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Consensus

Consensus in General. Two or more persons making mutually acceptable decisions for themselves.Involves a process of dialogue for success.Collective decision-making produces more powerful results than that done by individuals.. Consensus in General. More important, or more useful, to a group for

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Consensus

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    1. Consensus Wisconsin CIFMS Stakeholders Group July 19, 2005 Thomas J. Delaney, Ed.S., M.A. North Central Regional Resource Center

    2. Consensus in General Two or more persons making mutually acceptable decisions for themselves. Involves a process of dialogue for success. Collective decision-making produces more powerful results than that done by individuals.

    3. Consensus in General More important, or more useful, to a group for some situations than for others. Requires an investment of time, resources, commitment, and effort to be successful. More possible when commitment and creativity are used to search out the common good.

    4. The Person and the Community Two levels of decision-making in consensus building, the personal, and the communal. Personal decisions concern trust, integrity, and motivation to participate in collaboration.

    5. The Person and the Community Communal decisions concern how to best integrate diversity to produce mutual benefit. Personal decisions can wield great power over the quality and benefit of communal decisions.

    6. Some Personal Decisions What do I look for when I am making the decision whether or not to trust someone? How do I make sure that the person I am is the same person I am asking people to see me as? When are the times that I feel motivated to collaborate with others, and why?

    7. Some Communal Decisions How do we recognize and seek to integrate all of the perspectives offered by persons? How do we ensure that legitimate points of view are represented and integrated in consensus? How do we respond when a consensus does not seem attained, or attainable?

    8. Consensus Process Information on the decision to be made, including that it requires a joint decision. Dialogue to develop a knowledge pool for decision making, and to identify common good.

    9. Consensus Process Proposal of decision options that seek to benefit all involved and be mutually acceptable. Collective decision to accept a proposal and to proceed in unison.

    10. CIFMS Stakeholders Consensus What is consensus for the Group? When is it important or useful for the Group to seek a consensus? Is it today? How do members of the Group indicate their commitment to engaging in consensus building?

    11. CIFMS Stakeholders Consensus What information does the Group need, and how is it best presented to the Group? How does the Group best dialogue toward a consensus that integrates all perspectives? How are decision options proposed, and how are they to revised to integrate perspectives?

    12. CIFMS Stakeholders Consensus How does the Group make a collective decision to accept a proposal and to proceed onward? How does the Group respond when a consensus does not seem attained or attainable? How does the Group formally recognize that it has successfully attained a consensus?

    13. Lets go!

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