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From: David Stodolsky <dss@...>

Subject: Turn-key facilitation tool available

Date: 7 July 2019 at 20:48:44 CEST

Below is a blurb I sent to the US Democracy Movement on Slack.

One of our server/hotspots and a couple of phones are in CA. If you want to play around with them, I can have them sent to your street address. These were developed to be marketed to group therapists, but I haven’t gotten anyone here interested in promotion.

dss

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Facilitation tool with automatic conflict resolution available.

Ensure a balance of participation in discussion, online or offline - or both.

See this summary:

Then connect to the demonstration site for use with a computer web browser (myturn.mobi). Google Chrome is a safe web browser choice. After playing around with it for a while - could just be two people in the same room on laptops - try the smartphone version (beta.myturn.mobi).

The setup requires you to enter your name - this should be remembered by the browser for the next time you use it. Then decide how long people will be allowed to make their point - no interruptions will be permitted during this time. If someone continues into a second period, the same amount of time is allowed. This turn-time is typically set for a few minutes, but a demo allowing only a few seconds can be used to illustrate the operation. Then enter the total time for discussion. Set this for longer than you expect to need, unless you actually want a hard deadline. Finally, select the topic for discussion, so people can be sure they are connecting to the right dialogue management group.

Vibration of your phone allows you to know that it is your turn, without looking at the phone. When it is your turn, you will get a buzz twice a second. If you are connected to an active discussion, you get a “heartbeat” every two seconds. When pressing the on-screen button, you get an indication every second. You must hold the button as long as you want to talk. This is true while speaking or when waiting for a turn. Have fun!

Computer -

Phone -

Comprehensive information is available on this blog page: