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Ideation Warm-Up ยท Divergent Ideation

Carousel

Spread the flip-charts through the entire room, making sure there is enough distance in between to allow group discussions between participants without disturbing the others too much.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), PairsGROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Participation Architecture This divergent ideation exercise strengthens Participation Architecture, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Spread the flip-charts through the entire room, making sure there is enough distance in between to allow group discussions between participants without disturbing the others too much.
  2. Quickly introduce the topic at hand and go through the questions of each flip-chart, making sure everybody understands the questions correctly.
  3. Aks participants to split into pairs, or groups up to 5 people if you have a bigger group. You should have one group per flip-chart/question.
  4. Ask each group to answer the question by adding their ideas, facts and opinions on the flip-chart either with images, writing or post-it artifacts in a way that it is possible for others to interprete the data presented.
  5. Give each group 2-3min time to add their information and rotate to the next flip-chart (clock-wise or counter clock-wise)
  6. Repeat until each group has answered all the questions.
  7. Give the entire group another 5-10min to review all generated content and move to the next step: prioritization and/or deeper research into some of the ideas generated.
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Prompts to use +

Quickly introduce the topic at hand and go through the questions of each flip-chart, making sure everybody understands the questions correctly.

Aks participants to split into pairs, or groups up to 5 people if you have a bigger group. You should have one group per flip-chart/question.

Ask each group to answer the question by adding their ideas, facts and opinions on the flip-chart either with images, writing or post-it artifacts in a way that it is possible for others to interprete the data presented.

Give each group 2-3min time to add their information and rotate to the next flip-chart (clock-wise or counter clock-wise)

Repeat until each group has answered all the questions.

Give the entire group another 5-10min to review all generated content and move to the next step: prioritization and/or deeper research into some of the ideas generated.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Carousel. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Quickly introduce the topic at hand and go through the questions of each flip-chart, making sure everybody understands the questions correctly.; Aks participants to split into pairs, or groups up to 5 people if you have a bigger group. You should have one group per flip-chart/question.; Ask each group to answer the question by adding their ideas, facts and opinions on the flip-chart either with images, writing or post-it artifacts in a way that it is possible for others to interprete the data presented.; Give each group 2-3min time to add their information and rotate to the next flip-chart (clock-wise or counter clock-wise). Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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