Fw: Evaluation dialogues/process: research leads?

Peggy Holman peggy at opencirclecompany.com
Wed Feb 18 15:29:55 PST 2004


While not specifically about Open Space, thought some folks on this list
might have some leads for Elliot.

from foggy Seattle (with occasional showers),
Peggy


----- Original Message -----
From: "NCDD Discussion - Elliot Shuford" <elliotshuford at yahoo.com>
To: "Peggy Holman" <peggy at opencirclecompany.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:59 PM
Subject: Evaluation dialogues/process: research leads?


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> Hello-
>
> I'm a graduate student in the department of Planning, Public
> Policy and Management at the University of Oregon. I have
> two projects for which I'd love guidance or suggestions.
>
> My thesis is an evaluation of a community/organization
> dialogue model called the Wisdom Council. Specifically, I'm
> looking at the most complete application of the model
> to-date. Very interesting results- mixed, indeed.
>
> I'm very interested in references people might have to
> general democratic theory (particularly as it pertains to
> dialogue and deliberation), community dialogues and small
> group process. More specifically, I'm curious if anyone has
> leads for evaluations and analyses of community dialogues.
> I've found a few, but nothing terribly informative. I'm
> starting to finish my literature review and want to be sure
> I've missed nothing major.
>
> My other project is collaborative planning research. I'm
> beginning to develop evaluative criteria for both
> comprehensive plans and for collaborative planning
> processes. While there is abundant material for evaluating
> plan quality, there seems to be little rigorous criteria for
> evaluating group process and facilitation. What we've found
> is either very general or not comprehensive.
>
> We are looking for a survey instrument, which could be used
> to measure the various aspects of the collaborative planning
> process, particularly facilitation and meeting
> participation. Our goal is to empirically investigate the
> apparent link between consensus-based collaborative planning
> and plan quality.
>
> Any advice, links, references, questions or comments are
> welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Elliot
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