Community Development Tools and “Buy-in” Culture

There it was again. “This has shaped up well. Now we just need to get buy-in from the users.” Hearing these words at a recent meeting reminded me of how I’ve heard this sentiment several times in several settings. It can be (and has been, in my experience) expressed a few different ways, but it […]

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Focused Conversation Method Instructor

The Focused Conversation Method (FCM) is an important Technology of Participation ToP™ method used worl ...

group process / ORID

Guiding a Group To Self-Awareness: The Underlying Thinking Process

One of the most common sources of difficulty in creating consensus in a group happens when people in the ...

ORID

Guiding Group Awareness Of The Clear Thinking Process Behind Facilitation Design

A suggestion for introducing ORID as the thinking process behind the agenda: It’s important for the fa ...

facilitation / focused conversation / ORID / ToP methods

A Fascinating Interview about ORID

The ORID Method for Structured Conversation Robin Parsons, an ICA Associate, was recently interviewed ...

Decisional Level Questions to Close a Conversation

Sample Decisional Level Questions: Based on the intended results, or the rational aim of your conver ...

Strong Interpretive Questions

Questions at the Interpretive Level probe for meaning, significance and patterns, based on objective ...

Interpretive: Exploring Options and Looking for Patterns

Western society often uses critical thinking as a tool to understand and move toward decisions. There are ...

Useful Reflective Level Questions

Reflective level questions are inquiry about internal responses to a situation, or any objective data ...

ORID

Objective Level Questions Establish Facts

Success in establishing shared facts depends on asking the right number of focused yet open ...

Community Development Tools and “Buy-in” Culture

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