Using improvisation to enhance the effectiveness of brainstorming

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 97-104

  Gerber, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Collaboration; Creativity support tools; Design methods; Improvisation

Indexed keywords

BRAINSTORMING; COLLABORATION; CREATIVITY SUPPORT TOOLS; DESIGN METHOD; IMPROVISATION;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

DESIGN;

EID: 84892466854     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1518701.1518718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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