101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

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666

Background

Time to gamble again! Get out those dice and help Papa get a new pair of shoes (or some-

thing like that). But don’t expect to win money like the devil. In fact, don’t even think of

the devil. The 666 technique has nothing to do with old Beezelbub.

The 666 activity is the creation of Doug Hall (1994). It is based on principles of combi-

nation and free association and is somewhat similar to Circle of Opportunity [23] and

Mad Scientist [27]. The problem elements used, however, are not organized into logical

categories. As in Mad Scientist, you use dice to select elements to combine.

Objectives

• To help participants generate as many creative ideas as possible


• To help participants learn how to use the activities to generate ideas

Participants

Small groups of four to seven people each

Materials, Supplies, and Equipment

• For each group: markers, one white, one green, and one red die (or any three dice of
  different colors),two flip charts, and masking tape for posting flip-chart sheets


• For each participant: one sheet each of three different colors of sticking dots
  (^1 ⁄ 2 ” diameter) and one pad of 4 x 6 Post-it®Notes

Handout

• 666 Handout

Time

45 minutes

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