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Brainstorm notes that don't lose the good ideas.
Ideas grouped, voted, prioritized. Every idea attributed, every theme captured — so the best ones don't disappear when the whiteboard photo gets lost.
Who uses this template
- ›Product managers running ideation workshops
- ›Designers facilitating creative sessions
- ›Leadership teams running off-site brainstorms
The template
Copy this structure into Word, Google Docs, Notion, or your favorite notes app. Or skip the manual work and let Note Genie generate the brainstorm session notes for you from a recorded meeting.
Session Goal
What we're trying to generate ideas for — framed as a specific question or challenge.
Participants & Roles
Facilitator, participants, and any silent observers.
Ideas Generated
Every idea, attributed to the person who raised it, grouped loosely by theme.
Themes & Clustering
Groups of ideas that share a structural similarity or solve the same sub-problem.
Top Picks
Ideas the group voted to take forward, with the vote count or reasoning.
Next Steps
Owner and target date for each idea moving forward — usually a small prototype or research task.
Tip: Copy the plain-text version below into your document, then save as .docx or .pdf. Or download the AI version that fills it in automatically — see the example below.
Plain text — copy & paste
BRAINSTORM SESSION NOTES ======================== Meeting: ___________________________ Date: ___________________________ Attendees: ___________________________ 1. SESSION GOAL (What we're trying to generate ideas for — framed as a specific question or challenge.) ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 2. PARTICIPANTS & ROLES (Facilitator, participants, and any silent observers.) ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 3. IDEAS GENERATED (Every idea, attributed to the person who raised it, grouped loosely by theme.) ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 4. THEMES & CLUSTERING (Groups of ideas that share a structural similarity or solve the same sub-problem.) ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 5. TOP PICKS (Ideas the group voted to take forward, with the vote count or reasoning.) ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 6. NEXT STEPS (Owner and target date for each idea moving forward — usually a small prototype or research task.) ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________
AI-generated example
What the AI gives you back
Here's what Note Genie produces when you record a meeting and apply the Brainstorm Session Notes template. No manual typing.
Brainstorm — Onboarding First-Five-Minutes
Goal: How might we get new users to their first 'aha' moment in under 5 minutes? Themes: 1) Skip-the-setup (defer settings to later). 2) Recommend-then-ask (AI guesses, user corrects). 3) Show-don't-tell (sample data with 'use mine instead'). Top pick: Theme 2 — Recommend-then-ask. 6 of 8 votes. Marcus to prototype the first-three-screens by next Wednesday.
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