Difference between revisions of "Topics for Mini-lessons on Consensus Process"
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| − | + | Some groups, including the board, occasionally make time for a mini-lesson in consensus topics at meetings. The intention is to help the entire group become more skilled in the process. These are some potential topics for future lessons. | |
| − | * Beyond the stack: other ways facilitators guide conversation | + | * Beyond the stack: other ways facilitators guide conversation |
| − | * Understanding others' concerns | + | * Understanding others' concerns (Basically, listening techniques. The quick moral of this one is: the point is less to defend your point and "win" than to understand the other's position and concern and make sure it's addressed.) |
| − | * Preparing to present | + | * Preparing to present |
* What's a clarifying question? | * What's a clarifying question? | ||
| − | * Pulling together an agenda | + | * Pulling together an agenda (whose responsibility, how to add things, how to structure one) |
| − | * Subcommittees | + | * Subcommittees (when to create them, giving authority, reporting back, dissolving them - or not) |
| − | * What to do if you don't feel understood | + | * What to do if you don't feel understood |
| − | * Capturing conversation in the minutes | + | * Capturing conversation in the minutes |
| − | * Brainstorming | + | * Brainstorming (when it's appropriate, basic groundrules) |
| − | * Stand asides vs. blocks | + | * Stand asides vs. blocks |
| − | * When to call the question | + | * When to call the question |
| + | * Basic flow of consensus decision (see QIS cards) | ||
| + | * How to extend a meeting (or not!) | ||
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[[Category: Meetings]] | [[Category: Meetings]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:45, 12 January 2012
Some groups, including the board, occasionally make time for a mini-lesson in consensus topics at meetings. The intention is to help the entire group become more skilled in the process. These are some potential topics for future lessons.
- Beyond the stack: other ways facilitators guide conversation
- Understanding others' concerns (Basically, listening techniques. The quick moral of this one is: the point is less to defend your point and "win" than to understand the other's position and concern and make sure it's addressed.)
- Preparing to present
- What's a clarifying question?
- Pulling together an agenda (whose responsibility, how to add things, how to structure one)
- Subcommittees (when to create them, giving authority, reporting back, dissolving them - or not)
- What to do if you don't feel understood
- Capturing conversation in the minutes
- Brainstorming (when it's appropriate, basic groundrules)
- Stand asides vs. blocks
- When to call the question
- Basic flow of consensus decision (see QIS cards)
- How to extend a meeting (or not!)