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Quick and Simple Brainstorming

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New technologies, concepts, and Web 2.0 tools are popping up everywhere. How can you use them to help your project team collaborate, communicate - or just give your project an extra boost? [Contact Dave]

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Situation: You're a incredible facilitator, but have the handwriting of a 3 year old.


Bubbl.us is about as simple a brainstorming tool as you'll find anywhere.  Mind Manager it's not, but with a laptop and a projector, this software could be better than a marker and flip chart.  As long as you don't skip over the instructions when you first open it up, it's incredibly easy to use.  If you skip the instructions (like I did at first) you're kind of hosed until you go back and read them.

Try this tool if:

- you don't have a good way of capturing the output of your brainstorming session. (let's face it, paper and white boards are a pain because you have to go back and transcribe everything later)
- the person you really want to facilitate has bad handwriting (if you can't read your own scrawl later, that's a problem too)

While you're at it, take a look at the following gantthead techniques wikis: Brainstorming, Idea Qualification, and Displayed Thinking .
Posted on: January 27, 2007 09:52 AM | Permalink

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Kwiyuh Michael Wepngong
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Financial Management Specialist | US Peace Corps Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon
Hi Dave,
Thanks for the info

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