Collective Notebook
Group facilitation methods: Combining Ideas, Idea Generating, Sharing Information
Identification
To encourage idea generation within an organisation.
Howto
1. Every day, for one month each participant writes
one idea in the notebook.
2. At regular periods during the month, participants are
given further related information from the experts,
the literature and colleagues.
3. After four weeks, the participants present a brief
written summary, giving:
- Their best idea to solve the problem
- Ideas for further investigations that might help
solve the problem
- Any completely new ideas about issues
unconnected to the problem.
4. The notebooks are collected (by the co-ordinator),
where the ideas are categorised and summarised.
5. Participants can then view all the notebooks and the
co-ordinator's report, after which there may be a
general group discussion.
