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Godsend

Trust the process!

The goal of Godsend is to stimulate the communication inside the working group by throwing a random topic into the conversation, so that you can come up with a brand new idea. Try to imagine which type of content, between hashtag and images, would be the best stimulus for your field of investigation, then select the random element and automatically your download will start. Then ask the working group to force connection between the casual element and the research field. Do not worry if initially the conversation stops for a few seconds, ask the team to generate forced ideas even if they seem to be absurd. Due to Digital Methods the random elements will be always updated based on the trend topics. Godsend will stimulate a lot of the conversation and will allow you to come up with really curious ideas, but it's really important that the facilitator encourages the generation of new ideas.

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Content

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Difficulty Level

Easy
steps to do

PREPARATION

01

Examine your field of investigation and identify the type of content that would be the best stimulus between image and hashtag.

02

Download the random element: image or hashtag

03

Design the cards for your co-designing session. Put on the frontside the random element.

IDEATION SESSION

04

During the co-design session ask the working group to create forced connections between the random element and the research field:

A

If it's a hashtag: the word can be inflect in all the grammatical forms.

B

If it is an image: ask the working group to analyze the image and come up with an interpretation of what appears on it. This interpretation is your new starting point, do some forced connection between it and the research field.

05

Based on the forced connection generate new ideas.
WHAT NEXT

Open Mic

Focus on one idea and generate between 3 and 5 statements that describe the main characteristic of that group. Than use this statements as starting point to stimulate further conversation inside the work team.
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