GROUPMAP TECHNOLOGY

GroupMap is an online tool for group brainstorming and planning to help make team activities awesome. Meeting organisers can create a map from a template or design their own around a key activity such as agile retrospectives, pros and cons or risk mapping. Each participant who joins the map can create their own responses anonymously in either a collaborative or independent way according to the rules set in the map. As everyone is providing their response, a GroupMap is created showing the... results of what everyone thinks. Ideas can be voted on, commented and reported on in visual way. The unique option to have individuals respond on their own map helps to * Reduce some of the negative impacts of group work such as edit wars, reticence and dominance * Compliments online meetings where a brainstorm template is required. * Provides an anonymous environment (optional) which helps to remove groupthink * Allows individuals to see how their contribution impacts the big picture and provide feedback through comparison * Improves the quality of input and helps speeds the productivity and effectiveness of brainstorming. (Research shows individual brainstorming before group brainstorming tends to produce 20% more and 20% better quality ideas) GroupMap can be used for both distributed and face to face teams in training, workshop, strategy planning and conference settings. Current clients include various government departments, universities and meeting organisers.More