A Short Story about Facilitation and consensus
or how to make your meetings not terrible
A story...
Process!
Process and consensus makes your meetings almost fun!
Process and consensus helps you be less -ist, more inclusive, and more community-minded
good process helps your community listen to everyone, not just the loudest.
Photo CC license
Photo: Marie Wegman, from Wikimedia Commons
Marie Wegman
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Great Chicago Fire
facilitator
gatekeeper/temperature taker
notetaker
stack keeper (can be the same as gatekeeper)
Consensus is not a democracy!
there are lots of ways to take consensus.
they don't always have to be slow.
And what happened next was really interesting!
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In short...
facilitation and consensus will help your groups grow healthfully and help you identify community needs and deal with disruptive behavior.
I am willing to help.
Email me!
jhalperin@mozilla.com
tweet at me!
@little_wow
look at my writing!
http://jennierosehalperin.me