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	Brainstorming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brainstorming is a creativity technique in which ideas are generated in order to solve a problem.
		In group brainstorming sessions, the participants are encouraged, and often expected, to share their ideas with one another as soon as they are generated.
		The chairman is the leader and facilitator of the brainstorm session.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brainstorming (2441 words)

	Brainstorming for Teachers
		Brainstorming is a group technique for generating new, useful ideas and promoting creative thinking.
		Sometimes it is helpful to include a person on the brainstorming team who has worked with the subject in the past.
		Review the reason for the brainstorming session, discuss the ground rules, and the team member procedure to be used.
	edweb.sdsu.edu /triton/guides/Brainstorming.html (741 words)

	BRAINSTORMING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brainstorming is the rapid pooling of all and any ideas that a group of people can come up with before any discussion or judgement takes place.
		Brainstorm in sessions with perhaps a few days in between.
		This is used when confidentiality is an issue, or when ideas about several subjects are to be brainstormed at the same time.
	edweb.sdsu.edu /people/bdodge/scaffold/BS/Brainstorming.html (228 words)

	Teams, Brainstorming Techniques (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brainstorming is by far the most widely used tool to stimulate creative thinking.
		Brainstorming sessions can be tiring and if you haven’t discovered a satisfactory idea after 40 minutes then it’s best to adjourn the meeting.
		An interactive whiteboard is ideal for brainstorming since ideas are displayed on the whiteboard surface (which can stimulate additional ideas), easily edited and saved to a computer file.
	www.effectivemeetings.com /archive/issue5/brainstorming.htm (667 words)

	Logo Design Tips, Brainstorming
		The basis of brainstorming is a generating ideas in a group situation based on the principle of suspending judgment - a principle which scientific research has proved to be highly productive in individual effort as well as group effort.
		Brainstorming is a process that works best with a group of people when you follow the following four rules.
		Brainstorming as a traditional approach to do deliberate creative thinking with the consequence that people think creative thinking can only be done in groups.
	www.logosharx.com /logo-design-tips/brain.htm (617 words)

	MoreSteam.com - Toolbox
		Brainstorming is a team-centered process used to generate new and hopefully creative ideas to solve a problem.
		The foundation of brainstorming is an atmosphere of suspended judgement - no criticism - so that a large number of ideas freely flow from the participants.
		The brainstorming session can be structured so that everyone participates in turn, or can be unstructured, with people given the opportunity to participate at any time.
	www.moresteam.com /toolbox/t410.cfm (385 words)

	Never Work Alone: Brainstorming 101
		For instance, he used to hold the brainstorming session at the front end of a process to help groups that were most unfamiliar with good brainstorming generate ideas for moving a project forward.
		Brainstorming can be powerful in the hands of someone who knows how to set a climate of openness, a free flow of ideas, withholding judgment, encouraging participation, trusting the wisdom of the group, etc.
		The article is not written as nor intended to be a brainstorming technique, but her take on it is that it demonstrates how the approach evolved into a brainstorming approach.
	www.neverworkalone.com /never_work_alone/2005/11/my_question_to_.html (1814 words)

	BRAINSTORMING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brainstorming has been used by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) in exploring multi-modal alternatives in an interstate bridge reconstruction project in New Haven.
		Brainstorming needs a facilitator or moderator, who may be found within the group itself, agency staff, or an outside firm.
		Initial efforts include planning the brainstorming session -- defining the precise issue to be addressed, identifying potential participants, deciding on the process and schedule to be fol lowed, and determining anticipated outcomes of the session so that players will know the scope and stakes involved.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /reports/pittd/brains.htm (1302 words)

	Brainstorming method (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Brainstorming (Brainstorm) method is a semi-structured creative group activity, used most often in ad-hoc business meetings to come up with new ideas for innovation or improvement.
		Although brainstorms are used frequently worldwide for over 70 years, the effectiveness of them for generating new ideas is debatable.
		Brainstorms are most effective to generate a lot of ideas in a short timeframe.
	www.valuebasedmanagement.net /methods_brainstorming.html (349 words)

