Bringing Lo-Fi to Wifi: Effective Brainstorming via Video

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William Donnell @sodiumhalogen SODIUM HALOGEN Post-it Notes and whiteboards are basic office collaboration tools, supporting useful, well-established processes for group brainstorming. But when you’re not physically next to the same wall, the effectiveness of these tools crumbles. William Donnell, Founder of Sodium Halogen, an experience-design consulting firm, often works with groups of up to eight and will share the techniques he’s developed for ensuring lively, engaged virtual brainstorming.

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William Donnell@sodiumhalogen

#lofiwifi

Effective brainstorming via videoBRINGING LO-FI TO WIFI

ARE YOU CREATIVE?

DO YOU HAVE A BRAIN?

Get the IDEASout of your BRAIN

& on to PAPER

Effective brainstorming via videoBRINGING LO-FI TO WIFI

Sodium HalogenLead Designtist

William Donnell@sodiumhalogen

#lofiwifi

5 people : 3 time zones

CATN KY

*Austrailia & Brazil too

We do UX, UI and branding

for clients all over US*

Lots of design thinking

sketches, post-its, sharpies, whiteboards - 2D stuff

We use lots of tools to collaborate

VIDEO CHAT is best way to collaborate remotely

It's not just about COMMUNICATION,

but COMMUNITY

With distributed teams,

Perceived Distance Theoryeach step toward in-person

halves the perceived distance

Email Phone Video

Perceived Distance Theoryeach step toward in-person

halves the perceived distance

Email Phone Video

Perceived Distance Theoryeach step toward in-person

halves the perceived distance

Email Phone Video

Perceived Distance Theoryeach step toward in-person

halves the perceived distance

Email Phone Video

Perceived Distance Theoryeach step toward in-person

halves the perceived distance

sweetspot!

Video

Perceived Distance Theoryeach step toward in-person

halves the perceived distance

tear!

Conference Call PhoneEmail

*

VIDEO is the sweetspot!

Awesome!*

The basic setup

+

Two laptops and free software

The BEST TOOLS for video chat are the ones you

ALREADY HAVE

Bring the camera to the wall

Hold your sketch up to the camera or share a phone pic

These were the tools we had, so we used them and they worked

Advanced setup

+

add a second camera

Two camera Hangout hack

experiment hangout

Two camera Hangout hack

experiment hangout

iPhone on tripod

Two camera Hangout hack

one camera for faces. one for ideas.

Two camera Hangout hack

one camera for faces. one for ideas.

SET UP TWO CAMERASAT EACH LOCATION

+ +

We tried virtual tools,but came back to pen and paper

google docs

screenshot

virtual stickies

screenshot

A better second camera

meet iPevo

A better second camera

get the ideas out of your head and on to paper

Explain your ideaswith screencasts

YOUR CHALLENGE:Brainstorm using video

next week with two laptops & free software

cheatsheet at:SodiumHalogen.com/lofiwifi

Wrap up – BIG ideas

1. Everyone is creative! (yes, even you)

2. Ideas come from everywhere (accounting, HR, etc)

3. Make it easy to video brainstorm (conference call suck)

4. Get the ideas on paper (get out of the brain)

5. Video is the sweet spot!

6. Add a second camera (a better camera)

7. Screencasts help with sharing ideas across timezones

8. Try it now!

QUESTIONS?

WILLIAM DONNELLwm@sodiumhalogen.com

@sodiumhalogen #lofiwifi