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nouns/people/things

black

(entities)

verbs ('doing'/functional
red
words)

(relationships)

adjectives (describing a
blue
noun/thing/etc)

(attributes)

adverbs (describing
verb/function)

green

(degrees/range/etc)

yellow

(measures)

timings/costs/quantities

a

The colours and categories are not a fixed industry standard. It's
an entirely flexible technique. You can use any colours you want,
and devise your own coding structures to suit the situation.
In relation to the group brainstorming process above, see also
the guidelines for running workshops. Workshops provide good
situations for group brainstorming, and brainstorming helps to
make workshops more productive, motivational and successful.
To create more structured brainstorming activities which
illustrate or address particular themes, methods, media, etc.,
there is a helpful set of reference points on the team building
games section. Unless you have special reasons for omitting
control factors, ensure you retain the the essence of the rules
above, especially defining the task, stating clear timings,
organising participants and materials, and managing the review
and follow-up.

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