If you’ve participated in a workshop, conference, or brainstorm, then you’ve probably experienced a breakout session. That’s when the meeting facilitator divides up participants into smaller groups to privately discuss a topic. When done correctly, breakout sessions are an excellent opportunity to have candid conversations and connect with other participants on a more intimate level than a broader meeting allows.
A concept map is a diagram that shows relationships between different ideas, and it’s a useful tool for organizing your thoughts and understanding the nitty-gritty of a specific topic. Sounds helpful, doesn’t it? That brings you to this question: how do you make one? These maps are flexible and can be as simple or as complex as you need them to be. Below, let’s dig into everything you need to know about how to make a concept map.
We’re in the midst of a collaboration renaissance. The global shift to remote work has forced many companies to rethink how teams collaborate. In the absence of habits and best practices that we used to take for granted, everyone is looking for new ways to connect, innovate, and get work done. For product development teams, that has been a huge challenge — and a huge opportunity.
Think about something that’s seemingly simple — like a sandwich, for instance. It seems straightforward enough, right? But now, push yourself to start thinking about everything that relates to a sandwich. What ingredients are used to make it? Who eats sandwiches? How are they made? Suddenly you’re bursting with all sorts of topics related to sandwiches, but there’s no rhyme or reason for how those different ideas are related to one another.
Workshops are serious business — they tackle meaty material and move at a brisk pace, so it’s key to keep your team dialed in and following along. That was challenging enough for in-person workshops. For remote workshops, it can feel herculean. But great news — here are some creative ideas, tips, and techniques for grabbing and keeping your team’s attention from afar. Contributing Writer at Miro John Cockrell covers topics for Miro on all things remote collaboration.
For over 50 years, the team at frog has harnessed the power of in-person collaboration to help their clients bring new products to market and transform their businesses. Their process and the incredible outcomes they produce have earned them a reputation for excellence. There’s a reason brands like Porsche, GE, and Pfizer turn to Frog to inject new levels of innovation into their product design.
The shift to remote work has disrupted many traditional organizational processes and company cultures. Too many of our day-to-day activities are quite challenging to replicate virtually. Now, shoulder tapping and meetings have become even more of a burden, and it seems more difficult to keep employees feeling happy, appreciated, and engaged with their work and colleagues. The struggle is real.
The shift to remote work has disrupted many traditional organizational processes and company cultures. Too many of our day-to-day activities are quite challenging to replicate virtually. Now, shoulder tapping and meetings have become even more of a burden, and it seems more difficult to keep employees feeling happy, appreciated, and engaged with their work and colleagues. The struggle is real.
As of mid-March, 12 months have officially passed since hundreds of millions of people around the world began working remotely to help slow the spread of the newly emerging coronavirus. What many of us thought might be a month or so of “flattening the curve” has now been a full year of working from our homes, with far-reaching effects on our relationships, processes, and work habits.
Everyone has their own tried-and-true methods to jumpstart creativity. For many, the process involves physically writing down ideas on Post-it® Notes and then huddling around the whiteboard to flesh them out with colleagues. But as remote and distributed work environments become the norm, teams need a new way to ideate and collaborate online while still allowing for independent exploration with pen and paper.
