What is a talking stick? A microphone?

Can you say a little about how you START using Compendium or any
dialogue mapping in meetings? Do you ask for or get consensus before
starting or do you just do it privately and wait till folks notice and
ask to see what you have captured?

Dialogue mapping needs to find and record questions and ideas which are
cleansed of unwanted complications. Questions need to have solutions
and pre-judgements removed. Ideas need to have arguments for and
against them moved to Pros and Cons. Pros and Cons need to be separated
into single aspect notes. Do you have effective techniques to get
participants to understand these needs or do you take on that
responsibility by yourself?

Dick


On 2006, Mar 8, , at 8:04, Turning Lead into Gold wrote:

> I'm going to echo Jeff Conklin's position - 'use what works'. I too
> though use Compendium in each engagement - having made the switch from
> indented lists to QuestMap some years ago. I would add that the speed
> I
> work at gives everyone time to think about (reflect on) their issues,
> ideas, etc. in much the same manner as working with a Talking Stick.
> Given time to formulate their thoughts, the 'arguments' are much more
> lucid - and richer...