do.

This will be a great way to help innovation, change and project managers build strong momentum and results early in 2015.

Here is the offer:

Stoking Your Innovation BonfireBook me between January 21 and March 31, 2015 for either a:

  • 60-90 minute Innovation Keynote
  • 2-4 hour Innovation Workshop
  • 1 Day Innovation Masterclass

… and your attendees will at no additional charge:

  1. Be one of the first groups to get their hands on my revolutionary collaborative, visual change planning toolkit
  2. Get a 1 Day Workshop focused on organizational change and how to use the change planning toolkit

Buy an innovation keynote and get a full-day change planning toolkit workshop for free!

What could be better than that?

Book Braden Kelley for your event

P.S. If you missed my recent webinar ‘Innovation is All About Change’, click here and use PASSCODE 1515 to access the FREE recording (link expired).


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December Innovation Special

December Innovation Special

As 2014 comes to a close and the holiday season continues, I thought I would make a special offer to event organizers in search of a last minute innovation speaker for a December or early January 2015 event AND to innovation managers looking to build strong momentum for their innovation efforts as we head into 2015.

Here is the offer:

Stoking Your Innovation BonfireBook me for an event occurring between December 5, 2014 and January 15, 2015 for either a:

  • 60-90 minute Innovation Keynote
  • 2-4 hour Innovation Workshop
  • 1 Day Innovation Masterclass

… and I will include a box of fifty (50) signed copies of my popular book Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire for your attendees, at no additional charge.

Book Braden Kelley for your event

P.S. In 2015 I will be launching a powerful new collaborative, visual change planning toolkit and a book, app, Quickstart Guide and eLearning to go with it. Please contact me if you are interested in getting advance access to this toolkit in exchange for being a case study for the book.

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Build a Common Language of Innovation for 2014

Build a Common Language of Innovation for 2014As the end of 2013 approaches, why not give your employees and your organization the gift of innovation for 2014?

One of the biggest keys to innovation success is building a common language of innovation.

From creating a definition of innovation unique to your organization, to creating an innovation vision, strategy, and goals, a common language of innovation will accelerate the speed and effectiveness of your innovation efforts by aligning everyone’s understanding of what innovation means to your organization and how you plan to achieve it.

One way that organizations around the world are doing this, is to acquire my book Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire in bulk quantities to help their organization create a common language and understanding of innovation.

In addition to helping organizations identify and remove barriers to innovation, Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire also serves a great innovation primer and a good way to get everyone on the same page.

If you’d like to align and accelerate your innovation efforts going into 2014, consider:

  1. Making a bulk order of Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire from Hooks Books (an independent minority woman-owned bookseller) or 800-CEO-READ (for customized orders) to hand out as gifts
  2. Introducing the Nine Innovation Roles into your organization
  3. Contacting me about my elearning offerings (Level 1 GIMI Innovation Certification eLearning Coming Soon!)
  4. Booking me for a keynote speech, workshop or masterclass – Book Now

Keep innovating!


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Free eLearning for Global Innovation Certification BETA

Announcing FREE eLearning for Global Innovation Certification BETA

I am proud to announce the launch of Innovation Tutors – your home for high quality Innovation eLearning, which will be delivered by recognized innovation thought leaders that travel the world delivering innovation keynotes, public masterclasses and corporate workshops.

We are excited to announce our first two BETA eLearning offerings, which we are providing for FREE for a limited time:

BETA – Global Innovation Certification
Nine Innovation Roles 101

And, we are proud to announce our partnership with the Global Innovation Management Institute (GIMI) to bring you the referenced BETA – Global Innovation Certification eLearning AND…

There will be more eLearning for the Global Innovation Certification coming soon:

— Level 1 – Associate
— Level 3 – Manager

–> CLICK here for your FREE eLearning for the Global Innovation Certification BETA <-- PLUS, we will be bringing you our own in depth eLearning offering to supplement the certification training or as a standalone to provide your employees with a strong understanding of innovation fundamentals. So watch for the following eLearning and DVD to appear soon: — Innovation 101

So, please enjoy these introductory FREE Innovation eLearnings and watch for more extensive premium eLearning offerings coming soon!

Keep innovating!

P.S. If you have a need for an innovation keynote, public masterclass, or innovation workshop – Please Contact Us!


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Now Available in Swedish – Nine Innovation Roles Cards

De Nio InnovationsrollernaI am proud to announce the Swedish language design of my Nine Innovation Roles card deck, made possible by the translation efforts of Aseem Svedberg from Sweden.

Swedish speakers can read more about the Nine Innovation Roles in Swedish thanks to Aseem as well.

I am also excited that I have potential volunteers to translate this information for you in French and Modern Standard Arabic (so stay tuned).

Swedish joins Spanish to become the second non-English translation for the Nine Innovation Roles.

If you facilitate workshops and training sessions, you too can get a valuable new tool for your toolbox and help to take the Nine Innovation Roles global at the same time.

For interested service providers, there are only a few small requirements for becoming a Nine Innovation Roles training partner:

  1. Translate this page on my site (see Swedish example) – will publish and give translation credit with 1-2 links to first translator of each language
  2. Translate this article on Innovation Excellence – will publish and give translation credit with 1-2 links to first translator of each language
  3. #1 and #2 will allow me to get a translated version of the Nine Innovation Roles cards design created for you
  4. Translate the Nine Innovation Roles presentation embedded in #1 (can leverage #1)
  5. Translate the Nine Innovation Roles worksheet I link to in #1 (can leverage #1)
  6. Attend an inexpensive Nine Innovation Roles train the trainer session that I will be holding soon.

