Managing the Half Day Sessions

[Todd Sundsted]

Part of InnovationCamp is a track of half-day sessions that are meant
to be hands-on collaboration, participation problem/solutions
sessions. I shamelessly got the inspiration from a TransitCamp
poster:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2264/2290106741_7d718c28f4.jpg

This is a
solutions
playground.
if u have complaints, you need to
provide solutions... simple ones. Ones
we can execute on this weekend. If
there are bigger issues, there is
probably a better place for them than
here.

Bottom line... it's more and more clear to me that tackling big
problems (or any interesting problem) through large scale up-front
analysis and then implementation doesn't work.

Anyway, the question is, how do we manage these half day sessions?
They'll start with a problem statement as part of the proposal for the
session (a la BarCamp). The goal, however, is to move toward an
iterative, experimental, prototype driven, build-to-think dynamic as
soon as possible. The question is, how to best harness the creative,
collaborative power in the room...?

Break the larger group into smaller groups? Alternate between
brainstorm and then prototype/test and then present (and repeat)?

What tools should we use? Wiki?

Thoughts...?