One concept that I found interesting this week was,
brainstorming. Brainstorming is popular
and a useful technique for creative problem solving. There are four guidelines
that are helpful in facilitating brainstorming, they are:
1.
The more ideas, the better. Quantity is
desirable.
2.
All ideas are welcome. The wilder the idea, the
better
3.
No criticism of ideas at this stage.
“freewheeling” is welcome
4.
Hitchhiking on ideas, using someone else’s idea
as a springboard for additional thoughts, and combining and improving on ideas
are encouraged.
Brainstorming is helpful when thinking of ideas. It can also
be a fun icebreaker for groups to get to know each other. I know that from
previous experience, when I have been in a group, we have used brainstorming to
come up with ideas. When have tried it as an ice breaker for our group. We had
everyone write an idea down and then out it in a hat, then one person reads
them all. Once they were all read, we tried hitchhiking off the ideas for more.
It was a fun activity and it worked for our group.
Thank you for sharing. I was glad you chose to write you blog on brainstorming when choosing a topic that wasn’t discussed. I have always loved brainstorming and found it useful in more than one situation. I learned from the text and your blog, that there are four facilitating guidelines to brainstorming. I agree with that four guidelines you listed, and feel that they are more than helpful techniques to facilitating brainstorming. I love how you mentioned that brainstorm is often times a great icebreaker, I feel ice breakers are a great way to develop more personal relationship among the group. Brainstorming as an icebreaker opens up members to that views and opinions of the personal relationships they are developing. I really appreciate you choosing this topic, and sharing the four guidelines to facilitating brainstorming. Your blog was very interesting and helpful and I thank you again for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBrainstorming is a powerful tool and technique for problem solving. It is especially beneficial in diverse groups. You listed the four guidelines that are helpful in facilitating brainstorming, quantity in ideas is desired, all ideas are welcome, criticism should be avoided initially, and combining and improving on ideas are encouraged. These four guidelines should be observed by group members, as the guidelines are important for strong brainstorming. In my experiences, brainstorming has always helped a group that I was in move forward and produce the best, most creative, ideas. Because we observed the four guidelines and had diverse opinions and experiences, we were able to come up with many ideas, withhold criticism, and build off of each other’s ideas.
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