First Step:
Start Now!
Fill out the form below to express your interest in submitting a Whole Brain® Story. All other elements of your submission should be emailed separately to wbs@hbdi.com.
SHARE YOUR WHOLE BRAIN® STORY
Inspire others by sharing how your organization has benefitted from a creative or effective application of Whole Brain® Thinking (and possibly earn rewards)
Let Your Voice Be Heard!
You may not be able to share Whole Brain® Thinking in traditional, face-to-face settings right now, but you can still have an impact. We want to hear your best stories about how Whole Brain® Thinking has transformed your organization or helped it evolve.
We'll be picking our favorite Whole Brain® Stories to share in order to inspire others on how they can use Whole Brain® as we all look toward recovery from these difficult times.
Rewards
The 3 most impactful Whole Brain® Stories, as voted on by global Thinkers on our LinkedIn and Facebook pages, will result in a reward for the submitting organization:
- a complimentary seat for our new e-Certification program
- access to a Friends and Family package to allow your organization to give the gift of the HBDI® assessment for FREE
How It Works
Sign Up
Fill out the form below on this page to let us know you want to share your Whole Brain® story with the Thinker community.
Tell Your Story
Put together your story using the guidelines listed below on this page. (Here's an example you can look at.)
Share With Others
Send us your story by emailing submissions to wbs@hbdi.com by the deadline, June 30 at midnight PT.
Guidelines and FAQs
Here's some important general information to help answer any questions you might have. If you still have questions or concerns after reviewing this section, please feel free to reach out to us at marketing@hbdi.com.
Please pick any 2 out of 3 of the following to build your Story submission (you must include 2 of these for consideration for a reward). Submissions should be emailed to wbs@hbdi.com:
- 1. A written description of a minimum of 500 words in a Google Doc or Word Doc file.
- 2. Link to a video of at least 2 minutes in length (uploaded to YouTube, HubSpot, Google Drive or other accessible platforms).
- 3. Post on LinkedIn describing how you feel your organization has benefitted from Whole Thinking. There’s no required word count length for this post, but you must tag the person @Herrmann company account and use hashtag #MyWholeBrainStory. We recommend you use photos or other visuals, but these are not required.
- • A description of your company (industry, employee size, location) and of your role in the company.
- • The problem you aimed to solve and why you elected to use Whole Brain® Thinking.
- • How you applied Whole Brain® Thinking to execute a solution, described in detail .
- • Results you achieved through application of Whole Brain® Thinking. Please be sure to use any available information you have on quantitative measurements (increase in productivity, etc.).
- • Your Whole Brain® Story must focus on use of Whole Brain® Thinking to solve a specific need or problem within your current organization. You must be able to verify that your current company is a Herrmann customer.
- • Submissions are accepted in English only.
- • Submissions must be original, unique, and not previously published elsewhere.
- • Submissions must feature at least one photo or video asset.
- • No limit to the number of submissions you can send, but only one submission per company can be selected for showcase and as a winner.
- • No one who is related to or otherwise similarly affiliated with a Herrmann employee can participate.
Our internal team will be picking our favorite 10 submissions and posting those to Facebook and LinkedIn starting June 4. Whichever 3 stories get the most likes will be rewarded with a Whole Brain prize. Our team will be scoring stories based on the following:
- • Content quality: How well the content is presented and described; how easy the text is to read or a video to watch.
- • Originality: How original the scenario presented by the Story is.
- • Adherence to requirements. How well the submission follows guidelines provided, such as length, etc.
- • Level of detail. How comprehensive the scenario presented by the Story is. How logical and complete the Story is.
- • Understanding of Whole Brain® Thinking. How well the submission shows an understanding of Whole Brain® Thinking and the core tenets behind the model.
Terms & Conditions
- The Whole Brain® Stories program is open to users aged 18 years or over, except employees of Herrmann and their close relatives and anyone otherwise connected with the organization.
- All submissions should only feature stories or case studies that have occurred on or after 1/1/19. These must be able to be verified. The Entrant shall be responsible for the accuracy of the required information. The Organizer, Herrmann, shall assume no liability for incomplete or inaccurate information. In the case of indicating false information, disqualification from the campaign can take place.
- You warrant to us that you created your submission(s), that you own all of the copyright in these, and that our use of the entries in accordance with these rules will not infringe upon any person's intellectual property rights or other legal rights.
- Submission limit: no limit, an Entrant can submit any number of Whole Brain® Stories to; however, no more than ONE reward offer per organization will be awarded.
- Whole Brain® Stories sent after June 30 2020 at 11:59 p.m. PT will not be eligible. Any entries which are incomplete, incorrect, incomprehensible, or not received by Herrmann will not be considered. Submissions that do not comply with these terms and conditions will be disqualified
- Reward offers only valid for current Herrmann customers who are not considered Net New. Company must be based in North America or the United Kingdom.
- Social media submissions must use the designated hashtag and tag Herrmann International social media accounts.
- Fulfillment of any rewards based upon availability.
- Any rewards must be claimed by Dec. 31, 2020, after which they are considered expired, forfeited and no longer valid. Rewards are non-refundable, non-transferable and non-exchangeable for
cash, credit or any other items. - All submissions are considered property of Herrmann and can be shared publicly by the company. All winners must be willing to share their case study story on Herrmann website and social media channels. By submitting, posting, or sending entries for the Whole Brain Stories campaign, you automatically grant Herrmann a worldwide, exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable license to copy, store, edit, distribute, transmit and publish your contest entries. You understand that we may use your materials, and any ideas, concepts or know-how contained therein, without payment of money or any other form of consideration, for any purpose including advertising, promotional, marketing, publicity, trade or commercial purposes, without attribution, and without the requirement of any permission from or payment to you or to any other person or entity. You agree that your materials may be copied or exported from the Site and published
elsewhere on the Internet, including on any social media sites. In addition, you understand that any submissions you provide may be removed from the Site at any time, for any reason. You grant us the right to use your username, real name, image, likeness, descriptions of you, location or other identifying information, in connection with any use of your materials. - In order to be able to participate in the Whole Brain® Stories campaign, it is essential to indicate personal information in a complete manner and that this information is free from error. By participating in the Whole Brain® Stories campaign, the submitter expressly gives Herrmann their consent to save and process the required information. Furthermore, the submitter expressly gives their consent to transfer the data for the purpose of conducting the program. The submitter may revoke their consent to process and save the information at any time and thereby withdraw from participation. For additional details on privacy policy applicable to this campaign, please review details here.
