Card Storming Workshops - Magnetic-dry-wipe System Cards

Card Storming using System/Index cards is a common technique used in workshops, for generating and prioritsing ideas from a group of attendees. This can be part of requirements gathering, issues/risks logging, or part of an exercise in a retrospective or futurespective.

Usually the facilitator passes out cards to the workshop participants & asks them to dump as many ideas as possible (one idea per card) in big writing (using marker pens) into the centre of a table in a timebox (say 5 mins). The group then deletes duplicates and groups cards carrying a common theme together and/or prioritises them.

They can be difficult to see over a large table, or they're difficult to prioritise if blu-tacked to a wall. Also, over time, this can burn a lot of trees.

Enter magnetic, dry-wipe system cards (worldwide patent applied for) - the system cards have a magnetic strip around the back and are laminated in clear plastic. See below. Just make sure you don't use permanent marker pens – Doh!

You can order a box of 100 for only 1 billion dollars from sprintst1@hotmail.com - or go make your own – I only ask that you credit me with the invention when you use them. ;-)



Adhesive magnetic tape on rear surface (prior to lamination):