To register your interest in becoming a Nine Innovation Roles training partner please fill out the contact form and make a note in the question field.


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Now Available in Spanish – Nine Innovation Roles Cards

Los Nueve Papeles en la InnovaciónI am proud to announce the Spanish language design of my Nine Innovation Roles card deck, made possible by the translation efforts of Vanessa López De la O from Mexico.

Spanish speakers can read more about the Nine Innovation Roles in Spanish thanks to Vanessa as well.

I am also excited that I have potential volunteers to translate this information for you in French and Modern Standard Arabic (so stay tuned).

For other interested service providers, there are only a few small requirements for becoming a Nine Innovation Roles training partner:

  1. Translate this page on my site (see Spanish example) – will publish and give translation credit with 1-2 links to first translator of each language
  2. #1 will allow me to get a translated version of the Nine Innovation Roles cards design created for you
  3. Translate the Nine Innovation Roles presentation embedded in #1 (can leverage #1)
  4. Translate the Nine Innovation Roles worksheet I link to in #1 (can leverage #1)

To register your interest in becoming a Nine Innovation Roles training partner please fill out the contact form and make a note in the question field.


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Announcing FREE Nine Innovation Roles Resources

Nine Innovation Roles Cards

I have big news that I’m extremely excited to share with you today.

I’m proud to announce today that I’m setting The Nine Innovation Roles free.

What does that mean exactly?

It means that for the greater good, I am now providing all of the tools that you need to conduct a Nine Innovation Roles workshop or team meeting inside your organization to enhance the success of your innovation teams – for FREE.

Some people think I’m crazy to help people not hire me, but because of my collaborative and people-centric approach to innovation I would like to give everyone five free gifts:

  1. The Nine Innovation Roles themselves
  2. Downloadable Nine Innovation Roles presentation for team meetings or workshops
  3. Downloadable Nine Innovation Roles Worksheet for gathering data on team makeup
  4. Downloadable Nine Innovation Roles card deck design that I use with Fortune 500 clients
  5. Nine Innovation Roles video for use in team meetings or workshops

The Nine Innovation Roles is one of the most requested workshop topics in the keynotes and masterclasses that I conduct for companies all around the world, and comes directly from my popular book Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire, that is being used by universities like Creighton and companies like Microsoft and AB Inbev to help establish a common language of innovation.

Here is an excerpt from my book that talks about The Nine Innovation Roles:

“Too often we treat people as commodities that are interchangeable and maintain the same characteristics and aptitudes. Of course, we know that people are not interchangeable, yet we continually pretend that they are anyway — to make life simpler for our reptile brain to comprehend. Deep down we know that people have different passions, skills, and potential, but even when it comes to innovation, we expect everybody to have good ideas.

I’m of the opinion that all people are creative, in their own way. That is not to say that all people are creative in the sense that every single person is good at creating lots of really great ideas, nor do they have to be. I believe instead that everyone has a dominant innovation role at which they excel, and that when properly identified and channeled, the organization stands to maximize its innovation capacity. I believe that all people excel at one of nine innovation roles, and that when organizations put the right people in the right innovation roles, that your innovation speed and capacity will increase.”

I hope you take the time to download and learn and utilize these FREE Nine Innovation Roles resources to improve the success of your innovation efforts and of the innovation teams in your organizations.

Keep innovating!

Get the Free Nine Innovation Roles Resources Now


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Become a Certified Nine Innovation Roles Workshop Facilitator

In support of my crowdfunding project over on IndieGoGo I am offering an incredible deal to the first TEN (10) individuals to grab this perk:

Grab the Nine Innovation Roles Workshop Facilitator Certification Perk

In exchange for each $500 investment, the first TEN (10) people anywhere in the world will get:

  1. One of only TEN (10) spots in an online seminar where I will personally train you on how to facilitate a Nine Innovation Roles workshop or public seminar
  2. A share of any Nine Innovation Roles Workshop leads that I can’t fulfill myself
  3. A Nine Innovation Roles Seminar Pack – which includes TEN (10) Nine Innovation Roles Group Diagnostic Tools to use with your first set of workshop participants (a $199.99 value)

This is a great opportunity to add the Nine Innovation Roles Group Diagnostic Workshop to your roster of innovation services that you offer to clients. You should be able to charge between $2,000-$5,000 + expenses for each of the sessions you facilitate depending on the length and amount of custom content, so you should recoup your $500 investment after running your first workshop or public seminar.

You can click to read more about The Nine Innovation Roles.

Grab the Certified Nine Innovation Roles Workshop Facilitator Perk

The Nine Innovation Roles diagnostic workshop will create a fun, interactive experience for innovation teams or organizations to use to help people better understand what roles they fill on innovation projects, why the team’s or organization’s innovation efforts are failing, and how they can together improve the innovation performance of their teams or organization.

Design for Nine Innovation Roles Group Diagnostic Tool

So, grab this Amazing Innovation Keynote and Nine Innovation Roles Workshop Deal and help your innovation teams be more successful in the future. Don’t wait. Be one of only TEN (10) people worldwide to get this perk, or pre-order the seminar kit and run run workshops or seminars on your own.

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