Roving ideastorms
Build ideas by rotating several groups through related questions.
30 minutes · Adapt to your group; source does not state a numeric capacity
Use this activity in the Studio →Source timing: not specified overall; example rounds six, five, four, three minutes. Planning range is an estimate; adapt it to the actual group. Source group guidance: not specified. This describes the playing group, not a maximum attendance for the whole event.
Intention / Goal
Build ideas by rotating several groups through related questions.
Materials
Flip chart, Markers, Sticky notes, Timer
Facilitator & access notes
Rotate paper instead of people when that is more accessible. Write legibly and allow shorter later rounds when earlier groups have already filled the sheet. Overall duration is estimated.
How to facilitate it
- Create stations, each with a different clearly written question and a recording sheet.
- Start a small group at each station and invite ideas without immediate evaluation.
- Rotate groups, or rotate the sheets, asking each new group to add what is missing.
- Finish by reading the completed sheets and drawing together key possibilities.
Reflection prompts
- Notice: What did this activity reveal about how we work together?
- Carry forward: What would you like to try next?
Credit & lineage
Seeds for Change (documented version; original creator not established).
Concise original Playformation facilitator wording based on the Seeds for Change guide. Consent/access alternatives and estimated planning defaults are identified; this is not a claim of original authorship.
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