Comments on: Few-to-Few, Where Art Thou? http://www.intellitics.com/blog/2009/03/05/few-to-few-where-art-thou/ The Participation Company Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:45:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Democs: Smart In-Person Process for Small-Group Consultations http://www.intellitics.com/blog/2009/03/05/few-to-few-where-art-thou/comment-page-1/#comment-18730 Democs: Smart In-Person Process for Small-Group Consultations Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:31:32 +0000 http://www.intellitics.com/blog/?p=170#comment-18730 [...] processes are essential to dialogue and deliberation, yet often neglected or underutilized online. With the first few basic elements of our small-group functionality now in place on Zilino, [...] [...] processes are essential to dialogue and deliberation, yet often neglected or underutilized online. With the first few basic elements of our small-group functionality now in place on Zilino, [...]

]]> By: 1771 at Intellitics http://www.intellitics.com/blog/2009/03/05/few-to-few-where-art-thou/comment-page-1/#comment-708 1771 at Intellitics Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:04:00 +0000 http://www.intellitics.com/blog/?p=170#comment-708 [...] assume for a second that you’ve already figured out a process that allows you to conveniently split up a larger group into smaller teams, define a [...] [...] assume for a second that you’ve already figured out a process that allows you to conveniently split up a larger group into smaller teams, define a [...]

]]> By: Ron Lubensky http://www.intellitics.com/blog/2009/03/05/few-to-few-where-art-thou/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Ron Lubensky Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:57:35 +0000 http://www.intellitics.com/blog/?p=170#comment-690 Hi Tim, I commend you for re-exploring basic principles of D&D, which I think we need to do more. My PhD research is about what deliberation actually is and comes to mean for participants. Of course, it depends on the format, of which there are many. But I am finding that it is about norm-setting, introducing people to a new kind of conversation or problem-solving approach. You wrote earlier about the distinction between deliberation and debate. For many who come to Citizens' Juries and our recently concluded Citizens Parliament in Australia, this comes as a revelation. The challenge with the few-to-few level of interaction is in how to introduce that new norm-setting in a non-coercive manner. In other words, how to pull people away from old adversarial habits. Hi Tim,

I commend you for re-exploring basic principles of D&D, which I think we need to do more. My PhD research is about what deliberation actually is and comes to mean for participants. Of course, it depends on the format, of which there are many. But I am finding that it is about norm-setting, introducing people to a new kind of conversation or problem-solving approach. You wrote earlier about the distinction between deliberation and debate. For many who come to Citizens’ Juries and our recently concluded Citizens Parliament in Australia, this comes as a revelation.

The challenge with the few-to-few level of interaction is in how to introduce that new norm-setting in a non-coercive manner. In other words, how to pull people away from old adversarial habits.

]]> By: Eugene Eric Kim http://www.intellitics.com/blog/2009/03/05/few-to-few-where-art-thou/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Eugene Eric Kim Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:13:42 +0000 http://www.intellitics.com/blog/?p=170#comment-688 Critical points, Tim; bravo on this post. I've only seen one online tool that emphasizes small groups -- <a href="http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/" rel="nofollow">H2O</a>, one of the first projects to emerge from the Berkman Center. That tool had another great component, which was limiting the number of posts to one a day. There is also <a href="http://www.openspace-online.com/" rel="nofollow">OpenSpace Online</a>, which doesn't impose small group organization, but it encourages it in the same way that the Open Space process does. Looking forward to seeing how Intellitics incorporates this important pattern. :-) Critical points, Tim; bravo on this post. I’ve only seen one online tool that emphasizes small groups — H2O, one of the first projects to emerge from the Berkman Center. That tool had another great component, which was limiting the number of posts to one a day.

There is also OpenSpace Online, which doesn’t impose small group organization, but it encourages it in the same way that the Open Space process does.

Looking forward to seeing how Intellitics incorporates this important pattern. :-)

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