Bringing Lo-Fi to Wifi: Effective Brainstorming via Video
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William Donnell @sodiumhalogen #lofiwifi Eff ective brainstorming via video BRINGING LO-FI TO WIFI
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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
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VIDEO is the sweetspot!
Awesome!*
The basic setup
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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
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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
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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!
