- Doodles [37]
- Drawing Room [59]
Procedure
- Give each group one bottle.
- Tell each small group to sit on the floor in a circle with a bottle in the center, lying
on its side. - Tell the groups to have one of the group members spin the bottle.
- Say that the person to whom the bottle points must suggest an idea.
- Have the groups discuss the idea for 107 seconds and try to use it as a spring-
board for additional ideas (Hall prefers using a more unconventional way of
approaching time to further emphasize creative perspectives). - Tell them that the person who suggested the previous idea must spin the bottle
again and the group repeats Steps 5 and 6 until everyone has suggested several
ideas. - Tell them to write down any ideas on Post-it®Notes (one idea per note) and place
them on flip charts for evaluation.
Debrief/Discussion
Spin the Bottle is a relatively simple exercise that most participants should experience as a
fun activity, although the quality of ideas will depend on the creativity of the participants.
This is an exercise you should monitor to ensure that each group’s energy level is main-
tained and that they don’t run out of ideas. If they do, you should move to another activi-
ty or have participants change groups.
Consider having participants debrief using the following questions:- What was most helpful about this exercise?
- What was most challenging?
- What can we apply?
- How would you rate the value of this exercise to helping us with this issue?
- Will this exercise be helpful in the future for other sessions?
- What did you learn?
- What will we be able to use from this exercise?
- What ideas were generated, and which ones were most interesting?
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