Who should win the $3,690 FEI ticket?

Last week we announced that we have one (1) $3,690 Front End of Innovation ALL ACCESS PASS to give away.

We have now chosen FOUR (4) finalists, and you get to help pick the winner by sending us a "I vote for x" message on either:

1. Twitter by @reply to @innovate


2. Our Continuous Innovation Group on LinkedIn


3. The original Facebook discussion


4. Adding a comment on this blog post below

Do this by midnight GMT on March 28, 2010 and we will announce the one (1) winner on March 29, 2010.


The four finalists answered the following question in their own words - What is the 'Front End of Innovation'?:

1. "Front End of Innovation is a growth opportunity for professionals interested in learning more about innovation in a conference setting in historic Boston. Many professionals will be there to share what they have learned,discuss best practices and invoke good discussions on various related topics. There will be many ways in which to participate - speakers, group discussions, panels, etc. It looks like the best conference on this topic and being new to innovation, I personally would love to win this and attend!" - Suzanne Switzer Hernandez


2. "To me, the 'Front End of Innovation' suggests what is emerging - not what is currently understood. The meeting of design thinking, intrinsic motivation, collaboration and truly cross-enterprise and -boundary thinking. Too many areas of ourlives - government, education, traditional business management - have so much entrenched baggage that they become paralyzed and move nowhere. FEI represents the opportunity to shed the blinders and really look at these challenges in a new way, engage people in this examination and rethinking of these challenges as something that's not a dead end, but a whole new beginning." - Jason Pamental


3. "FEI is hope...potential magic...without limits...democracy of the best ideas...because those of us who actually do this stuff called Innovation know that the best outcomes require many "in-comes"...many inputs...in short, the better the FEI, the better the Innovation probability and possibility. Viva FEI!" - Luis Solis


4. "Biz 1 + Biz 2 spark Biz 3 + Biz 4 + Biz 5. Biz 3 + 4 + 5 spark Biz 6 - N. FEI is like a snowball rushing down a hill, gaining momentum with every iteration." - Tom Chevalier

Which of the four finalists' answers shows the most clarity, passion, or humor?


The winner will be chosen by my tabulation of votes from you the Blogging Innovation readers. Please vote now!


You still can save 20% on event registration when you use our discount code "FEI2010BRADEN".


Editors's note: The ticket for the contest is being provided by the event organizers, not Blogging Innovation, and is conveyed at their discretion not ours. Winner is responsible for paying their own travel costs to the event and any other expenses.


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Braden Kelley is the editor of Blogging Innovation and founder of Business Strategy Innovation, a consultancy focusing on innovation and marketing strategy. Braden is also @innovate on Twitter.