ConsensusPollListener
Consensus Poll Facilitator
Anyone can be a Consensus Poll Faciltator.
A consensus poll facilitator helps participants come to agreement through discussions and by helping them articulate their concerns more clearly. Also, it is important for consensus poll facilitators to direct polls in such a manner that they can reach a conclusion in optimal time; but at the same time ensure that the process is given enough time to evolve naturally. In general, an facilitator cares for the process. Specifically ...
What does a facilitator do with the NotYets?
- Actively listens to the concerns of the participant
- Articulates the issues of the participants in a clear way
- Helps participants in changing the document, so that it coincides with their viewpoints (see EfficientlyExpressedSuggestions )
- If needed, the facilitator edits the document in a way that takes into account multiple people's concerns and then contacts those people to ask them if the document now satisfies their issues.
What does a facilitator do with the Yesses?
- If we're having problems coming to an agreement, encourage the Yes status folks to say more about their reasoning and their process of coming to yes.
- Encourages participants to become facilitators
- Guides and helps the participants who are willing to facilitate