Below is an example generic agenda for a two hour deliberative forum that uses Dotmocracy to find group agreements.
Welcome
and Opening Remarks (5 min)
Presentation
on [Topic of Forum] (20 min)
Present Preamble
and Questions to be Addressed (5 min)
Small
Group Discussions and Drafting Ideas (30 min)
Dotting,
Discussing and Drafting Ideas (40 min)
Highlight
Key Results (15 min)
Next
Steps & Closing Remarks (5 min)
As you can see, the majority of the time is given to the
process of writing ideas, dotting them, discussing patterns and writing new
ideas to be dotted.