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and analyse the effects and validity of the ideas or the list.
Develop and prioritise the ideas into a more finished list or set of
actions or options.
Implement the actions agreed from the brainstorming
Agree what the next actions will be. Agree a timescale, who's
responsible. After the session circulate notes, monitor and give
feedback. It's crucial to develop a clear and positive outcome, so
that people feel their effort and contribution was worthwhile.
When people see that their efforts have resulted in action and
change, they will be motivated and keen to help again.
Personal brainstorming
For creativity, planning, presentations, decision-making,
and organizing your ideas
Personal brainstorming - just by yourself - is very useful for the
start of any new project, especially if you can be prone to put
things off until tomorrow.
Planning a new venture, a presentation, or any new initiative, is
generally much easier if you begin simply by thinking of ideas in no particular order or structure - and jotting them down on a
sheet of paper or in a notebook. Basically this is personal
brainstorming, and it can follow the same process as described
above for groups, except that it's just you doing it.
Sometimes it's very difficult to begin planning something new because you don't know where and how to start. Brainstoming is
a great way to begin. The method also generates lots of
possibilities which you might otherwise miss by getting into
detailed structured planning too early.

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