Case studies of dotmocracy in action. Submit your own story here.
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
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
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
In an open air and poorly lit weekly community meeting, neighbours collected agreements on how to improve their shanty town.
Number of participants:
40
Number of participants:
30
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
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
The Big Carrot food co-op used dotmocracy to inform the policy decision concerning staff uniforms.
Number of participants:
45
Collecting clear direction for next steps at the conclusion of a non-profit leaders project training.
Number of participants:
16
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