Stakeholder Round Robin Brainstorm
Goal
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Instructions
Before
Setting: There should be one flipchart for each stakeholder perspective. If there are more people than stakeholders have one flipchart per person.
Pre-Work Required: The focus question should be thought through
Duration: Consider the number of participants and stakeholders when determining required time.
Tips for Online Facilitation: Set up your virtual whiteboard with the various perspectives.
During
1. At the top of each of the flipcharts put the name of the stakeholder or perspective. If there are more people than perspectives put additional ideas at the top of the additional flipcharts.
2. Have each person stand at a flipchart.
3. Give them 2 minutes to think about the perspective on the flipchart in front of them and to brainstorm ideas.
4. Have every one move one flipchart to their right (or left).
5. Repeat Step 3.
6. Continue this until everyone one has brainstormed on every flipchart.
After
Follow-Up Required: Go to the "Groan Zone" or to clustering.
Usual or Expected Outcomes: list of ideas from each of the stakeholder perspectives
Potential pitfalls: not all of the perspectives represented
Background
Source: Jon Jenkins
Derived from: Brainwriting when it became difficult to display the material in a brainwriting exercise.
Recognizable components: This is similar to brainwriting.
References: This is similar to brainwriting.
Comments (6) (5.0 avg / 1 ratings)
A variation on this is to put the different stakeholder questions on envelopes, and groups write brainstormed items on 3X5 cards and put them into the envelope. pass the envelope and add more cards. In the final pass, the team removes all the cards and chooses the top few. This anonymizes (?) the input separating the contributions from who is making them. Sometimes this can be a breakthrough.
easy to follow. good idea to get participants to focus on one perspective at a time.
For online facilitation, I have used Klaxoon and Miro boards for similar activities. I create "virtual" flip chart pages for each participant to post their ideas.
I use a similar activity, but put participants in teams instead of individually adding ideas and it worked well.
Top-notch method! Builds stakehoder empathy
This helps people stand in others' perspectives, and therefore broaden their understanding.