What is Dotmocracy?

Dotmocracy is an established facilitation method for collecting and prioritizing ideas among a large number of people.

It is an equal opportunity & participatory group decision-making process.

Participants write down ideas and apply dots under each idea to show which ones they prefer. The final result is a graph-like visual representation of the group's collective preferences.

Read the step-by-step process

This website presents the "Advanced Dotmocracy" process, which uses specially designed forms called Dotmocracy sheets to record each idea and participants' levels of agreement (or confusion), related comments and signatures for validation. It also follows a specific set of rules & requirements.

The Advanced Dotmocracy processes has been proven to:

• Recognize priorities and direction from all participants.
• Engage and empower diverse groups.
• Recognize agreement on unique ideas well as general.
• Give a voice to even the quietest of participants.
• Recognize and celebrate shared values.
• Focus on solutions while avoiding traditional power dynamics.
• Provide fully documented results that can be easily turned into action plans.
• Support friendly discussions while efficiently leading to practical conclusions.

The process is fun and takes only minutes to learn and apply.

To start using Dotmocracy download, print and copy blank Dotmocracy sheets and read the Dotmocracy handbook.