Brain Purge

Submitted by jon on Tue, 2006-12-05 03:00.

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Group facilitation methods: Idea Generating

Identification

Level of process:

Method

Intent or purpose:

To generate a lot of ideas in a short period of time. Brain Purge can be used as an intervention also when a group has run out of ideas in an idea generation session.

Recognizable Components:

This is similar to Brain Writing.

Optimal amount of time needed:

2 minutes

Howto

Level of participation:

high

Level of Difficulty to Facilitate:

Facilitation skills required

Resources Needed:

Depending on the size of the group something like 10 - 20 cards per person. Cards should be the size of a half sheet of paper (A5 or 81/2 x 51/2"). Have at least one marker per person. Blue or black markers are best.

Procedures:

Context

Explain the process to the group.

Steps

1. Give each person 10 cards and one marker.

2. Ask people to not talk during the exercise and that they put one idea per card.

3. Ask the participants to write down one idea on a card and pass it to the person on their right.

4. Ask them to read at the card they just received. They can do one of three things. They can ideas to the card. If they disagree they can write on a new card a counter idea. Otherwise they can create a new card. Pass their work to the person on their right.

5. Keep the process going for about 10 minutes.

6. Process the cards by either selecting from them or clustering them into categories or both.

Background

Developer:

unknown

Derived from:

Suggested by Silviya Beloshinova, a university student at Hanze University, Groningen, The Netherlands.

License Model:

Open

Website:

http://www.iaf-methods.org

Suppliers

Creators:

Name	City	Country
VALDUS	Port Louis	Mauritius

Trainers:

Name	City	Country
CFI Syllab Inc.	Montreal	Canada
VALDUS	Port Louis	Mauritius

Consultants:

Name	City	Country
CFI Syllab Inc.	Montreal	Canada
VALDUS	Port Louis	Mauritius

Supporters:

Name	City	Country
VALDUS	Port Louis	Mauritius

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