Best Year Ever - Knowmium: The Un-Training Consultancy
Best Year Ever - Knowmium: The Un-Training Consultancy is an ideation warm-up exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- The facilitator creates an online canvas for each group that includes the following sections:
- “Brainstorm” for documenting initial ideas
- “Sidebars” reveal interesting facets of the idea
- “Quotes” can be from anyone as long as they’re related to the idea
- “Images” for posting images, drawings, or uploads of the idea
- Groups work on their own. 30-45 minutes is enough time if they are familiar with the virtual tools.
- The facilitator creates an online canvas for each group that includes the following sections: “Brainstorm” for documenting initial ideas “Sidebars” reveal interesting facets of the idea
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“Brainstorm” for documenting initial ideas
Groups work on their own. 30-45 minutes is enough time if they are familiar with the virtual tools.
The facilitator creates an online canvas for each group that includes the following sections: “Brainstorm” for documenting initial ideas “Sidebars” reveal interesting facets of the idea
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Best Year Ever - Knowmium: The Un-Training Consultancy. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: “Brainstorm” for documenting initial ideas; Groups work on their own. 30-45 minutes is enough time if they are familiar with the virtual tools.; The facilitator creates an online canvas for each group that includes the following sections: “Brainstorm” for documenting initial ideas “Sidebars” reveal interesting facets of the idea. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
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