IdeaPaint Partners with Innovative Excellence to Inspire Creativity and Innovation

Communications Technology Company to Participate in Front End of Innovation Conference and Upcoming Innovative Cities Tours in Boston, San Francisco, and Chicago

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IdeaPaint today announced that it has partnered with Innovative Excellence, the world's largest crowd-sourced innovation website. The partnership will involve the launch of the 100 Innovation Stories Project and 2014 Innovation Cities Tour where IdeaPaint will help crowd source and curate stories of real innovators caught in the act of changing the world across all industries.

Innovation Excellence is the online home of the global innovation community, building on a rapidly-growing network with thousands of members from over 175 countries – thought leaders, executives, practitioners, consultants, vendors, and academia representing all sectors and industries.

“The Innovative Cities Tour is a great opportunity to share knowledge, discover new resources, and accelerate innovation across the country,” said Jeff Avallon, VP of Business Development at IdeaPaint. “Innovative Excellence and IdeaPaint share a common vision and together we can disrupt the status quo and bring big ideas to life.”

Avallon will also be speaking at the upcoming Innovation Cities Tour in Boston and become a contributor to the Innovative Excellence blog series entitled “CreativeThinkers” where he will interview doers and disruptors that are inspiring change in the way we think at work, home, and school.

IdeaPaint walls will be featured at the following events to capture new stories that promote groundbreaking innovation and creativity:

• Boston Innovation Cities Tour on May 12^th at the IBM Innovation Center in Cambridge
• Front End of Innovation on May 13-15^th at the World Trade Center in Boston
• San Francisco Innovation Cities Tour on June 17^th at Autodesk in San Rafael
• Chicago Innovation Cities Tour, date and place to be announced

About IdeaPaint
IdeaPaint is the creator of the high-performance dry erase paint category. The Company’s products and related accessories create dynamic, collaborative environments with corporate, educational and home settings. IdeaPaint is also a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Top Ten Small Business and a Small Business Association of New England Innovation Award Winner. For more information, please visit www.ideapaint.com. For ongoing company and product updates, follow IdeaPaint on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ideapaint or connect on Facebook at www.facebook.com/IdeaPaint.