TEACHER: Mr. Chick
MODE: 5 one hour lectures, invention reviews, conference calls and email communications.
REQUIRED STUDENT RESOURCE:Charles Chick, How To Go From Brainstorm to Bingo: Secrets of Successful Inventing from a Christian Perspective (Leawood, KS: Leathers Publishing, 2003). $14.95 + tax, shipping and handling. Call 701-263-4574.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course encourages people to capture the invention ideas God has given them and develop them for both profit and as a service to others. Many practical examples are given of both how to determine the value of an idea, how to gain patent rights, and how to bring an idea into production reality.
Quote to ponder: " I believe instinct is basic to all humankind because it is the fuel for the engine of creativity."
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Ideas
II. Is Creativity a Gift?
III. Practicality and Probability
IV. Putting Your Idea to the Test
V. Do You Need a Prototype?
VI. Bringing Your Idea to Market
VII. How to Invent
VIII. Sometimes the World Isn't Ready
IX. Focusing The Creative Process
X. Supernatural Forces at Work?
XI. So You Already Have an Idea?
XII. More Information on Patents