| Ever lost for ideas while working in a
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| | exercises for you and your group to
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| group? One of the most often-used
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| | practice:1. Ideas to start a business
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| technique for generating many ideas is
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| | with less than $100 in the bank.2.
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| Brainstorming. Alex Osborn, a partner in
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| | Generate ideas to make an effective
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| an advertising agency, developed
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| | advertisement for a business.3. To
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| brainstorming techniques years ago in
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| | improve sales of a new product.4.
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| 1941 to help his employees to come up
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| | Generate ideas to get people to buy what
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| with many, many ideas for their
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| | I am selling (for example, Health
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| advertising business.To enable
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| | Products) instead of flowers for
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| Brainstorming to be effective, there are
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| | Valentine's Day.5. To find ways to get
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| certain rules to follow. One of the most
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| | rid of excess products (for example,
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| important is that no one should make any
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| | food, flowers and others) that will be
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| judgment about anyone's ideas. There
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| | rotting in a week's time.Just a note for
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| should be a FREE-FLOW of ideas (that's
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| | Solo Warriors:Brainstorming is usually
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| why Brainstorm is put under the WATER
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| | done in a group for obvious reasons. In
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| Element category!) and everyone's ideas
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| | any case, if you are ever caught alone
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| are to be respected and taken into
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| | with an IDEA FLOW blockage, you can still
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| account.Let's go through the steps of
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| | brainstorm alone by jotting down ideas on
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| setting up an effective Brainstorming
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| | paper or laptop. The same rules apply and
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| session:1. Get into small groups of less
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| | that is to jot ideas as they flow without
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| than six (it was found to be more
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| | considering whether they are good or bad.
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| effective) and select a leader and a
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| | The evaluation of your responses can be
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| recorder (they may be the same
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| | done later after you feel that the flow
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| person).2. The leader must explain the
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| | of ideas is subsiding.The Stone Soup
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| focus topic and goals of the
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| | LegendThere exists a tale, handed down
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| Brainstorming session. In short, he/she
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| | from times long ago, of two travelers on
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| must make sure that everyone is clear on
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| | a pilgrimage. Hungry and tired from a
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| the topic being explored.3. The leader
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| | long day's journey, they come to a small,
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| should spell out the rules of an
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| | impoverished, medieval village, where
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| effective Brainstorming session. These
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| | they decide to rest by the side of the
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| will include:There are no WRONG
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| | road. One of the travelers builds a small
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| ideas!Everyone plays a part to
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| | fire, upon which he places a large pot,
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| contribute.No laughing and poking fun at
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| | while the other, having drawn water from
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| people's ideas. No CRITICISM!Do not
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| | the town well, fills the pot and places
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| discuss or argue about the ideas
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| | into the vessel a simple stone. As the
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| given.The person in charge must record
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| | two men sit by the fire, bringing their
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| all ideas without any biasness.4. It is
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| | "stone soup" to a boil, the local
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| also important to set a realistic time
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| | villagers become inquisitive of the
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| limit. This is to prevent wastage of
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| | curious antics of these strangers.
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| precious time and the group members tend
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| | Eventually, several townsfolk decide to
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| to be more motivated to give their best,
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| | investigate the matter and approach the
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| without delays.5. Start the
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| | two travelers to engage them in
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| brainstorming.6. Usually, anyone can
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| | conversation.Shortly thereafter, there is
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| contribute their ideas at any time,
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| | heard the sound of merriment, as the
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| without any restrictions. But, there are
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| | visitors, who turn out to be quite
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| groups that use a small game to enhance
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| | friendly, share their tales of the lands
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| the effectiveness of their Brainstorming
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| | and people they have met throughout their
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| sessions. This includes getting the
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| | journey and pilgrimage with the local
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| leader to start the Brainstorming session
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| | villagers.Finally, a young boy asks the
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| by throwing a tennis ball to another
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| | travelers "But why, pray thee, are you
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| member for his turn to give an idea. And
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| | boiling a stone?"One of the pilgrims
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| in turn, he/she will pass the ball to
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| | replies, "So we may eat stone soup.""It
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| another member for his turn to give
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| | must be terribly bland!" says an old
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| another idea.Whatever it is, there are no
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| | woman. "But I have a cabbage, which will
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| real hard and fast rules about this. As
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| | add some flavor!""And I, some carrots,
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| long as ideas are continuously flowing
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| | which will add color!" says another
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| from each member, the objective is
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| | villager."Some potatoes!", offers
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| met.7. The recorder should write down all
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| | another, until, shortly, by the
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| responses and enable the other members to
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| | contribution of a little by many, a
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| see them. This help a lot in the
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| | hearty stew was made, upon which the
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| brainstorming as sometimes, ideas of
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| | entire village and the weary pilgrims
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| others can help spark more original ideas
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| | dined... and while doing so, shared their
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| form the rest of the group.8. Usually
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| | tales, talents, and camaraderie
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| after the Brainstorming session, the
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| | throughout the night.The very next day,
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| group will need to go through the results
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| | the travelers (who by now could be called
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| and begin to evaluate the ideas
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| | "strangers" no more), continued their
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| given.Certain questions to ponder upon
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| | journey, leaving the little town, and its
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| include:Are there ideas that are
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| | people, behind. But the villagers never
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| similar?Can some of the ideas and
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| | forgot them, and the lesson they had
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| concepts be grouped together for
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| | learned. In fact, during the hardest of
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| clarity?Are there ideas that are really
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| | times, in such a time as this tale, that
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| impossible to use at this point of time
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| | little village thrived, because the
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| (maybe due to lack of resources or other
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| | townsfolk never forgot how to make "stone
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| reasons)?Putting Your Elements to
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| | soup".
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| Work:Here are some Brainstorming
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