Topic Guide Tools Resource
Process & Communication
Revised 05/04/16

Topic Guide Resource List

Topic Guiding Process (from Anne)
  • Holds the container for the community’s input
  • Sifts through the information and finds patterns
  • Guides the process in and out of all the different constellations
  • Brings the topic, at varying phases, to the community via Community Meetings
    • Works with the facilitator to create a framework and process for these meetings
    • Gets clear on: What do we want to get out of this meeting? = Purpose
    • Gets conceptual agreement from community on direction
    • Proposal creation and presentation

Ideas for resources and information on the website (from Mac)
  • info about when to use posted decision vs decision made in Community Meeting (see the Decision Making and Meetings Agreement)
  • info about value of plenary time and how to guide topic so as to make best use of that time
  • specific purpose of using plenary time should be very clear and written as purpose to be sent to ST and included in agenda
  • link to Posted Decisions section of Decision Making & Meetings Agreement
  • link to WORKING WITH TOPICS AND MAKING DECISIONS section of Decision Making & Meetings Agreement
  • reference Consensus Philosophy Guidelines; any topic guide should be thoroughly familiar with it    
  • discussion about essence of role: to take community input to sculpt proposal; TG is servant of community to get their best ideas put into decision; not TG’s idea pushed onto community
  • link to Discussion section of Meetings Guidelines
  • link to Making the Decision section of Meetings Guidelines
  • link to If Consensus Cannot Be Reached section of Meetings Guideline
    • I think topic guides should be familiar with the complete Meetings Guidelines
  • link to Summary of Decision Method section in Facilitation Guidelines
  • link to Proposals section in Facilitation Guideline
  • link to If Consensus Cannot Be Reached section in Facilitation Guideline
    • I think topic guides should be familiar with the complete Facilitation Guidelines
  • link to Alternative Decision Making Methods Guidelines
  • link to Facilitation Tools Resource so TG is aware of possible tools to use in Community Mtg
  • Laird’s Webinar Resource
  • overall strategy of topic expanding and the contracting (see diamond above)