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Andrew Huffer runs a facilitation, community engagement, team development and training consultancy that supports government, business and community organisations to do their best work.

If you are thinking of a great way to engage the audience then this check out how this event organizer turned people’s smart phones and tablets into more than just another audience polling device.

GroupMap was used as the collaborative idea management tool for teams to create new marketing ideas using the lean model canvas and as an online competition judging software so that judges could [...]

Just Start IT, an innovative learning program designed to ignite student creativity, is an 18 week inter school program of student teams made up of Hackers, Hawkers and Hipsters how to create a [...]

The mission of the Rockville Science Centre is to inspire a lifelong passion to explore science, cultivate a sense of inquiry, and promote how science impacts everyday life. Following a [...]

Held at the AICT in the Central Business District, this Industry currency and vocational competency day was aimed at teachers delivering courses in Applied Information Technology, Business [...]

When it comes to effective team decision making and group brainstorming, it seems to be hindered by those who shout the loudest that get the most attention, even in the digital space. As an [...]

As part of Careers Week, Ashdale Secondary College held a series of interactive activities and workshops focussed on careers – highlighting the skills and attributes students needed in the [...]

It was a fantastic turnout as teachers gathered for a lightning 6-minute GroupMap session. This activity involved a frenzy of phalanges as we explored the use of the KWHLAQ model for improving [...]

Each problem requires a different conversation, so we have created templates with workflows for specific activities. After clicking Create a map, choose your category and select from the range of [...]

We have working on your feedback, grabbing best practice and hacking through the tech to bring you a great set of features to get even more out of your GroupMap sessions. Don’t worry, until [...]

Retrospectives are great to build a strong productive team, but there can be a few challenges that impact on the quality of the process. We have a list of what stops an effective team [...]

Collaborating with four local government authorities, the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council sought public feedback to brainstorm ideas around 15 themes using innovative technology including [...]

The battle between technology and talk- The right balance for your brainstorm Is using technology in group activities a conversation killer or can it improve the quality and speed of exchange. [...]

The problem with large groups is that usually you have to break up into smaller groups, scribble on sticky notes and butchers papers. The scribe never writes down what you said and the person who [...]

Here’s a quick lesson plan for those who are getting started with group brainstorming in the classroom. If you love a socratic style, harnessing the collective thinking of the class or you [...]

Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) uses innovative group response system and scenario planning software to explore the future of Health in Australia What is the future of Health [...]

Australian Council of Deans of Science thinking of ways to improve pre-service teaching with GroupMap. The Big Questions:  What essential skills should secondary teachers in Science and Maths [...]

Sharing notes and ideas for faster revision Talk about speeding up revision time… some call it cheating, other’s call it collective learning. These students had the right idea in [...]

Teacher looks for the “Smart” kids in class. Most people know about IQ… but our kids can be smart in so many ways. In this example, Mrs Cotham explores the dimensions of [...]

It was really fun and interesting [...]

We liked this ..The secret to team collaboration: Individualism article. http://edola.blogspot.fr/2012/07/secret-to-team-collaboration.html It echos the thought that collaboration isn’t [...]

Our second user group session with the iPad User Group at Curtin University was great! Thank you to joining our coffee session.   Interestingly when we asked the question about where the [...]