Personal Buzzfeed
Personal Buzzfeed 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
- In People Science groups collectively choose a topic of interest
- Just like the website buzzfeed, each person has 2 min to share their thoughts on that topic while an
- Share key ideas in a large group each group will most likely have a very different topic
- Do round two later in the day where each participant can self-select what topic they want to follow up on
- and dive into more detail with others who share the same topic/category interest
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Prompts to use +
In People Science groups collectively choose a topic of interest
Just like the website buzzfeed, each person has 2 min to share their thoughts on that topic while an
Share key ideas in a large group each group will most likely have a very different topic
Do round two later in the day where each participant can self-select what topic they want to follow up on
and dive into more detail with others who share the same topic/category interest
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Personal Buzzfeed. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In People Science groups collectively choose a topic of interest; Just like the website buzzfeed, each person has 2 min to share their thoughts on that topic while an; Share key ideas in a large group each group will most likely have a very different topic; Do round two later in the day where each participant can self-select what topic they want to follow up on. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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