Tuna Blue Facilitation supports groups to make their best decisions together by providing tailored facilitation processes paired with innovative digital technology.
Imagine yourself walking into class, sitting down at a table with a handful of others, ready to watch the teacher present. Sounds like you’re back in highschool right? Only this time, you and all [...]
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 [...]
See how this simple exercise had over 100 people brainstorming and voting on the best arguments. Industry professionals meets VET teachers to bring currency to the curriculum.
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 [...]
Add and remove stages to your GroupMap. Need something lighting fast? Create a quick 2 step brainstorm with results. Want a think tank? Go high fidelity and add in review, voting and rating [...]
Before you start an activity, you may want participants to acknowledge a statement or answer a few questions. Either way, it’s now a simple process. Pre-activity consent When you first set [...]
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 [...]
We’ve been listening to your feedback, watching teams in action and hanging out with our customers and we have made a bunch of changes to make your team work… well… awesome! [...]
When GroupMap was invited by digital creative festivals organisers to take our online brainstorming tool out of meeting rooms and classrooms to the general public, we needed a fun, eye catching [...]
Collaborating with four local government authorities, the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council sought public feedback to brainstorm ideas around 15 themes using innovative technology including [...]
What happens when a business needs to choose a new leader? Unfortunately, sending contenders to tackle Sampson-like challenges – displaying feats of valour to win title to the throne [...]
How do you get young people to be more involved in aged care boards? Injecting fresh innovative ideas into boards requires a new approach. Rather than a traditional workshop, with sticky notes [...]
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 [...]
There are audience response systems and then there are audience “engagement” systems. Sadly, not all problems can be addressed with multiple choice answers. By moving beyond the simple [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
