While not specifically about Open Space, thought some folks on this list might have some leads for Elliot.
from foggy Seattle (with occasional showers), Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "NCDD Discussion - Elliot Shuford" <[email protected]> To: "Peggy Holman" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:59 PM Subject: Evaluation dialogues/process: research leads? > This is the main discussion list for the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation. Replies to this message go to the entire list. For assistance, email [email protected]. > Hello- > > I'm a graduate student in the department of Planning, Public > Policy and Management at the University of Oregon. I have > two projects for which I'd love guidance or suggestions. > > My thesis is an evaluation of a community/organization > dialogue model called the Wisdom Council. Specifically, I'm > looking at the most complete application of the model > to-date. Very interesting results- mixed, indeed. > > I'm very interested in references people might have to > general democratic theory (particularly as it pertains to > dialogue and deliberation), community dialogues and small > group process. More specifically, I'm curious if anyone has > leads for evaluations and analyses of community dialogues. > I've found a few, but nothing terribly informative. I'm > starting to finish my literature review and want to be sure > I've missed nothing major. > > My other project is collaborative planning research. I'm > beginning to develop evaluative criteria for both > comprehensive plans and for collaborative planning > processes. While there is abundant material for evaluating > plan quality, there seems to be little rigorous criteria for > evaluating group process and facilitation. What we've found > is either very general or not comprehensive. > > We are looking for a survey instrument, which could be used > to measure the various aspects of the collaborative planning > process, particularly facilitation and meeting > participation. Our goal is to empirically investigate the > apparent link between consensus-based collaborative planning > and plan quality. > > Any advice, links, references, questions or comments are > welcome. > > Thanks, > > Elliot > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Respond directly to the sender of this message only. > mailto:[email protected] > > Post a response to this message and send to the entire group. > mailto:[email protected] > > Post a new message on a new topic and send to the entire group. > mailto:[email protected] > > To view this discussion online: > http://www.edgateway.net/cs/ncdd/forum/cs_disc/915 > > To unsubscribe and not receive further emails. > mailto:[email protected] > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
