Using
consensus to resolve
local community issues
KIRK
EMERSON
CHRISTINE CARLSON
MELINDA SMITH
ABSTRACT Workshop:
Country:
U.S.A.
Language:
English
This day-long pre-conference workshop provides essential information for any individual, agency or organization that is interested in organizing or participating in a consensus based approach to addressing a community issue or conflict. The workshop will be presented in eight modules, each module covering an aspect of what has been found to be the "best practices" in participating in a consensus building process. The modules include interactive involvement of the participants in exercises designed to demonstrate the principles. A brief description of the modules follows.
Module
1: What Are Consensus Processes? How Are They Different from Other Processes?
A case study of an actual community conflict will be presented serve as
the case study for the remainder of the workshop.
Module 2: What Makes For Successful Use of Consensus Processes
Module 3: How To Assess Whether A Consensus Process Is Appropriate
Module 4: Roles of Facilitators, Sponsors and Participants
Module 5: How to Select and Contract With acilitators/Mediators
Module 6: Who Needs To Be At The Table And How To Engage Participants
IRK EMERSON: Director, United States Institute for Environmental
Conflict Resolution.
CHRISTINE CARLSON, Co-director, Policy Consensus Initiative.
MELINDA SMITH, New Mexico Consensus Council. Ms. Smith, a mediator, facilitator, and dispute systems designer.
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