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IdeaFisher Cracks the Code of the Private Eye

November 10, 2004 -- Today IdeaFisher announces the release of ther brand-new Expert Investigator program, a formidable four-pack of award-winning IdeaFisher software designed to help you get to the bottom of any mystery, crime or conundrum. Expert Private Eye Nicholas Cannon brings his 17 years of depth to the program, crafting a Qbank Module and integrating a program process that guides the user step-by-step through the PI process. I began developing this tool since I first started working the beat as an investigator says Mr. Cannon, But over time it became THE TOOL I used to help me stay on track in any given case. I then used it to instruct my partners and fellow investigators, and it became the formula for our award-winning investigation services. IdeaFishers Expert Investigation Program guides you through a logical progression of questions, helping you to achieve a single-minded focus on the facts without prejudice or bias but with a healthy amount of skepticism The investigators curiosity, tenacity and resolve as a detective will be sparked by the unanswerable questions, leading you to form an initial hypothesis for those unknowns. This is where you get to unleash your deviously creative mind: Who would do such a thing? Why would they ever do such a thing? How could they do such a thing? The program helps you drill-down into each of these issues and ferret-out the answers, while finding ever smaller clues leading to a robust case. IdeaFishers Expert Investigation Program then helps you process the information you gather through interviews, surveillance and other investigative procedures. Sifting through your findings, you will use IdeaFisher and Cannons exhaustive series of questions and concepts to help you delineate fact from fiction in your systematic search for evidence. Once you have verified and/or corroborated your cache of facts, youre prepared to start making conclusions and testing your hypotheses. The program will help you sharpen your critical thinking skills, inductive and deductive reasoning, analytical assessment and above all else, your ability to remain open minded to any twists and turns your investigation may unveil. Your interface with Expert Investigator will train you to consider every possible aspect of every stage of your investigation. You will ask yourself questions like: On what evidence have I based my conclusion? Do I have enough evidence? Is my evidence relevant? Have I considered negative evidence-i.e. evidence, which might point toward a different conclusion? Is my conclusion verifiable? Is this the only possible conclusion that can be drawn? Would others, given the same evidence, arrive at the same conclusion? And hundreds more probing inquiries that force the user to consider every angle, every aspect of the investigation. The Expert Investigator package includes the established IdeaFisher 6.1, a powerful 65,000 word associative thinking program that acts as the ultimate sounding board and catalyst for any type of brainstorming allowing you to tap into a deep well of creative thinking with every keystroke. The 2,400 question Modification Module is the ultimate companion piece to any other module. Sometimes called the most valuable module in the set, this program will completely expose weaknesses and amplify strengths of any decision you make. Finally, the Conflict Resolution module allows you to prepare for any important conversation by walking you through numerous scenarios developed by expert negotiators and coaches. With these four modules in your arsenal, the Expert Investigator package will provide you with a powerful secret weapon in the world of detection. We hope to see a new breed of Private Investigators graduating over the next few years Cannon adds. Fueled by the pervasiveness of the popular CSI television series and others like it, schools are finding this area of study to be one of the top 3 career choices for college freshmen. We believe our tools provide a clear and definitive course, that is seasoned in real-life application. And we hope to see ever more diligent PIs in the future as a result. Cannon has extensive experience in human relations, vast knowledge of human behavior and superior scientific fact-finding skills and was recently invited to help plan a new entrance exam for would-be California Licensed Investigators. The company can be reached at http://www.ideafishing.com, emailing to me@ideafisher.com or by calling 949-903-1987. Prices range from $49 to $549 for modules and complete systems. Reduced-price pgrades are available to legacy IdeaFisher users, and give the benefit of a deep discount on the upcoming v7.0 release. The current BLOG for IdeaFisher can be found here: http://richcontent.blogs.com/ideafisher_creativity_min/ IdeaFisher Systems, Inc is a developer and marketer of creativity, brainstorming, mind mapping and problem solving software solutions and technologies. Founded by the co-founder of Century 21 Real Estate, Marsh Fisher, in 1978, the company has sold over 360,000 copies of this award-winning software to nearly every Fortune 5,000 company, as well as top educators, writers, PR professionals, researchers, product developers and the like. ExitPath Corporation is a Portland, Oregon-based consultancy and product developer focused on accelerating the growth of early-stage companies through increased revenue generation and reducing time-to-market of products and services. The company operates primarily within the Portland/Vancouver metro area, with additional offices in the TechCoast region Santa Barbara to San Diego. The company can be reached online at http://www.exitpath.com.