1. Facilitated Brainstorming on the Future of Solo Nationals
Greg Vincent
&
Howard Duncan

3. Why are we here?
The continued growth of solo is having a cascading effect on our national event
Initial sellout in less than a week
Nearly 1400 competitors combined with weather issues resulted in running out of daylight
This session will be different from most of the other sessions…
It’s more about what you have to tell us than about what we have to tell you

4. What we plan to do today Use some facilitation tools to gather ideas
Affinity diagram. Typically done as follows:
Pose an open ended question
Collect input from participants on sticky notes
Participants group similar ideas
Facilitator writes a summary statement for each group
Due to time constraints we will only complete the first 2 steps today
My fellow Solo Development Coordinators will attempt to do steps 3 and 4 while Howard tells you about coming developments.

5. Open Ended Question
The Solo Nationals appear to have reached the limit of participation given the time and space available. What changes should be considered to ensure the Solo Nationals remains the premiere Solo event where the best Soloists come to compete? Please take 10 minutes to legibly write your constructive suggestions on sticky notes.

6. Some ideas we are already aware of (in no particular order)
Run under lights
6 day Nationals
Hold event earlier in season with longer daylight hours
Qualification requirements (Match Tour, National Tour, Divisional?)
Howard is going to tell us what he and his team have been working on to make 2019 nationals better

7. Open discussion Ground rules Be positive Be respectful Be constructive
Use the microphone

8. Please Provide Feedback
Facilitated Brainstorming on the Future of Solo Nationals