Dotmocracy/Speed Geeking

Dotmocracy/Speed Geeking

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Term2.png DOTMOCRACY/SPEED GEEKING
An established facilitation method for prioritizing ideas among a number of people. In this process participants put dots (usually using stickers) next to written ideas to express their preferences.

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 greatest opportunity for identifying 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.


Facilitator's role

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]


Link icon.png Web Resources
Below you have a list of selected websites where you can find additional informations on Dotmocracy process:
Link Content
www.dotmocracy.org/steps Instructions for dotmocracy process step by step.
www.dotmocracy.org Comparison chart between advanced dotmocracy and traditional dot-voting.


References

  1. Wikipedia (2 June 2009), www.dotmocracy.org (2 June 2009)