1. Generating and Choosing Solutions

2. Why is it important to make people comfortable?
To stimulate creativity
To promote open discussion of ideas

3. How can you make people comfortable mentally?
Team-building activities
Promoting physical comfort

4. Methods used to generate solutions:
Go around the room and suggest ideas
Send a piece of paper around the room
Idea writing
Brainstorming

5. How do you evaluate solutions?
Judge each idea independently
Modify the solution as needed

6. Determine if each idea is:
Practical
Effective
Cost-effective
Easily put into practice
Accepted by all
Consistent with other group activities

7. Ways to make a decision:
One person decides and announces
One person gathers input and decides
The group votes
Build consensus among the group

8. If the discussion doesn’t result in an agreement:
Choose a different decision-making possibility
Try the nominal group technique
Choose not to decide