If you have an idea that can fundamentally change how big business works, this is the competition for you. The Corporate Strategy Board, a Corporate Executive Board (NASDAQ: EXBD) program, is accepting entries for its inaugural "Force of Ideas" competition. Submit your one-page entry before June 23, 2008 for exposure to strategists leading more than 450 large institutions plus a shot at $10,000 and $5,000 prizes.

The Corporate Strategy Board (CSB) is a best practice research program that serves strategists all over the world. As a result, the Force of Ideas competition can put you, as the idea generator, in front of some of the most influential strategists in the world.

The Force of Ideas competition is searching for the most important and ground-breaking ideas to share with executives of the world’s largest companies.

Students, faculty, and alumni at business schools are encouraged to submit their most important ideas. Individuals and teams can submit multiple entries.

According to the CEB/CSB, sharing your idea provides you with three benefits:

• The opportunity for exposure to strategists leading the more than 450 large institutions, which constitute the Corporate Strategy Board’s membership;
• The ability to network with other big thinkers with similar and compelling ideas;
• The chance to win US $10,000 if your idea is deemed “Most Important.” A second place prize of US $5,000 will also be awarded. Both the first and second place winners will be invited to present to Corporate Strategy Board members during meetings in the summer and fall.

Finer print

Prizes will be awarded at the discretion of the Corporate Strategy Board’s senior researchers and corporate members. All decisions are final. The awarding of any prize does not imply the existence of an actual or potential employment or contractual relationship between the Corporate Strategy Board, any Corporate Strategy Board member, and the entrant. Current and former employees of the Corporate Strategy Board and the Corporate Executive Board and their families are not eligible to win a prize.

All entrants will be given access to a database containing all other submissions, including entrants’ names and email addresses. Entrants retain all rights and interest in their ideas and are solely responsible for protecting such rights and interests. By submitting an entry, entrants give Corporate Strategy Board permission to distribute the entry and contact information to Corporate Strategy Board members, research team, and other entrants.

Next Steps

Send your one-page summary along with your full name and email address to paul.edelmann [ at ] executiveboard [dot] com before June 23, 2008. Winners will be identified before June 30th. Answers to any frequently asked questions will be posted at www.csb.executiveboard.com.

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