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Is participant experience relevant?It's okay if participants haven't seen the inside of a classroom in years. Physical trust needed
Mental trust neededMATERIALSMaterial Descriptiona lot of post-its! (at least 20 per participant) REQUIREMENTSDuration10 minutes – 30 minutes Experience level of the facilitatorself explanatory, no experience needed Number of facilitators1 CHARACTER OF THE METHODLevel of activationactivatingWoo-Woo Level – How touchy-feely is this method?From 1.Rationalist-Materialist “No feelings here, folks.” to 5.Esoteric-Shamanic Bleeding Heart: Innovation Phases:• 2 Creating an Innovation-Friendly Culture Method Category:• Appreciative / Community building |
SHORT DESCRIPTIONThis method is about opening up and daring to ask any kind of questions concerning your project/enterprise. You present your “problem” and your audience will bombard you with solutions on post-its. BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND AND PURPOSEThe intention of this exercise is to a) open up and dare to ask any kind of questions concerning your project/enterprise and b) receive as many suggestions as possible in a short period of time. You will be surprised and overwhelmed about the collective wisdom of a group. ORIGINAL SOURCEKnowmads Alternative Business School STEP-BY-STEP GUIDEPRE-EXERCISESGive the participants some time to prepare their core questions concerning their project/enterprise. The more concrete the questions are, the greater impact the answers will have. 1 Present your CaseOne participant steps forward and briefly describes their case (which can be a project, an enterprise, an initiative...). At the end of the presentation, they ask 1 to 3 core questions, that they are working on and where help is needed. 2 Write FeedbackThe audience is now asked to write down all the helpful hints, suggestions, and ideas that come to mind on post-its, in response to the question(s) of the presenter. These helpful hints could be: contact details of a potential helper, a recommendation of a book or film, etc. The facilitator gives the audience about 5-10 minutes. Trust and follow your intuition. If there is no writing any more, you can finish the round. 3 PostOrama!Each audience member steps forward, saying aloud the idea on their post-it, and sticks the post-it either on the presenter's poster or on the presenter themselves! Keep it moving fast. 4 Next PresenterRotate through the group, repeating the process until everyone has had an opportunity to present their case. HARVESTAt the end the presenter keeps all the post-its. FURTHER INFORMATIONTrainers for this method can be hired here:http://www.plenum.at/ and http://pioneersofchange.at/ http://www.plenum.at/de/wer-wir-sind/team.html |