Meeting Participation
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- Fist to Five Poll
- Probability Spectrum
- Feelings Check-in Tool
- Hand Signals
- Meeting Materials
- Binary Vote
- Always Applicable
Fist to Five Poll
Use this to understand how people feel before you start. You can use this system in two ways:
- Asking "how" people feel about something, such as "how risky is X?"
- Proposing a course of action, such as "I propose that we set up a team to host nightly nets during the 2020 pandemic so members can use radios to converse."
At the start of a discussion, a fist of five vote sets the discussion level. This polling style shows who supports the idea and helps find who sees something you missed.
| Number | Alternative | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | fist | No. |
| 1 | 1 finger | I hold some reservations about this idea. |
| 2 | 2 fingers | I hold only one concern about this idea. |
| 3 | 3 fingers | Sure, let's give it a shot. |
| 4 | 4 fingers | I love this idea. |
| 5 | 5 fingers | Could I take over or help out? |
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Probability Spectrum
Where needed, use the probability spectrum to also gauge how people feel.
How strongly do you believe we should practise more often?
Options: 1%, 5%, 20%, 50%, 80%, 95%, 99%.
Feelings Check-in Tool
A way to signal your comfort level to each other. Rebootio uses a simple three-stage traffic-light gauge:
Green means you feel safe, copasetic, or perhaps are in flow. Your[sic] able to have eye-contact, creativity, play, humor. In a sense, all systems are go.
Yellow is reactionary, meaning that the fight or flight impulse is present, as is perhaps some defensiveness.
Red means your rational brain is offline, nervous system is shutting down such that you may or may not be present at all, or there may be a loss of trust.
Also, learn about non-violent communication principles
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Hand Signals
You may consider using hand signals to silently express how you feel about an idea. Alternatives come from the consensus decision-making methods used by:
- Meeting Hand Signals
- Edutopia
- Seeds for Change Cooperative Resources
- Working Den
- Nasco Cooperative Resources
- History
Meeting Materials
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Binary Vote
When a team needs to register a decision as a motion, we use a binary vote to count out who supports the decision.