1. Cancel Christmas YES or NO Or Revise Christmas with health, wealth & Happiness!!!

2. Group Members 1. Tom Grey 2. Igor Wodyk 3. Paul Ringer 4. Michal Bierestowski 5. Turlough O’Riordan 6. Alan McClean 7. Niall O’Shea 8. Daniel Zaharia 9. Giuseppe Tortorici 10. Shay Foody 11. Alan Harris 12. Alan McDonald 13. Rory Browne 14. Paul Kilkenny 15. Graham Sheridan 16. Chwingwing Wi 17. Ajay Ahuja

3. P M I  Save Money  People will not be depressed  Focus on family  Non religious people will not be forced  Lower level of absenteeism in work  Less wastage of food  Lower energy costs  Political in office  Lower Garda cost  Higher taxes PMI on Christmas  Look forward to break  No Parties  Public Services / Charity  Less tax  Kids not Happy  No Closure / No Start (Account year end)  Culture / Tradition  Legal Issues  Political instability  Job Losses  Just cold weather  People will come up with some idea for a get together  Turning point in history  People wouldn’t be forced to take holidays in cold  Even money spending through out the year  Less Gluttony / Waste  Other holidays would become more popular  Christmas in Newry  Family Day ?  Cancel it for one year

4.  Cancel Christmas for one year  Less Gluttony / Waste / energy consumption  Even money spending through out the year  Retail boom  Turning point in history.  Save Money  Focus on family  People will come up with some idea for a get together  People wouldn’t be forced to take holidays in cold  Other holidays would become more popular  Christmas in Newry/Abroad  No push for Christmas for better quality.  People will not be depressed  Non religious people will not be forced  Kids not happy  Culture and Tradition FIP on Christmas

5. How was it in Canteen  Creative  Less Structured  “Break Mode”  Broader picture  Difficulty in communicating  Poor sitting arrangement

6. How was it in Class  Structured approach  Better facilitator control  Lack of innovative ideas  Implemented CorT thinking techniques

7. Techniques Used  PMI  FIP  Listed points from Interesting  Formed Argument  AGO

8. Why use each technique  PMI – top of list!!!  FIP – assumed next logical step

9. Most Effective  PMI  Focused the group  Classroom environment helped  Easy template to use with a large group (accidental upshot!)

10. Innovative Christmas – Least Effective  FIP – we grouped interesting facts.

11. Innovative Christmas – Economic Spread  Start Christmas advertising 1 st of December.  Cap on the corporate expenditures  Reduce the numbers Christmas parties  Tax incentive to spend during the year

12. Innovative Christmas – Reduce Waste  Only LED bulbs or renewable energy on Christmas trees  Reduce the numbers Christmas parties  Limit the grocery and goods  Ban Gift wrapping  No extended shopping hours – Flexible opening hours  Create healthy Christmas food reduce food wastage and improve health  National Chris Kindle linked to the PPS and pops on facebook.

13. Innovative Christmas – Spirit  Charitable food drives  Giving unwanted presents to charities  Charitable presents  Focus on religious aspect  Focus on family

14. Innovative Christmas – Other ideas  Try it for a year, see how it works out

15. Innovative Christmas – Reasons  Family gatherings rely on Christmas  Don’t want people Christmasing abroad.  Emotive reasons for keeping

16. Innovative Christmas – Decision  Keep Christmas but revise it to remove waste and encourage spread over the year. Focus it on the tradition of Christmas and family.