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The Third Challenge has been revealed!

Our 3rd annual Next Great Innovator Challenge is live! The wait is over and this year’s challenge question is now posted and team registration is open. We’re really excited about this year’s question:

"Suggest an innovative concept, product or process from another part of the world or different industry that Canadian financial services providers should adopt."

While it is open ended and forward looking as a good Innovation challenge should be (no stuffy historical cases here!) we’re hoping that it gets you really engaged. From our first 2 years of running the Challenge we’ve realized that you all have tremendous international experience and really interesting prior work experiences. So we thought why not see if the students of Canada can draw on that wealth of experience and pair it up with their assessments of the future of Canadian Financial Services? You have your chance to show us what other Financial Service providers do elsewhere in the world or what other industries have mastered and maybe you can change the banking game!

A few NEW things to note about this year’s Challenge:
- The timeline has been tuned up a little- registration is still 4 weeks, but you have an extra week to finish your proposal.
- You can still sign up for text alerts to remind you of milestones, and soon you’ll have a chance to pilot an online collaboration space and even share a synopis of your ideas with your trusted friends and mentors for feedback.
- A mobile version of the website, optimized for your phone's browser. Try innovator.shrinkraywireless.com on your phone!
- Check out the videos of last year’s finalists and the event. More video to come!
- We’ve added way more Innovation resources: some top SlideShare shows on Innovation, new links, a newsfeed with a round up on what’s new in Innovation.
- Twitter! Follow us, we’ll be updating regularly to give both Challenge insight and to share a little bit of our lives as innovation practitioners.

That’s not all- we’ll be adding features and material all through the fall to not only to help you with your entry, but to give you Innovation resources that you can keep on applying in school or in your careers.

Finally, don't forget you can post comments here on the Innovator blog, and you can send any questions to nextgreatinnovator@rbc.com.

Posted by Tim on September 22, 2008 11:38 AM

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