Project IDEA (Innovation Dissemination for the Education of Adults), a 2-year experimental program in the utilization of innovation, was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of a comprehensive strategy for disseminating and facilitating the utilization of selected program innovations in adult education. Implementation of this strategy involved two interrelated activities--an interregional demonstration and the establishment of a national dissemination network. Five intervention strategies (which are described separately in this report) were used in conducting the demonstration activities in the States of New York and New Jersey (Region II) and Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska (Region VII). These activities involved the selection of Program Innovation Centers (PIC's) and other dissemination methods for identifying improved program practices and products produced locally and for providing intensive technical assistance to interested programs in adapting and using practices and products. The project's second set of activities, involving the national dissemination network, identified, reviewed, and disseminated improved practices, products, and systems and was responsible for three publications: "IDEA Review," a quarterly inventory of innovation; "IDEA Bulletins," brief brochure descriptions of selected and recommended innovations; and "IDEA Report," a prototype of a more detailed analysis of a particular innovation or a replication manual. This report of project efforts includes a discussion of eight conclusions/findings (presented as "lessons learned") relating to the dissemination of practices and products for improved adult education programs, and recommendations for a national clearinghouse on adult education and for the role of State departments of education in dissemination activities. The appendixes provide examples of the project's three network publications. (SH)