Post in Building consensus online

Jan 28 02:01 UTC

Hey Steven,

My name is Bob Leming and I get called Lem.

By way of introduction I work with a partner in a small consulting company,
Communishare Consulting, here in Philadelphia. We are currently working
intensively with the American Friends Service Committee.

I have just brought my Dowire Profile up to date.

At the AFSC we are focused on the power of bringing together small groups of
5 or 6 for collaborative work & collaborative learning - and we are excited
with the results.

I will be very interested to hear the insights that others on this list have
re building a concensus across large groups.

One platform that provides tools that take steps in this direction is the
Actions Options Tool. This tool allows Activist Organizations to post
Actions that are then broadcast to all of the other Activists using the Tool
in that Region. Each organization is invited to vote on each Action. Votes
currently include Co-Sponsor, Participate, Support, No Support or Abstain.

To see the Tool in action see: www.ilcpj.org/actions/index.php?start=0&np=6

To learn more about the tool see: www.actionsoptions.org

The tool is being deployed across the Peace, Justice and Environment
Network: www.pjep.org

I am the volunteer facilitator for the Connecticut / Rhode Island PJ&E
Network, which is just starting to gain momentum.

A key is to have the facilitator stay in close touch with the activists in
the network and to stimulate participation - which can be labor intensive.

The goal of the project is to build first awareness and then
collaborationand concensus amongts the Activists in support of each others
work.

Bob Leming
Philadelphia