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HOW TO ORGANIZE GROUP BRAINSTORMING WITH LUCIDSPARK

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If you’re looking for fresh ideas and new perspectives, group brainstorming is a
great place to start. Brainstorming is a tried and true way to generate lots of
ideas quickly and work through problems and decision making together. 

But when you get everyone together in a group setting, it can be difficult to
keep the meeting focused and productive. With multiple voices competing for
attention, it’s easy for some ideas to get lost in the mix.

So how can you make sure your group brainstorming sessions are successful?

With the right tools for the job.

That’s where Lucidspark comes in. Lucidspark is a virtual whiteboard that gives
teams the tools they need to brainstorm in real time.

Use the following tips to level up your next group brainstorming session and
make sure the “next great idea” never falls through the cracks.


PROS AND CONS OF GROUP BRAINSTORMING

Group brainstorming requires teams to collaborate and communicate effectively
without drowning out quieter voices or falling prey to the dreaded groupthink. 

When it’s done right, group brainstorming can be a powerful tool for engaging
your team and generating creative and original ideas that you might not have
considered on your own. When done...not so well...group brainstorming can lead
to biased solutions and wasted time. 

Here are just a few pros and cons to look out for:

Pros

Group brainstorming:

 * Gathers multiple perspectives and ideas.
 * Generates more ideas in a short period of time.
 * Builds team connection. 
 * Creates ownership and buy-in for decisions.

Cons

Group brainstorming can also:

 * Lead to disorganized “free for alls.”
 * Enable groupthink.
 * Make it easier for a few people not to participate. 


HOW TO USE LUCIDSPARK TO ORGANIZE GROUP BRAINSTORMING

Lucidspark helps teams harness the benefits of group brainstorming while solving
many of its most common challenges. Lucidspark is an online whiteboard where
teams can share ideas, add notes, and weigh options together—anytime, anywhere. 

Here’s how to get started.


1. PREPARE YOUR BOARD AHEAD OF TIME.

Lay the foundation for a great brainstorming session with the right canvas.
Start by opening up a new board in Lucidspark and naming the document. 

You can then either start from scratch with a blank canvas or choose from a
variety of templates including:

 * Brainwriting
 * Mind maps
 * Concept maps
 * Wireframes
 * Venn diagrams
 * Flowcharts

Pick a template or build a board based on the goals of your brainstorming
session. 

Pro Tip: Drag and drop containers from the toolbar to quickly set up outlines
for your ideas. 

Organizing and setting up your board first will help you kick off the
brainstorming meeting effectively and keep everyone focused and clear on the
objectives from the outset. 


2. ASSIGN COLLABORATOR COLORS 

Once you have your board’s layout prepared, share the board with your teammates.
Lucidspark makes it easy to create shareable links that direct collaborators to
the exact view of the canvas you want to work on. (Psst. Don’t forget to set the
right permissions for your collaborators so everyone can participate
effectively.)

For another convenient and secure way to share your board, use the Join ID
integration. Simply click the three person icon in the top right corner and turn
on Join ID. Instantly invite other collaborators and start your session.

With your collaborators on board, you’ll be able to see each person’s cursors
moving around the canvas. Keep things organized and tidy by assigning each
contributor their own color. Whenever someone adds a sticky note or draws with
the pen tool, the color of the notes will match their assigned color from the
contributor settings. This will make it easy to visualize who is commenting so
you can see everyone’s ideas at-a-glance and work through ideas more
efficiently.




3. USE THE TIMER TO KEEP EVERYONE ON TRACK

Brainstorming sessions tend to work best when they are timebound. Putting a
limit on how long participants can mull over options, generate new ideas, or
problem solve helps keep everyone focused. Prevent wandering minds and boredom
by setting a timer. 

Lucidspark’s built-in timer feature helps teams stay focused even when they’re
working across offices or timezones. The timer shows the countdown on each
person’s screen to keep things moving.   




4. KEEP TRACK OF AGENDAS AND RESOURCES IN THE NOTES PANEL

A wide-open canvas leaves room for a lot of big ideas, but that can also get
messy. Take advantage of Lucidspark’s Notes Panel to outline 

 * Project summaries
 * Meeting agendas
 * To-do lists
 * Assignments
 * Action items
 * Resources 

Plus any other notes and resources—all in one easy-to-find place. Quickly
organize your thoughts by customizing font sizes, styles, and colors so you can
highlight important tasks, make lists, and find what you need right away. You
can also add links to reference outside resources and even other boards from
Lucidspark or diagrams from Lucidchart.




5. ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION WITH EMOJIS 

Once you have ideas on the board, it’s time to discuss your options and vote on
favorite ideas. But don’t take yourself or your brainstorming session too
seriously. Slogging through a full whiteboard of notes and ideas can get
tedious. So keep things fun and encourage participation with emojis.

Invite your collaborators to react to the ideas on the board with different
emoji expressions. Lucidspark makes it easy for participants to quickly tag and
react to ideas in realtime so you can get a sense of how the team feels and what
direction they may want to go.  




6. ORGANIZE IDEAS WITH TAGS AND CONTAINERS

One of the problems teams face when brainstorming is that ideas can get jumbled
and it can be difficult to visualize how different ideas or notes are related.
If you can’t keep your ideas organized, you risk missing important insights and
wasting valuable time as you sort through the noise. 

Organize your ideas in Lucidspark with tags and containers so nothing gets lost
in the shuffle. Tags and containers help you group similar ideas into themes,
uncover patterns and take action on ideas.

For example, say you are brainstorming food ideas for an office party with the
following suggestions from the team: 

 * Tacos
 * Pizza
 * Sushi bar
 * Pasta
 * Lasagna
 * Enchiladas
 * Burritos
 * BBQ
 * Sandwiches

You can tag each idea with the overarching cuisine each option falls under
(e.g., tacos, enchiladas, and burritos are all Mexican food and pizza, pasta,
and lasagna are Italian foods). Then use containers to move each group of sticky
notes together under their respective themes. 

Visually grouping ideas like this helps you see what you’re working with and
move forward with a decision more efficiently.   


7. SORT AND SYNTHESIZE IDEAS 

After you’ve generated a bunch of ideas, it’s time to review and sort through
everything. And if you’ve been there before, you know how tedious a process this
can be. Cut down the time it takes to organize the board using Lucidspark’s
Gather and Sort features. 

In the bottom left corner of the screen, click the Containers button. Here you
will have the option to drag containers to the board where you can manually drop
sticky notes into the boxes. This is a great way to start organizing your
ideas—but if you have a ton of notes on the board, you may want a faster
solution. 

That’s where the Gather and Sort features come in. Under the Containers button,
select Gather to collect only the shapes that meet your criteria. In other
words, Gather lets you filter what ideas you want to bring together. For
example, the dropdown menu will give you options such as reactions, tags, or
keywords. If you wanted to gather all the ideas with “Heart” emojis, select
“Reactions,” highlight the heart emoji from the list, and then watch as all the
ideas that have a Heart on them are gathered into one container together. 



Similarly, you can use the Sort feature to organize the entire board based on
your selected criteria. Want to see everything grouped by Reaction? Select
“Sort” and “Reactions” and you’ll see all the notes gathered into groups of
reactions. 

This is a fast and effective way to organize and synthesize the group’s ideas so
you can take action and move forward.

From idea generation to analysis and decision making, collaborative
brainstorming can be overwhelming. But with Lucidspark, group brainstorming
doesn’t have to be a chore. Take your ideas to the next level today.

Put everyone’s voice on equal footing and organize your next group brainstorm in
Lucidspark today.



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