@amyburvall
@IntentionBook
HOW TO
and
AN IDEA
#ATL14
The habit of mind which leads to
a search for relationships between facts
becomes of the highest importance in the
production of ideas
James Webb Young,
A Technique for Producing Ideas, 1939
1. GATHER RAW MATERIAL
(collect your dots)
to dot connect
you must have the dots
Egon Schiele meets
Thom Yorke
of Radiohead
CUR
iosity
ation
stuff your eyes with wonder
Ray Bradbury
kaleidoscope
(endless combinations)
2. DIGEST
puzzle + synthesize
like an octopus-
tentacles of the mind
3. Incubate
4. AHA!
5. Getting Real
seek critique!
submit to the cold grey dawn
of the morning after
hold ideas lightly
(kill your darlings)
PONDER
PLAY
POKE HOLES
Idea Generation
Refining +
Expanding
Combinatorial Play
Albert Einstein
“blind dates”
your content + a junk food?
try
Japanese game for Ideation
Shiritori
https://shiritorigame.com/
think of a word that starts with the last letter
IDEAS
Edison’s word list
write 5 random words
write 1st word that comes
to mind after each word
use 2nd word as springboard
for next round (do 5 rounds)
Scamper Technique
Bob Eberle
Substitute
Combine
Adapt
Modify
Put to Another Use
Eliminate
Reverse
BRANDING IDEAS
GAINING TRACTION
David Ogilvy
big ideas usually come
as simple ideas
Metaphors have a
way of holding
the most truth
in the least space
orson scott card
LEVERAGE
METAPHOR
Porous Pedestrian: METAPHOR HUNT
IMAGIPHOR
Find a metaphor
for CHANGE
on your camera roll
OR
exchange phones for more
serendipity
Think Pair Share
please transition back
Kennings
hyphenated compound metaphor
Anglo-Saxon and Norse literature
“northern-kiss”= cold wind
“whale-road” = the ocean
“sky-candle”= sun
analogies game
word bank of nouns
seek connections (use like and as)
visualize
horse wind
@austinkleon
In other words…
1 phrase campaign
like “Think Different”
or
“Got Milk?”
KENNING
Create a kenning for something
you have with you now
OR
for something to do with tech
remember
“information superhighway”?
please transition back
get visual
“Ocean Pollution”
power of a simple image
Theme: “Power of Books”
3 panel image summary
4 icon challenge
visual metaphor
for
“eating disorder”
minimalist posters
of a concept
Mondrian-esque
Metaphor
Visualize a Series
in a Theme
(Values)
metaphorical type
student logo contest: “What If?”
student
symbol
re-design
via Rhitt Growl
METAPHORICAL TYPE,
MONDRIANIFY
OR
3 IMAGE PANEL
use your project idea or
a concept you teach
please transition back
T itle (catchy)
I mage (poignant)
Participation opportunity
S tories (anecdotes, emotion)
BLOG T.I.P.S.
Speaking Tips
Hero’s Journey format
(audience is hero)
BEFORE… AFTER …BRIDGE
How will you
FRAME
your idea?
TYPE
COLOUR
IMAGERY
TAGLINE
HASHTAGS
RHYME
and
ALLITERATION
PITCH and PICTURE VOLLEY
ACTIVITY
write a succinct 1 line description
of your idea (+ your name!)
*try rhyme or alliteration
crumple paper and throw
like a snowball
draw a metaphorical icon /
sketch of someone else’s idea
you don’t have to be Monet!
please transition back
LETTING GO
and
GOING GLOBAL
TAG IT
“the soul of the internet”
Create (constant) Convo
the cloud is our campfire
http://bit.ly/makedujour
For Curation and Crowdsourced Creativity
Find Super Spreaders
(and thank them)
Transmedia Mindset
Spark the Social
PARTICIPATORY PLATFORM
ACTIVITY
choose a social media platform
think of an idea to engage a
global audience with your idea
describe and assign a hashtag
please transition back
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