Hear Me and Clap is a quick, simple and effective technique for the facilitator to get the attention of his group without shouting

A Zero Draft is focused free writing and is your first attempt to assemble thoughts related to your research topic or question

The Twenty-One Technique is a powerful tool for making decisions based on collective wisdom and is ideal for evaluating multiple ideas

The nominal group technique builds on the brainstorming discussion by including a voting process at the end

Forced connections are based on the brain’s ability to link two disparate items -such as words, objects , feelings, and ideas

The 2H1C Function is a futurospective activity for building a competitive plan based on logical, emotional and determination perspectives

Bright Blurry Blind is a powerful technique for teams to shed light on troubling issues within departments and the organization

The mind spin is an amazing non-traditional brainstorming technique for developing creative thinking, team problem solving

The Word Banking is a fantastic and popular creative thinking technique that involves freely associating words

The starbursting method of brainstorming requires you to think about the who, what, where, when, why, and how for any new idea

The stepladder technique encourages each team member to give their personal opinion on a matter without being influenced

Each element of the SMART framework works together to create a goal that is carefully planned, clear and trackable

The Scamper Method is a creative technique used to expand and improve ideas by testing and questioning them using different approaches

The weighted scoring is a group decision-making method is also great when you need to think carefully about consequences

Encourage the generation of new ideas with the simple activity Idea starter cards that encourage creative and disruptive thinking