That's a very cool way to do it Diane. could combine it with a door prize drawing as well (also very common in Aboriginal community meetings ...:-) )
Thanks for this. chris On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Diane Gibeault <diane.gibea...@rogers.com> wrote: > Hi Kim, > > > > When looking for the general directions the majority of a group wishes to > take after discussions in Open Space, here is an option similar to dot > voting but with less peer influence on the results. That may not always be > important but when it is, the following alternative helps. > > > > Canadian aboriginal people shared with us this technique for compiling > votes - or points of the survey as I now call it (Vote would imply decision > making by participants when often, it is the leadership group that decides > and confirms after the survey, that priorities proposed by participants are > effectively a go for action planning given resources, context etc.). > > > > Their way is very quick and simple: tickets in envelopes attached to each > report on the wall. They prefer this method since the individual choices > are less influenced by the number of points (or votes) others have given to > a topic report for the simple reason that the points are not visible. > > > > Participants read the Book of Reports identifying at the same time their > top priorities and combining identical topics with the initiators' consent. > After the combinations have been announced by the facilitation team, as > people walk out through each of the aisles in the circle, they are handed a > strip of tickets (e.g. 5 tickets). They place their tickets in envelopes > attached under each report on the wall. > > > > Then, participants are invited to go to a report - not their own - count > results, mark the total on the envelope attached to the report. One > volunteer per report remains at the wall for the announcement of results. > When counting is all done, the facilitator asks if any report has the > maximum number of points a report could receive (e.g., same number as the > number of participants when it's one vote per person per report), and then > goes down by 10 until someone shouts that their report is in that range. As > report numbers and titles are announced volunteers note them on flip charts > to capture the priorities of the group. > > > > This approach was used with several OS events of 450 people and it works > wonderfully. > > > > Diane > > > > > * * ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Facilitation - Training - Process Design Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com Principal, Harvest Moon Consultants, Ltd. http://www.harvestmoonconsultants.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
