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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
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_ New techniques for team building
_ Gain confidence in lateral thinking
_ Learn methods to better support each other
_ Be less afraid to fail
_ Have fun
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AGENDA
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Intro Activities Activities 2-hour Lunch Activities ActivitiesBreak Break
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DESIGNER + TEACHER BY DAY
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IMPROVISOR BY NIGHT
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What is brainstorming?
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What is brainstorming? LATERAL THINKING
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IN AN IDEAL BRAINSTORM EVERYONE…
_ Generates brilliant ideas _ Witholds judgment of ideas _ Listens _ Contributes
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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
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Today, we’ll focus on how we can break out of brainstorming ruts using techniques borrowed from improvisation.
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What is improvisation?
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Uh, oh. Can I leave now?
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“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
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improv rules!
Literally. But constraints are good, too.
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Yes and … Taking an idea that someone else has said, accepting it, and adding to it.
IMPROV RULE #1
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Listening Really, actively listening to what your team is saying to each other.
IMPROV RULE #2
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IMPROV RULE #3
Suspending Judgment Allow the silly, the crazy, and the abnormal to come out
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Reacting Taking what is given in a scene and reacting to whatever comes out
IMPROV RULE #4
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Support & Trust It’s only wrong if no one supports it.
IMPROV RULE #5
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Yes and… Listening Suspending Judgment Reacting Suport & Trust
Improv Rules
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AGENDA
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Intro Activities Activities 2-hour Lunch Activities ActivitiesBreak Break
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Part 1: Focuses on flexing our lateral thinking skills by suspending judgment and being okay with failure.
ACTIVITY
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GET IN A LARGE CIRCLE !
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_ Stretch _ Name Game _ Energy Ball _ Zip, Zap, Zop _ Categories + Failure
Activities Part: Warm-up for presence and lateral thinking
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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
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_ No, Yes _ Gift Giving _ Advertisement !
Activities Part: 2
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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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Intro Activities Activities 2-hour Lunch Activities ActivitiesBreak Break
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Part 3: Making connections by reacting and suspending judgment.
ACTIVITY
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_ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 _ Word ball _ Make connections (words)
Activities Part: 3
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Part 4: Focuses on a direct application everything we’ve learned to a client brainstorming activity.
ACTIVITY
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_ Bodystorming _ Freeze !
Activities Part: 4
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Yes and… Listening Suspending Judgment Reacting Suport & Trust
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Improv Rules
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B U E N O S A I R E S
Kick-ass BrainstormingKat Davis