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What would Dumbledore do? 10 ways to spice up your brainstorms

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What would Dumbledore do? 10 ways to spice up your brainstorms

When you need to help people get their creative juices flowing, free up their imagination and come up with ideas in quantity rather than being silenced by the need for quality... a brainstorm is the go-to technique. But sometimes the ideas stop, especially in a virtual meeting. Here are ten ways to get things moving again.

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Meta plan or sticky note brainstorm - exploring a classic facilitation technique

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Meta plan or sticky note brainstorm - exploring a classic facilitation technique

When a facilitator invites a group to write multiple answers to an open question, put each one on a separate sticky-note and post them on a real or virtual wall, it's the first step in a classic technique called 'meta planning' (other names are available). So far, so good. But why do we do this and what happens next?