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#5
5. Make the space remember
Good facilitators should also write ideas down on an accessible surface. One could hold their brainstorms in rooms wallpapered with whiteboards or butcher paper. Alternatively, one could also use easel-sized Post-it notes.
When the facilitator tries to pull together all the ideas after the session, she can stack up nice, tidy rectangular things instead of spreading butcher paper all the way down the hall.
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#4
4. Build and jump
Most brainstorming sessions follow a power curve: They start out slowly, build to a crescendo, and then start to plateau. The best facilitators nurture the conversation in its early stages, step out of the way as the ideas start to flow, and then jump in a...
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#6-#7
6. Stretch your mental muscles
Brainstorming, like marathon running, should begin with warm-up exercises.
7. Get physical
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#1-#3
1. Sharpen the focus
Start with a well-honed statement of the problem at hand. Edgy is better than fuzzy. Best topic statements focus outward on a specific customer need or service enhancement rather than inward on some organizational goal.
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