	SWC: Samples for the Writing Process (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brainstorming activities prolong the creative, "messy" portion of the writing process--allowing you to generate many ideas to write about in your paper.
		Brainstorming tactics can help prevent you from smoothing out and "finishing" your paper too soon, before it has enough content.
		Both of these techniques ask you to free-associate about your assignment or your chosen topic, writing down terms that occur to you as you "think on paper." Both methods then prompt you to look for and articulate the connections and relationships between the terms you have come up with.
	www.swc.utexas.edu /samples/writingprocess/brainstorm.shtml (634 words)

	Brainstorming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brainstorming is a prewriting exercise that involves the spontaneous generation of ideas about a subject.
		To brainstorm, you create a list of everything that comes to mind about a subject as quickly as you can.
		You can start brainstorming right in the middle of your word processing screen any time you run out of ideas while you are drafting an essay.
	english.utb.edu /courses/composition1/misc/form_brainstorm.htm (146 words)

	Keyword Analysis and Ranking - The Value of Brainstorming
		Brainstorming is a process for generating the broadest possible list of keywords for your web site, without yet judging whether they are good words.
		The cardinal rule of brainstorming is not to pass judgment on the ideas as they come up.
		When working with clients, the brainstorming process is an important education process for me where I learn the language of their profession.
	www.keyrelevance.com /articles/brainkeyw.htm (1171 words)

	Mind Tools - Brainstorming
		Brainstormers should be encouraged to have fun brainstorming, coming up with as many ideas as possible, from solidly practical ones to wildly impractical ones in an environment where creativity is welcomed.
		Individual brainstorming tends to produce a wider range of ideas than group brainstorming, but tends not to develop the ideas as effectively, perhaps as individuals on their own run up against problems they cannot solve.
		Group brainstorming tends to produce fewer ideas (as time is spent developing ideas in depth) and can lead to the suppression of creative but quiet people by loud and uncreative ones.
	www.psywww.com /mtsite/brainstm.html (612 words)

	Instructional Strategies Online - Brainstorming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brainstorming is a large or small group activity which encourages children to focus on a topic and contribute to the free flow of ideas.
		Initially, some students may be reluctant to speak out in a group setting but brainstorming is an open sharing activity which encourages all children to participate.
		Use brainstormed words and sentences for exploring sentence structures and for key vocabularies.
	olc.spsd.sk.ca /DE/PD/instr/strats/brainstorming (551 words)

	A Perfect Brainstorm
		But the truth behind the cliché is that when brainstorming, you should be generating, not evaluating, ideas.
		"Brainstorming is important, but only a small part of the story," she says.
		The perfect brainstorm, it seems, is only as good as what comes after it.
	www.inc.com /magazine/20031001/strategies.html (1789 words)

	Brainstorming
		Brainstorming is one of the simplest and most well-known of all creativity techniques.
		In a group session it is useful to have one person act as a facilitator who captures all the action without actively taking part in the brainstorming.
		Brainstorming is about pushing the envelope, thinking the unthinkable - whatever cliche you prefer.
	www.wyrdology.com /mind/creativity/brainstorm.html (613 words)

	Teaching Clinical Psychology - Brainstorming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brainstorming, as originally developed and researched at the Creative Education Foundation at SUNY Buffalo, is a specific set of procedures for a group of individuals to develop ideas and problem-solve.
		Leading a class through a brainstorming session is an excellent way to demonstrate a variety of issues concerning group dynamics, cognitive processes, and creativity.
		If the brainstorming session was designed to produce an idea that could be put into action (e.g., ways to improve the exams), then try it out and see if it works.
	www.rider.edu /users/suler/brainstorm.html (634 words)

	Brainstorming - Creative Problem Solving from MindTools.com
		Brainstorming is a useful and popular tool that you can use to develop highly creative solutions to a problem.
		Brainstorming is particularly useful when used with your team: Here it helps you bring the experience of all team members into play during problem solving.
		During the brainstorming process there is no criticism of ideas, as free rein is given to people's creativity (criticism and judgment cramp creativity.) This often makes group brainstorming sessions enjoyable experiences, which are great for bringing team members together.
	www.mindtools.com /brainstm.html (1466 words)

