Comments for Gamestorming

Comment on Squiggle Birds by Kerstin

Kerstin — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 20:54:54 +0000

Dave,
Thanks for sharing fine birds! It’s really fun!

Comment on Squiggle Birds by Lorrianne Nault

Lorrianne Nault — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 23:54:50 +0000

Just tried this with my team. We added to the exercise a bit. We did the squiggles and birds, but then did a round where each person added accessories or other details to each bird. This created a story or character that they then described to the group. It was really surprising how creative the stories and personalities were. I think the squiggle base prompted much more interesting results than if you simply asked someone to draw a bird and tell a story about it. Very fun!

Comment on Question Balloons by Patrin

Patrin — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:40:14 +0000

We tried this today in a group of 23 or so, using regular (non-helium) balloons, with questions written ahead of time on cards tied to the balloon with string. We also waited until after the speaker’s presentation to pop the balloons, so as not to interrupt the flow of the presentation. It worked a treat. Truly effective and light-hearted way to engage the group – the laughter seemed to encourage more questions – thank you!

Comment on Squiggle Birds by Natalie Raeber

Natalie Raeber — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 10:32:41 +0000

Love it!
Definitely worth a try next time I encounter people who don’t like to draw

Comment on 7Ps Framework by Romain Vignes

Romain Vignes — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:53:20 +0000

Wonderful tool! As a facilitator and agile coach, I use it every time I have to plan a workshop.
If you plan and/or design meetings/workshops in groups, here is a canvas that could be useful:
http://fr.slideshare.net/rvignes/the-7-ps-canvas

Comment on $100 Test by Name (required)

Name (required) — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:34:50 +0000

I agree with the comment above. All durations mentioned for the games seem to be way too high. 2-3x of what is actually needed

Comment on $100 Test by Name Required

Name Required — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 14:10:02 +0000

1 1/2 hours is way to long for this game, only do it for about 20-30 min

Comment on 3-12-3 Brainstorm by christine

christine — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:08:16 +0000

I just used this with my team.
first 3 minutes went really well. then we found that we needed to do a sorting exercise to group clusters of ideas. this part dragged a little bit, but one of the participants had the idea of using index cards (we used post it notes), throwing cards on the ground and then asking entire team to group… get everyone moving & make the grouping exercise faster.

Comment on Gamestorming cheat sheet by Brynn Evans by Ignacio Trejos

Ignacio Trejos — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:44:27 +0000

We are drafting courses-workshops on design thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship. I have the printed book.

Comment on Heart, Hand, Mind by Yosef

Yosef — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 20:39:31 +0000

I find this tool a little confusing (or possibly over-simplified), and I’m wondering if it can be updated.

The tool claims to “examine an issue from another perspective”, but then never mentions WHO’s perspective.

After we listing the Heart, Hand, and Mind characteristics, how does scoring them from 1-10 help us better understand “the meaning of any endeavor”?

I think this tool is valuable (exploring ethos, logos, and pathos)– just not in its current state.