Party Invitations
Participants are asked to imagine that the product/service being designed is a party or event and to create an invitation.
How to run it
- Everyone is handed a piece of paper and a marker.
- Participants are asked to imagine that the product/service being designed is a party or event and to create an invitation.
- Participants are encouraged to refine their invitations in multiple iterations. Allow at least 10-15 minutes for invitation writing.
- Once everyone has completed their invitations, the facilitator calls for ideas on each element of an invitation in turn:
- Did anybody have a dress code?
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Participants are asked to imagine that the product/service being designed is a party or event and to create an invitation.
Participants are encouraged to refine their invitations in multiple iterations. Allow at least 10-15 minutes for invitation writing.
Once everyone has completed their invitations, the facilitator calls for ideas on each element of an invitation in turn:
Did anybody have a dress code?
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Party Invitations. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Participants are asked to imagine that the product/service being designed is a party or event and to create an invitation.; Participants are encouraged to refine their invitations in multiple iterations. Allow at least 10-15 minutes for invitation writing.; Once everyone has completed their invitations, the facilitator calls for ideas on each element of an invitation in turn:; Did anybody have a dress code?. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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