Methodology
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Theoretical Framework:
This project utilizes the five-step consensus-building process created by Professor Larry Susskind:
- Convening (including the initial project assessment)
- Assigning roles and responsibilities to the group members
- Facilitating group problem solving
- Reaching agreement
- Holding parties to their commitments
Through this process, participants examine the multi-door courthouse in the context of several different goals it may help to achieve:
- Empowerment
- Inclusiveness
- Transparency
- Participation
- Efficiency
Technological Framework:
Consensus building is carried out through virtual dialogues, utilizing a creative combination of software, online threaded discussion forums, conference calls, videos, and videoconferencing. Facilitators work online with the participants, both synchronously (text, audio, and video chats) and asynchronously (email and threaded discussions) to make progress in the conversation.