Life Skills & Leadership: Unit 2, Session 4: Creative Ideas | Page 65 of 127“Here is a list of a few ways you can be more creative, especially when trying to come up with a lot
of different options in the Ask step of PAUSE. Look at them and tell me which are like the
statements about creativity that I read to you a few moments ago.”- Help participants make connections between the statements about creativity and the items on Flip
chart 1. If needed, you can re-read statement “e)” (which relates to having lots of ideas, adding to a
list, and eliminating ideas), statement “f)” (which relates to thinking of the opposite), and
statement “g)” (which relates to the need to have a lot of people if you want to invent a lot of
ideas).
B. Summary
Summarize by saying:
“Most of these five ways of being more creative are based on doing something with ideas that other
people have thought of. You don’t have to come up with unique ideas to be creative. In the next
activity you’ll see how everyone can contribute to creative ideas by using one of these ideas.III. Practice (30 minutes)
Materials:
Flip chart 2: Party Food
Flip chart 3: Party Entertainment
Flip chart 4: Party Guests
Flip chart 5: Party Location
Flip chart 6: Party Date and Time
A. Get Creative
Participants practice various ways to think more creatively.
- Explain that you would like everyone to have practice coming up with creative ideas. Say:
“To give you some practice, let’s imagine we are going to plan a party. There are many decisions to
make related to food, entertainment, guests to invite, location, date, and time. If we have decided to
have a party in the first step of PAUSE, our next step is to Ask what all the options might be. I would like
you to work with your group to come up with ideas so we can think about as many options for our party
as possible.”- Since participants are already divided into five groups from the Motivation activity, you can ask them
to stay in those same groups. Distribute a flip chart page for the party to each group. Say:
“I’ve given each group a flip chart and I would like you to write down as many options as you can for
that topic. The groups working on ‘Party Food,’ ‘Party Entertainment,’ and ‘Party Location’ each have
$50* they can spend. Begin writing ideas. You have three minutes.”Note: Choose an appropriate amount of spending money for the host culture and number of participants in your group.