	Creative Thinking Techniques (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brainstorming is probably the best known and certainly one of the most powerful.
		Brainstorming is useful for attacking specific (rather than general) problems and where a collection of good, fresh, new ideas (rather than judgment or decision analysis) are needed.
		Brainstorming can take place either individually or in a group of two to ten, with four to seven being ideal.
	www.virtualsalt.com /crebook2.htm (7348 words)

	The WiLEARNS (Literary Education And Reading Network System) Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brainstorming activities provide one useful framework for eliciting student background knowledge before learning.
		Students examine their groupings and decide upon an appropriate label, which can be written on a slip of paper and placed as a title for each sub-list.
		Brainstorming helps students make connections between what is already known and new learning.
	wilearns.state.wi.us /apps?cid=121 (662 words)

	Brainstorm: Creativity is in everyone. A bad brainstorm won't bring it out. A well structured brainstorm will.
		Brainstorming is simply listing all ideas put forth by a group in response to a given problem or question.
		A brainstorm starts with a clear question, and ends with a raw list of ideas.
		In particular, affinity diagramming is designed to sort a raw list, using "gut feel" to begin to categorize the raw ideas.
	www.skymark.com /resources/tools/brainstorming.asp (284 words)

	Provide the most appropriate forum for input (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Participants "brainstorm" when they come together in a freethinking forum to generate ideas.
		Used in a planned format, brainstorming can be an effective method of gleaning public perceptions and ideas and moving participants out of conflict and toward consensus.
		Brainstorming heightens the awareness of community and sensitizes individuals to the behavior of the group and its participants.
	www.uap.vt.edu /cdrom/tools/tools2-4.htm (1002 words)

	Brainstorming activity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brainstorming is the process of generating lots of new ideas.
		In a brainstorming session the leader poses a problem for which participants suggest solutions.
		After the chat session slows, the brainstorming session shifts to a discussion thread.
	www.horton.com /html/exampleActivityBrainstorm.asp (154 words)

	MCPS Science -Science Teaching Strategies-Brainstorming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brainstorming is a whole class activity in which students contribute their ideas to an idea, problem or challenge.
		Sometimes it is a good idea to keep a separate sheet of poster paper available as a “parking lot” or “bin.” This can be used to record ideas that surface that are not directly related to the task at hand, but are worth addressing at a later time.
		Structured brainstorming is a variation that provides for a more controlled process and a reflective period.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /curriculum/science/instr/scistratbrainstorm.htm (354 words)

	UsabilitgyNet: Brainstorming method
		Brainstorming is done with a group of people, which may be as small as two, but usually no larger than 12.
		Brainstorming is a very generic method that can be applied to many situations.
		If brainstorming is being used in the early phases of conceptual design a great many ideas will have been generated which will need structuring and will have to be evaluated for technical feasibility.
	www.usabilitynet.org /tools/brainstorming.htm (612 words)

	High Velocity Brainstorming
		High Velocity Brainstorming is a deeply engaging, masterfully facilitated creative thinking session that helps aspiring innovators originate and develop breakthrough ideas.
		What most people call "brainstorming" is, in fact, often just a veiled attempt to influence others, a self-appointed opportunity to sell ideas, peddle opinions, or simply play out a lifelong ambition to dominate a group.
		Real brainstorming is a meeting of the minds — or more precisely, a meeting in the realm just beyond the mind — a place where brilliance and breakthrough wait to be discovered.
	www.ideachampions.com /high_velocity_brainstorming.shtml (598 words)

	Poynter Online - Idea Generators: Creativity Tools for Journalists
		Brainstorming is simple: You simply choose a topic and make a list of everything that comes to mind.
		Unfortunately, brainstorming is absent in most newsrooms I'm familiar with, I believe, because one of its essential qualities -- withholding judgment -- is a foreign concept to many reporters and editors.
		There are no bad ideas in a brainstorming session because it's a time for creating ideas, not criticizing them.
	www.poynter.org /column.asp?id=52&aid=17432 (1392 words)

	Process Guide #1 - Brainstorming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brainstorming is the act of defining a problem or idea and coming up anything related to the topic - no matter how remote a suggestion may sound.
		All of these ideas are recorded and evaluated only after the brainstorming is completed.
		In a small or large group select a leader and a recorder (they may be the same person).
	projects.edtech.sandi.net /staffdev/tpss99/processguides/brainstorming.html (237 words)

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