Focusing Four
Brainstorm: Generate ideas. Follow the rules for
brainstorming, being especially careful not to debate or discuss any idea
Clarify: Members can ask questions to help them understand any idea which
is unclear. Again, be careful not to debate or discuss….just ensure that
everyone understands what the author of each item meant (During clarification,
it may emerge that two ideas are the same; those ideas may be synthesized at
this time.)
Advocate: Any member can speak in favor of any idea. Do not, however,
speak AGAINST an idea. If an idea is
clearly not viable, then perhaps no body will advocate for it, but don’t waste
time discussing why it won’t work.
Survey: It’s time to find out the members’ preferences, their level
of support for each of the ideas. If the
list needs to be narrowed down, ask everyone to indicate their top 5 (or 6 or
8) preferences. You can use raised hands or dots to indicate preferences. After the results are up and visible, go down
each idea and ask the group’s permission to eliminate those with little or no
support. Once the list is reduced, you may need to determine the level of
support for each idea using the five finger method.
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