auditory - Project of How
auditory - Project of How is a prompted conversation exercise for divergent ideation: it helps participants open up more possible ideas before choosing a direction.
How to run it
- Write the first things that come to your mind
- Use a lot of different random images, preferably that have nothing to do with your idea, problem or focus questions.
- Instructions Prepare with a lot of different random images.
- Sit together around a table and show one image for 1 minute.
- During that one minute, each member in the group writes whatever he or she associates with these images on post-its.
- Continue this process until you feel that you have enough associations.
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- Write the first things that come to your mind Use a lot of different random images, preferably that have nothing to do with your idea, problem or focus questions.
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Write the first things that come to your mind
Use a lot of different random images, preferably that have nothing to do with your idea, problem or focus questions.
Instructions Prepare with a lot of different random images.
Sit together around a table and show one image for 1 minute.
During that one minute, each member in the group writes whatever he or she associates with these images on post-its.
Continue this process until you feel that you have enough associations.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: auditory - Project of How. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Write the first things that come to your mind; Use a lot of different random images, preferably that have nothing to do with your idea, problem or focus questions.; Instructions Prepare with a lot of different random images.; Sit together around a table and show one image for 1 minute.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Project of How; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Project of How.)
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