Overview
This section will cover:
- Impetus
- The System
- Uses
- After The Blog
Impetus
The impetus for putting together the 9 Ball Technique came in a sales meeting for a former client of mine.
After a pretty lengthy session of “role play”, we got to the end of the session. The director of sales asked the team to assess where we where on the matter.
I was struck by the fact that no one on the team (including myself or the DOS) could come up with a conclusive assessment of how well we did and what needed to happen next.
This caused me to undertake to create the 9 Ball Technique, a system that would allow groups and individuals to, in a short period of minutes, analyze any problem, come up with a pointed assessment and plan next steps in an with efficiency and excellence.
The System
The concept of how the 9 Ball Technique is to work is really quite simple. We ask a series of logical questions. Quite simply, the answer to those questions represent the framework of a plan forward with the strength of a strong analytical/assessment tool.
In short the 9 Ball Technique poses the following questions:
- What problem are we attempting to solve?
- What is the endeavor/assignment?
- What is the purpose of undertaking this endeavor/assignment?
- Who are the key people to be involved in the endeavor?
- What is the benefit for each person?
- What actions do the key people need to take?
- When do the actions need to be completed?
- What are the locations for all activities?
- What are the specific methods by which actions are to be accomplished?
- How much do we need to do each of the preceding?
- What did we miss?
- What do we do next?
Uses
I have used the 9 Ball Technique to develop solid action plans for:
- A proposal to the US Congress
- A Grammy Winning Gospel Artsit
- A Tony Award Winning Actress
- Black Newspapers
- Clients
- Mega-Churches
- Many other endeavors
The 9 Ball Technique will be useful to anyone who needs to:
- Wrap a meeting with purpose
- Quickly develop a concept paper
- Make a quick assessment of any challenging situation
- Make a quick, thorough analysis of your situation
- Other important uses
After The Blog
After this blog is complete there will be many additional uses for the material including:
Publishing
- Book
- Workbook
- Audio
- Video
Other Products
- Appearances
- Consulting
- Other
