Think Tank Tuesdays - Details

Think Tank Tuesday Participants: The roster is now closed. I'll be e-mailing everyone about the details, but if I've missed someone, let me know. Think Tank participant Zane Safrit at Conference Calls Unlimited is providing us a free toll-free number for the meeting along with his web-conferencing service.

I've tentatively scheduled the first telephone conference for Tuesday, September 14. We'll work out timing next week.

I'm new at this, but here are some of my ideas on how this whole thing will work. For the first meeting, when we're all on the line, everyone will have thirty seconds to give your elevator speech introducing yourself and telling us what you do. This is more of a creativity exercise than a draconian measure to keep the meeting moving.

We will have one big question every month, and each of you should be prepared to discuss the question as it pertains to you or your business. We'll take turns answering the month's "big question" and getting input from the others in the group. I'd like to allocate a given amount of time to each person's question, so nobody gets short-changed on their input from this fabulous group.

The first big question is: What one thing could I do to completely transform my business?

I'll send out a lot more details in the next week, but wanted to get everyone excited about the Think Tank. Some other issues I am still working on:

Recording the conference call so others could listen in if they missed it.
Scheduling more than one per month if the idea is as successful as I think it will be.
Inviting a "celebrity" guest to join us once in a while.
Starting an "invitation only" blog with multiple posting privileges to facilitate group communication between calls.

As you can tell, I'm really enthusiastic about this idea, and welcome your comments (public or private) about what you'd like to see. If you've missed out on the first roster for the Think Tank, e-mail me anyway and I'll do my best to squeeze you in or set up another one.