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Meeting Accelerator

Meeting Accelerator is software based on Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats® and Lateral Thinking™.  It is a powerful tool for structuring your personal thinking and provides a quick and easy means to capture, process and disseminate output.  Whether you normally use flip-charts or run virtual meetings across the world, Meeting Accelerator promotes structured thinking and brings discipline to every session.

How can I use Meeting Accelerator?


Meeting Accelerator improves personal thinking, team sessions and virtual meetings.

Personal
  • Easy access to software to enable focused thinking
  • Focus the mind
  • Immediately distribute your thinking on an issue or opportunity for comment / enhancement.
Team
  • Email Thinking Templates to teams to communicate focus & sequence
  • Maintain focus within and structure meeting
  • Circulate output, immediately after close of meeting. 
How does it fit with de Bono Thinking Tools?

Today’s electronic communication demands a collaborative approach, which saves valuable time and cost.  Maximise today's technology implementing Six Thinking Hats within your organisation through Meeting Accelerator.  Optimise the combination of technology and brainpower.

Who can use Meeting Accelerator?

Anyone can use Meeting Accelerator, however it is recommended that you attend a Six Thinking Hats course with an accredited trainer.


Meeting Accelerator in detail


Using the de Bono Tools, Meeting Accelerator is designed to provide a focus for individuals and groups.  The software contains features to improve thinking about a subject:
  • Focus statement and outcome statement agreement.
  • Sequences thinking processes.
  • Single hat use.
  • Timing of sequences.
  • Random Entry support through word and picture.
  • Export to PowerPoint for immediate presentations.
  • Instantaneous output sharing by email.
Meeting Accelerator can be used with any application sharing programme.  Virtual Meetings save expenses and time but lack discipline and structure compared to face to face meetings. Meeting Accelerator restores structure, thoroughly exploring a subject as well as making time and space for creative thinking by email.

Minimum Specifications


Software
Windows 98 or higher
Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher
Microsoft dotNet (provided on the CD)
Microsoft PowerPoint (This is not needed to run Meeting Accelerator software but will be needed if you would like to export the output to a presentation).

Hardware
Pentium 90 (or equivalent) or higher
32Mb RAM (96Mb or more recommended)
Hard disc required for install: 20Mb (+170Mb for dotNet installation)
Hard disc required: 8Mb (+60Mb for dotNet installation)
Video 800x600 256 colours

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