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Success Stories

Case studies of dotmocracy in action. Submit your own story here.

Junior School Project: to improve our lunchroom
We used Dotmocracy to help with the an inquiry process that we were doing school-wide to improve our lunchroom. We conducted the process working with K-5 children and adults. It was a wonderful clarifying process. Our ultimate result was a greatly improved lunchroom.

Number of participants:
30
Nevada Traffic Records Coordinating Committee
I used it February with a group of about 40 who are members of what we call the statewide Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (TRCC), a grant funded project representing law enforcement and traffic engineering professionals here in Nevada. Dotmocracy worked like a charm in an exercise to update the objectives of our strategic plan.

Number of participants:
40
Professional Writers Association of Canada, National Conference 2007
We used dotmocracy tools to complete a strategic planning exercise we had begun with an online survey prior to the conference. The sheets allowed us to focus the room's attention on 8 key ideas for the association, and to come to agreement on how to prioritize that list.

Number of participants:
80
Community Council in Simon Rodriguez, Cumaná Venenzuela
In an open air and poorly lit weekly community meeting, neighbours collected agreements on how to improve their shanty town.

Number of participants:
40
2006 National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation Dotmocracy Showcase
A demonstration of the dotmocracy process as part of the Methods Showcase on the first day of the three day National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation Dotmocracy . The event took place in the Renaissance Parc 55 in San Francisco, California. View photo
Number of participants:
30
2006 Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC) Youth Symposium
Dotmocracy process was used at the end of a two-day symposium to find agreement on a concrete project the group could move forward on.
Number of participants:
45
Kensington Market Community - plans for the 2005 Pedestrian Sundays
The process resulted in over 25 strongly approved proposals covering eight key questions, completed within 80 minutes. The participants were a diverse group of residents, business owners and community visitors.
Number of participants:
40
Big Carrot food co-op member meeting
The Big Carrot food co-op used dotmocracy to inform the policy decision concerning staff uniforms.
Number of participants:
45
Non-profit leaders training in Niagara Falls 2004
Collecting clear direction for next steps at the conclusion of a non-profit leaders project training.
Number of participants:
16
Karma Food Co-op 2004 Annual General Meeting
In parallel with the meeting agenda, members were invited to post and dot ideas for the co-op. We used an early version of the dotmocracy sheet with stickers.
Number of participants:
88

Non-profit leaders training in Niagara Falls 2004

Summary

Collecting clear direction for next steps at the conclusion of a non-profit leaders project training.

Date / Time

December 2004, 1 hour

Name of Facilitator(s)

Jason Diceman

Number of participants

Total number of ideas dotted

Preamble

I asked the participants to brainstorm in small groups and produce suggestions for promoting success in the project that they were all being trained on.

Details

In December 2004, sixteen diverse non-profit leaders used the Co-op Tools dotmocracy process to identify and prioritize issues and outline next steps in conclusion to a two day national portal project user training.

42 proposals were written and discussed
An average panel of 12 members critically judged each proposal
30 unanimously accepted suggestions, 13 of which had strong approval
Conducted in a single 65 minute session, including instruction and debriefing

The steering committee was able to use the written results of the dotmocracy process to generate a clear plan of action for the successful project roll-out.

The process used the original sticker version of the sheets.

A staff member recorded the results and e-mailed back to the group.

Learnings

People really liked the process. Some quotes...

I felt engaged, listened to, and invigorated by how much was accomplished.
Kirstin Beardsley
Communications & Research Officer, Developing Human Resources in the Voluntary Sector

An excellent energizing way to bring "interactive brainstorming" to a whole new level. A process that gets EVERYONE involved!!
Kathy Marshall
Executive Director, Womenspace

Rapid and efficient
Glory Ressler
Professional Adult Educator and Facilitator, Edge of Avalon - Avalon Consulting and Associates

Engaging and fun
Norm King
Director, BoardMatch Fundamentals

"I look forward to using it further"
Beth De Long
Executive Director, Pillar - Voluntary Sector Network
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