101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

89. You’re a Card, Andy! Background Many people play cards to relax and enjoy the company of others. Others play cards to escape ...

Related Activities As Easy As 6–3–5 [81] Brain Purge [82] Idea Mixer [84] Idea Pool [85] Out of the Blue Lightning Bolt Cloudbu ...

What was most challenging? What can we apply? How would you rate the value of this exercise to helping us with this issue? Will ...

90. Your Slip Is Showing Background This activity (also known as Crawford Slipwriting) may be the “mother of all formal small gr ...

Time 30 minutes Related Activities As Easy As 6–3–5 [81] Group Not [83] Idea Pool [85] Museum Madness [86] Organizational Brain ...

Variations Clark also suggests some variations, such as using abstract graphics to prompt ideas. Or participants could divide i ...

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Chapter 12 Brainwriting with Unrelated Stimuli T he activities in Chapter 11 are all based on stimuli related to the problem. Th ...

91. Altered States Background Many of the activities in this book are based on changing perspectives. Creating a new way of seei ...

Related Activities As Easy As 6–3–5 [81] Brain Purge [82] Idea Mixer [84] Idea Pool [85] Museum Madness [86] Procedure Distri ...

Altered States Handout Suppose you want to generate cereal product ideas. First, list bizarre, wild, altered states: When is th ...

Altered States Questions Handout When is the product or service consumed or purchased? Response 1: ___________________________ ...

92. Balloon, Balloon, Balloon Background The fun factor is an important ingredient during any idea generation ses- sion. Several ...

Related Activities As Easy As 6–3–5 [81] Group Not [83] Idea Pool [85] Out of the Blue Lightning Bolt Cloudbuster [88] Procedu ...

Post-it®Notes. (This procedure of writing new ideas on the notes helps ensure that no ideas are left out of consideration.) Tel ...

Balloon, Balloon, Balloon Handout Assume you want ideas about how to sell more office chairs. Your group examines sever- al slip ...

93. Bouncing Ball Background You’ve probably heard the expression “Let’s bounce that idea around.” Well, this activity allows a ...

Procedure Have each group select a recorder to write down ideas on a flip chart. Tell the members of each group to stand in a s ...

94. Brainsketching Background If you’re like many people, you may enjoy drawing doodles and sketches of various objects. You may ...

Time 45 minutes Related Activities Rorschach Revisionist [18] Drawing Room [59] Modular Brainstorming [62] Brain Purge [82] Ide ...