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Looking for resources to enhance your next brainstorming session? Want to learn more about your audience and what they need or want? Check out the resources below or connect with us about a workshop for your team. If you're interested in help with an idea, consider connecting with an Innovation trainer.
Tools for Empathy
Tools for Empathy
Empathy can be a superpower in our ministries. Discover how asking a few questions and practicing active listening can open up possibilities for deeper discipleship and evangelism.
Empathy can be a superpower in our ministries. Discover how asking a few questions and practicing active listening can open up possibilities for deeper discipleship and evangelism.
2 Tools_1.3.mov2 Tools for Empathy
Asking questions helps us uncover more about people, their motivations and their experiences. In this video Lorenna shares two questions that reveal deeper truths and inspire connection with those you serve.
Ask, Listen, Know
A team exercise that invites discussion around heritage and culture. Using the I Am From Cards you'll practice active listening skills while growing deeper connections with your team!
What people are saying:
"I learned things about my teammates I'd never known before; we work hard to listen well to students, but I realized it needs to start with the team."
Better Brainstorming
Better Brainstorming
Try one or more of these resources to help unlock better idea generation as you creatively address the ministry challenges in your context.
Better Brainstorming Final.mov3 Rules for Brainstorming
What if your next brainstorming session could motivate and energize a team toward a creative solution to your ministry challenge? Watch the video to learn how or click below to explore options for brainstorming workshops.
Brainstorm Bingo
The goal of brainstorming is always to push past the solutions you already know, to generate a volume of ideas, and access new perspectives. Try this fun way to increase your creative capacity.
Build to Learn
Build to Learn
Many of us love the excitement and potential that comes with new ideas. But we won’t experience the true benefit of these ideas unless we push past the fear of creation and make something. This often feels daunting — but building to learn can make it easier!
Build to Learn Worksheet
“Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.” — 2 Corinthians 8:11 New International Version
Have an idea you’re sitting on? Use this reflection worksheet to clarify that idea and be ready to share it with others in 30-45 minutes.
Product Development Framework
A comprehensive framework that follows the creation of a tool/product from the very beginning, even before it's an idea, through its launch and ongoing use.
Throughout the steps of the process, you will find helpful resources, tips, best practices and tools.
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