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Positive Brainstorm

The Positive Brainstorm is a model for brainstorming and idea development with groups of between 4 and 12 people. The model ensures that everybody in a group has the opportunity to suggest ideas and gets the chance to develop those ideas

Expected learning outcomes for youth workers:
Explain the creative process: identify the creative challenge clearly.
Working with others: listening to each other, Co-operating with others on activities.
Leadership: organize the team.
Motivation: Show commitment to the team, encourage others.
Awareness of other people: show empathy and compassion, can question and challenge others positively.
Negotiation: respect other opinions and points of view; be clear about your goal.
Social skills: be comfortable and relaxed in groups of people, respect cultural differences between people.
Building relationships: collaborate and co-operate with others, work with others towards shared goals and aims, be effective in small and large groups.

The expected learning outcomes for young people :
Self confidence : develop, express and share clear ideas and views, capable of presenting ideas effectively to others.
Positive thinking: understand the importance of positive thinking and positive language, always think “success�.
Adaptability: adapt easily when things change, see new opportunity in change.
Risk taking: be open to try new things.
Setting goals: set short, medium and long term goals, take responsibility for own choices and future.
Motivation: being inspired to take action, show commitment to the team, and encourage others.
Working with others: participate co-operatively with others; actively collaborate on developing ideas, in creative group work and activities.
Speaking and listening: debate and discuss ideas in small/large groups, explain own ideas and listen to others’ ideas/views, effectively share/present small group ideas to large group.
Experiment with ideas: devise new ideas from stimulus, engage in new techniques for creative thinking, and see more than one option or solution, experiment with ideas in different ways.
Basic mind-mapping of ideas: understand how to map out ideas and thinking, understand how to make connections between ideas, ability to see and understand the “bigger picture�.
Brainstorming and word association: Participate in small/large group brainstorming; understand how to use association to generate idea.
Awareness of other people: can question and challenge others positively.
Own identity: express yourself and your views and opinions to others.
Listening skills: display active listening behaviours; ask appropriate questions to enhance the listening process.

Resumé of exercise
Compared to The Rotating Idea development model, which you also find in this module, the Positive Brainstorm is carried out with smaller youth groups and the model goes deeper in developing the single ideas.

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