Resources:
Please feel free to download and utilize any of these tools as you see fit. We look forward to hearing how they work for you!
Mindflower's Feedback Grid
This tool has many great uses, but our favorite is capturing quick and easy feedback. This is an iteration of a typical retrospective board that is even easier to work through. Feel free to use this printout or draw your own on a flipchart.
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Mindflower's Collaborator Profile
Use this collaborator profile to get to know people before or during a workshop / retreat. This worksheet includes some fun questions for people to answer. If you are doing this live in a session, you could also have people partner up and fill out the worksheet for their counterparts. Hang these up around the room when you are finished to create a fun, visual gallery of all the participants.
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Mindflower's Board Retreat Profile Worksheet
Use this fun worksheet to facilitate introductions at your next board retreat. It encourages participants to think broadly about their experiences on the board, what they want to work on, the unique skills they bring, and their "why". Please reach out if you would like additional support with this tool. We are here to help. We are here to support you, your board, your executive committee, your leaders, and your team. We would be happy to facilitate your next meeting, board retreat, or strategy session.
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Mindflower's How to Bee Agreements
Virtual meetings and events can be difficult Use these suggestions as a guide for intention setting at the beginning of your virtual meetings and events. Please reach out if you would like additional support with this tool. We are here to help. We are here to support you, your board, your executive committee, your leaders, and your team. We would be happy to facilitate your next meeting, board retreat, or strategy session.
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Mindflower's Why, Give, Gain Worksheet
Use this "Why Give Gain" tool to guide your next Board of Directors meeting or strategic planning summit. The results may surprise you! Please reach out if you would like additional support with this tool. We would be happy to facilitate your next meeting, board retreat, or strategy session.
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Mindflower's Visual Metaphor for Mission, Vision, Values
Use this visual metaphor / tool to discuss Mission, Vision, and Values within your organization. Please reach out to us if you would like additional support with Mission, Vision, Values. We are here to support you, your board, your executive committee, your leaders, and your team. We would be happy to facilitate your next meeting, board retreat, or strategy session. NOTE: The illustration is an original creation. We developed this metaphor while working with a collaborator and discussing ways to visualize Mission, Vision, and Values.
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Mindflower's Divergent & Convergent Thinking Guidelines
Use this tool to introduce participants to the unique thinking modes of Divergent and Convergent Thinking. Remember to never use both types of thinking at the same time! Please reach out to us if you would like additional support with Divergent / Convergent Thinking. We are here to help. Let us know if you are interested in having Mindflower facilitate a workshop on Creative Problem Solving, Brainstorming, or Creative Thinking. NOTE: While the illustration is our unique artwork, we did not invent the guidelines for Divergent and Convergent Thinking. We learned about them through a few creative conferences (like Mindcamp), The Creative Education Foundation, and through our studies of Creative-Problem-Solving. You could also credit Alex Osborne and Sid Parnes for the creation of Brainstorming. If you are super nerdy, you can read more about J.P. Guilford and the history of divergent/convergent thinking here).
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Mindflower's Empathy Map
Use this tool to deepen your understanding of your customers, clients, stakeholders, users, cats, and more. Please reach out to us if you would like additional support with this tool or if you are interested in having Mindflower facilitate a workshop on Empathy Mapping. NOTE: We did not create the original empathy map. Many people have adopted their own versions of the empathy map, and the downloadable version is our original artwork and simplification of the Empathy Map. We believe in giving credit where credit is due: Dave Gray from XPLANE is the original creator.
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Mindflower's Services One-Pager
We offer digital and in-person services. This one-pager spells out some of the wonderful things we do with our clients. Please reach out to us when you are ready to collaborate and see how Mindflower might provide services for your unique organization and challenges. We can't wait to work with you.
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