In any idea session, it is essential that you get your ideas into the mix, even if you feel you have to raise your hand to be acknowleged and heard. This was a problem to me as a young designer.

    

 

 

When describing your idea, be brief, be crystal clear, and be to the point. If there is little positive response, it is not likely that you were misunderstood, but rather that there is a lack of interest or excitement in your peers for your idea. Let it go. You will find that little comes from trying to sell your concept or attempt to solicit greater interest through more explanation. If people want more explanation, they will ask.  

 

Selling, or offering further explanation out of the assumption that people don’t understand your idea will frustrate the other participants (who are not dummies by the way, or they wouldn’t be there). It halts the flow of the meeting and kills the creative energy.  

 

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