CREATIVE SESSION

BY: ANNELIE
 
 
INTRODUCTION  
In the third semester, the students of Breda University of Applied Sciences had the opportunity to
facilitate a creative session to experience organizing and facilitating a small scaled (corporate) event.
In this creative session I organized a creative session for a leisure organization (Salwega). They had a
problem which they needed help with solving. It was a 2 ½ hour session where we discuss the
problem and brainstorm together to get a possible solution.

The problem they need help with is thinking of ways to collect money to finance their summer camp
of 2021. They need new and creative ways to collect money, by letting the children participate in the
activities they come up with, they will be collecting money.

PROJECT DEFINITION  
During the creative session, the team members are supposed to complete two creative techniques
and a energizer to create the best possible outcome of the problem. During the creative session they
will use creative techniques which they can master and use for later use as well. The team members
will learn how to correctly brainstorm and work together. It is mainly focused on relationship
enhancement and team bonding to create the ultimate team work.
 
PROJECT RESULTS  
The results of the creative session are subcategorized into three different dimensions, the output,
the outcome and the impact. With this creative session we are aiming for the organization to gain
information and knowledge regarding the different creative techniques approaches and how to
communicate and work well in a team environment. One of the end results will be information about
the creative techniques, pictures of the creative session and the creative activities to collect
money. This can be achieved by giving an interactive creative session where they gain knowledge
about the topic, experience and learn everything they need to know.

The output of the project are the results of the creative techniques that will take place during the
creative session.
The outcome of the project is the activities which solves the problem they have. They will also gain
information and knowledge they will be able to use for later use.  
The impact of the project is that they will be able to build the team work that is necessary and will be
able to continue building their relationships.
  
There are a few requirements to ensure the success of the end product. Namely: 
 The theory used in the meeting is from reliable sources 
 The information provided is useful and reliable 
 The post-exposure is useful 
 Photos are taken during the creative session 
 Evaluating the creative session 
 Having fun and educating the organization is off importance 
PROJECT ORGANISATION   
Within this section my role is indicated and explained. The contact information is also included for if
someone needs to be contacted.
 Annelie Kenaani
Project Manager  
Phone number: +31 6 834 488 59 
Email Address: 190194@buas.nl and anneliekenaani@hotmail.com
Role: The project manager will be responsible for managing the team and every individual to create a
strong team. Using all our forces and efforts to create a great overall project. The project manager is
also responsible for the execution of the project, the team communication and for the success of
planning.  
  
PROJECT CONTENTS  
Below the contents of the session and preparations are explained. First there is a timetable with the
overall planning. Below that a script is included. 
PRE-EXPOSURE  
For the pre-exposure an invitation was send to the team members, to ask them to join. In this
invitation the information about when and where the session will happen could be found.

PLANNING 
When?  What? Who? Preparations Other
12-12-2020  Meeting up and Annelie Have drinks Contact those who
13:00 – 13:10 welcoming prepared and offer are late
everyone, waiting them something to
for those who are eat
possibly late
12-12-2020  Creative technique Annelie Bring along paper Bring along extra
13:10-14:10 one: 6-3-5 method and pens pen and paper in
case something
happens
12-12-2020  Energizer: Annelie Have everyone -
14:10-14:25 Countdown stand in a circle

12-12-2020  Creative technique Annelie Have everyone sit Make sure to write
14:25-15:25 two: Yes and…. down comfortably down the additional
ideas
12-12-2020  End the creative Annelie No preperations -
15:25-15:30 session and thank
everyone for
joining
 
CREATIVE TECHNIQUES:
Number one:
6-3-5 method
What you need:
Participants: 6 min
Materials: posters (A2-A4) and pens.

Step 1: The first step is that the six or more people write down 3 ideas per person on a piece of paper
at the same time. Then when they all wrote down 3 ideas, they will pass on their paper to the person
next to them.
Step 2: Once the neighbour receives the piece of paper, everyone will write down 3 ideas based on
the previous 3 words written on the piece of paper.

Step 3: Then the paper will be passed onto the next person sitting next door and they will write down
3 ideas based on previous ideas.

Step 4: This process will carry on till every person has written down 3 ideas on each persons paper.

Step 5: This will therefore bring more then a hundred new ideas ( 6 people x 3 ideas x 6 different
variants = 108)

The 6-3-5 brainwriting focuses on developing and refining ideas, and thus and thus developing
completely new trains of collaborative thoughts and ideas as a team.

Number two:
Yes and…..
Step 1: A person from the team expresses a word or an idea. And tells it to the group

Step 2: Someone (the next person) will agree on this idea (“Yes”) and will add a spontaneous
decision, association or ideas(“and then) on top of the beginning idea.

Step 3: The person then accepts the ideas given and continues to expound upon them. This process
continues until you have a story that you can and want to use.

The yes and technique is used to validate and explore all new spontaneous and interesting ideas.
Everyone is freely, actively and creatively participating. Thus all possible ways and styles of thinking
are integrated. Through spontaneity, acceptance, freedom and validation of others and each other,
the group will develop together more innovative ideas.

Energizer:
Countdown
The energizer goes as follows, you have to count from 1 to 20. It is however not as simple as it sounds, there is
one rule: there is no particular order of who says it when. You have to yell the consecutive number whenever you
want. But when two or more people say the same number at the same time, you start counting from the
beginning again so from 1.

DIRECT EXPOSURE – SCRIPT   

  
13:00 – 13:10 Welcoming 

13:10- 14:10 Start  session: Creative technique one, 6-3-5 method 

 
14:10- 14:25  Energizer; countdown
 
14:25  – 15:25 Creative technique two; yes and….
    
15:25  – 15:30 End of the creative session    

POST-EXPOSURE  
After the creative session is done I will be asking them to provide me with some feedback on how the
creative session went, if they liked it and if they thought it was well organized. Furthermore, they will
have created creative ideas to use, to raise money for their summer camp.