101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

101. The Shirt Off Your Back

Background

If you’re in any type of competitive or stressful work environment, there are times when

you would give the “shirt off your back” for a hot new idea. Well, this activity may help

you get the idea you need, and you can keep your shirt on.

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, two flip charts, and masking tape for taping sheets of paper
  to participants’ backs and for posting flip-chart sheets


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


• For each participant: one sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper

Time

20 minutes

Related Activities

• Modular Brainstorming [62]


• Idea Pool [85]


• Museum Madness [86]

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