50 Word Epiphany
50 Word Epiphany is an ideation warm-up exercise for divergent ideation: it helps participants open up more possible ideas before choosing a direction.
How to run it
- Ask for 3 volunteers
- Once they are at the front of the room, ask which of them is better with words, more verbose, more
- have to go second
- Then give very specific instructions
- Give them a few moments to ponder.2
- Most likely they will not be able to do it and it will be fun to watch them try
- Ask the 3rd silent volunteer to try
- If they can't, simply offer to whisper one sentence into the timers ear and explain the
- VROXWLRQ simply count to 50 because no numbers spelled out have an A all the way past to one thousand!
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Prompts to use +
Once they are at the front of the room, ask which of them is better with words, more verbose, more
have to go second
Then give very specific instructions
Give them a few moments to ponder.2
Most likely they will not be able to do it and it will be fun to watch them try
Ask the 3rd silent volunteer to try
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: 50 Word Epiphany. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Once they are at the front of the room, ask which of them is better with words, more verbose, more; have to go second; Then give very specific instructions; Give them a few moments to ponder.2. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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