DOUBLE BRAINSTORMING
DOUBLE BRAINSTORMING 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
- Search thiagi.com Freebies Training Games DOUBLE BRAINSTORMING DOUBLE BRAINSTORMING If you have a group of 30 participants, it is a good idea to divide them into teams to ensure increased participation.
- Instead of organizing static teams, you can also keep rearranging them to prevent premature groupthink.
- Let's assume that you are facilitating this group of 30 participants to brainstorm ideas for increasing sales in your organization.
- Here is technique for profiting from convergent and divergent thinking: Give each participant an index card with a letter-number combination.
- Here is technique for profiting from convergent and divergent thinking: Give each participant an index card with a letter number combination.
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Search thiagi.com Freebies Training Games DOUBLE BRAINSTORMING DOUBLE BRAINSTORMING If you have a group of 30 participants, it is a good idea to divide them into teams to ensure increased participation.
Let's assume that you are facilitating this group of 30 participants to brainstorm ideas for increasing sales in your organization.
Here is technique for profiting from convergent and divergent thinking: Give each participant an index card with a letter-number combination.
Here is technique for profiting from convergent and divergent thinking: Give each participant an index card with a letter number combination.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: DOUBLE BRAINSTORMING. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Search thiagi.com Freebies Training Games DOUBLE BRAINSTORMING DOUBLE BRAINSTORMING If you have a group of 30 participants, it is a good idea to divide them into teams to ensure increased participation.; Let's assume that you are facilitating this group of 30 participants to brainstorm ideas for increasing sales in your organization.; Here is technique for profiting from convergent and divergent thinking: Give each participant an index card with a letter-number combination.; Here is technique for profiting from convergent and divergent thinking: Give each participant an index card with a letter number combination.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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