101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

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101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving.Copyright © 2005 by John Wiley &

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14. Idea Shopping

Background

This technique encourages participants to do something for which they may not need

encouragement: hop in their cars, head for the nearest shopping mall, and shop until they

drop! And some can take care of two needs at once: buy themselves something spiffy to

wear or check out all the latest goods, and generate some ideas as well.

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 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


• One notepad and pen or pencil for each participant to carry into a store

Handout

• Idea Shopping Handout

Time

30 minutes (also requires one week prior preparation time)

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