GroupMap Technology

GroupMap is an online and live group brainstorming tool - Ditch the powerpoints as instructions on the day and use a training / play map to get people into the mood and to break the ice. Make it Visible - Keeping the GroupMap up on a big screen in the room let's everyone get a sense of "where everyone is at" and what they are thinking and how it's changing over time. Pull the group back together - go through the groupmap to elicit discussion and further debate. (You can lock the map if you want to pause changes) Reiterate, reiterate - Don't be scared of giving the group another go. After discussion, it's interesting to see how people and teams change (or don't change) their minds. No manual collation means you have more time to make revisions on the go Ask teams to compare their maps against the group - ask them why they agreed with certains ideas and also why they might have disagreed. Explore the "grey" zone - A great feature of GroupMap is that it shows those ideas where there is contention between the group. This might appear as ideas which had equal Yes and No votes or where they are all plotted together tightly in a cluster on a 2D chart. This is a great area for stimulating discussion. We hope you find these ideas for better group brainstorming useful when planning your next session.