Mar 1, 2010 | Workshop Design |
One of the biggest challenges that faces any group of people working together on a piece of media is working out how to go about making decisions together as a group. It is a common experience for groups that start out with the good intention of working collectively...
Mar 1, 2010 | Workshop Design |
Before your group can begin suggesting topics it can be helpful to make sure that they have a broad idea of the range of options that are available to them in terms of genre, topic focus, media form (eg short film, website, mural). It’s also important for...
Mar 1, 2010 | Workshop Design |
Participants discuss a wide range of options that could be proposed to the group for both topics and media-making techniques. In an effort to encourage expression free of the self-censorship and social inhibition that group discussions can feature, participants then...
Mar 1, 2010 | Workshop Design |
After reviewing all of the ideas put forward and combining duplicate or similar concepts, the facilitators bring a long list of topics back to the group. Participants have an opportunity to add anything that they think should be there based on their own interests or...
Mar 1, 2010 | Workshop Design |
This step is all about coming up with a set of criteria that the group will use to decide which of the topics is best for them to make into a piece of media. Developing selection criteria can be a great way to ground the decisions that the group makes. A set of...