Comments on: Structuring Participant Input: Dynamic Facilitation, Brainstorming

By: How Quora Does Opt-In Anonymity « Intellitics, Inc.

How Quora Does Opt-In Anonymity « Intellitics, Inc. — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:02:04 +0000

[...] obvious how this could be useful. In brainstorming, it is crucial to suspend judgment during the ideation process. Allowing participants to post anonymously would [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:03:45 +0000

Thanks, Ruth. We are actively seeking to recruit a small number of pilot projects in order to help us obtain some real-life feedback early on. I will be contacting you via email.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:54:01 +0000

We (Participatory Budgeting Unit in the UK) would be really interested to see this kind of web application. The debates about online PB are raging away here at the moment and it would be good to see what technology can come up with to overcome the barriers to good quality deliberation online.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:53:00 +0000

Thanks, Tiago!

We’re in the process of prototyping a web application that can support this kind of process.

By: Tiago

Tiago — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:00:30 +0000

I just posted the link on the wall of the Participatory Budgeting Facebook group with the following comment:

“I have not given a lot of thought to the change.gov platform, but from all the suggestions that I have come across with regard to change.gov and how it could be improved, I would say that TIM’s proposed design – despite its apparent triviality – goes one step ahead, taking into account some major aspects for good online deliberation.

In fact, it does greatly resemble the design of some (offline) traditional participatory budgeting initiatives in Brazil and Argentina.

Anyway, an idea worth further development, particularly to those interested in the development of online PBs.”