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Interaction14South AmericaEl evento de Diseño de Interacción y Experiencia de Usuario más importante de Latinoamérica.

B U E N O S A I R E S

Kick-ass BrainstormingKat Davis @iamgato

GOALS

18 NOVEMBER 2014

_ New techniques for team building

_ Gain confidence in lateral thinking

_ Learn methods to better support each other

_ Be less afraid to fail

_ Have fun

ISA ’14 // KICK-ASS BRAINSTORMING

AGENDA

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Intro Activities Activities 2-hour Lunch Activities ActivitiesBreak Break


DESIGNER + TEACHER BY DAY

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ISA ’14 // KICK-ASS BRAINSTORMING 5

IMPROVISOR BY NIGHT


What is brainstorming?


What is brainstorming? LATERAL THINKING


IN AN IDEAL BRAINSTORM EVERYONE…

_ Generates brilliant ideas _ Witholds judgment of ideas _ Listens _ Contributes


BUT THIS DOESN’T ALWAYS HAPPEN.

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_ Power dynamics in the room _ Judge our own ideas & others _ Introverts aren’t heard _ That one person dominates


Today, we’ll focus on how we can break out of brainstorming ruts using techniques borrowed from improvisation.


What is improvisation?


Uh, oh. Can I leave now?


“The art of not knowing what the hell you are going to do or say, and being completely okay with that.”

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- Mick Napier


improv rules!

Literally. But constraints are good, too.


Yes and … Taking an idea that someone else has said, accepting it, and adding to it.

IMPROV RULE #1


Listening Really, actively listening to what your team is saying to each other.

IMPROV RULE #2


IMPROV RULE #3

Suspending Judgment Allow the silly, the crazy, and the abnormal to come out


Reacting Taking what is given in a scene and reacting to whatever comes out

IMPROV RULE #4


Support & Trust It’s only wrong if no one supports it.

IMPROV RULE #5


Yes and… Listening Suspending Judgment Reacting Suport & Trust

Improv Rules


AGENDA

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Part 1: Focuses on flexing our lateral thinking skills by suspending judgment and being okay with failure.

ACTIVITY


GET IN A LARGE CIRCLE !


_ Stretch _ Name Game _ Energy Ball _ Zip, Zap, Zop _ Categories + Failure

Activities Part: Warm-up for presence and lateral thinking


BREAK & WRITE !

How can you better embrace failure into your work as a designer this month?

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Part 2: Focuses on saying yes and accepting other people’s ideas.

ACTIVITY


_ No, Yes _ Gift Giving _ Advertisement !

Activities Part: 2


LUNCH BREAK & WRITE !

What are actions that you can take this week to bring, “yes and …” into your work as a designer?

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AGENDA

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Part 3: Making connections by reacting and suspending judgment.

ACTIVITY


_ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 _ Word ball _ Make connections (words)

Activities Part: 3


Part 4: Focuses on a direct application everything we’ve learned to a client brainstorming activity.

ACTIVITY


_ Bodystorming _ Freeze !

Activities Part: 4


Yes and… Listening Suspending Judgment Reacting Suport & Trust

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Improv Rules

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Kick-ass BrainstormingKat Davis

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