12 Days ‘Til Christmas: Day 8

“…our ThinkAThon!”

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    Got An Idea? … Get Involved!

    Here’s the scoop.

    We’ve invented something that we are calling the ThinkAThon™. It’s all about creating innovation, in real time, using the collective energies and brainpower of Innovation Project attendees to solve some of the industry’s most vexing problems – problems that need everyone to come together and work through in order to truly ignite innovation across the payments and commerce sector.

    Here’s how it will work.

    Fifteen teams, drawn from participants and lead by team captains, will be given a shot at developing a framework for how to address these problems during a two and a half hour brainstorming session. Teams will then present their results and be judged by a panel of experts who will determine which team within each problem set receives the title of “Payments Guru” and which team receives the overall title of “Master Payments Guru” – all in front of 500 of the top movers and shakers of the payments industry. Now, this is how you can get involved (and maybe even win something too!) We’re looking to YOU to help us shape our ThinkAThon™ agenda. We’ve taken a shot at the topics and questions that we think might be big and vexing and gnarly, but want you to add, edit, or both!

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    So, get busy and start thinking of the problems that create way too much friction for everyone in the industry – and that we all need to come together to address. If yours is selected by our panel of experts, you receive two free tickets to The Innovation Project 2013 – and mention recognition for your contribution.

    **Interested in becoming a team captain? Click here to find out how!**


    PYMNTS.com launched our own version of “The 12 Days Of Christmas.” We’re counting down to Christmas weekend and each day we’ll offer a highlight from our upcoming Innovation Project™.