Dotmocracy/Speed Geeking

Dotmocracy is similar to other facilitation techniques such as "multi-voting", “dot-voting”, “sticky-dot voting” and “sticker voting”. However, there are quite important differences between "advanced dotmocracy" and traditional dot voting methods, since advanced dotmocracy should be more efficient in providing the gratest opportunity for identiying the answer with the highest possible level of agreement.

Dotmocracy can be helpful for:

1. recognizing priorities from all participants (even from the quite and shy ones);
2. empowering the group;
3. finding solutions to a problem while avoiding power dynamics;
4. providing results about the group's collective preferences;
5. supporting friendly discussions that can easily lead to practical conclusions.

Rules and Requirements

In order to make a dotmocracy session as fair and useful as possible, dotmocracy facilitators should follow these rules:

1. being neutral on the content;
2. each participant should only fill one dot per sheet;
3. participants may dot as many sheets as they want;
4. participants can also contribute anonymously;
5. ideas shouldn't be changed once dotting has started;
6. participants can post new ideas in any time of the process. ^[1]