[IxDA Discuss] Balancing brainstorm participants

[Lori Landesman]

I recommend the KJ method, especially if arriving at a consensus is one of the goals of the meeting, as opposed to simply getting a lot of ideas out in the open. I first learned the technique from UIE, and I've used it successfully many times in the past ten years. A big part of what makes it so great is that no (or not much) talking is involved, eliminating many of the problems that typically arise in brainstorming sessions.

You can read more about it on the UIE web site at:
http://www.uie.com/articles/kj_technique/

--Lori

Mike Wood <mjwood at gmail.com> wrote:How do you balance the conversation
when participating in a larger brainstorm or design meeting? How do you make
sure you benefit from quieter folks' opinions, stop the louder folks from
dominating the discussion, reduce interupting, etc...

       
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