IntelliConferences
There are many intelligent and earnest individuals throughout industry, government, and the community. What has been lacking are the effective methods and forums for gathering that intelligence into well-conceived plans, policies, and investment strategies.
Typical conferences convene hundreds of people to listen passively to speakers and their PowerPoint presentations. Even when hallway and dinner conversations are lively, the energy dissipates by the time participants begin their next workday.
OnTrackNorthAmerica’s IntelliConferences convene stakeholders online and in-person in efficient, IntelliSynthesis® dialogues that foster better thinking, decision-making, and action, producing viable solutions.
Efficient, Effective Engagement
IntelliConferences present a completely new approach to small- and large-group dialogue that greatly reduces participants’ time commitment while increasing the creativity and impact of the interaction.
We utilize an inquiry-based approach to dialogue and thinking called IntelliSynthesis, which empowers participants to co-create innovative solutions and projects.
traditional processes
Fixed meeting schedules require participants to travel or gather online for prescheduled meetings.
Inadequate facilitation impedes progress by fostering polite but fruitless conversation leaving the most important questions unaddressed.
Expecting participants to read what everyone has written is both time consuming and ineffective.
Attrition is the result of inefficient, time-consuming, and contentious processes that lead participants to drop out or pull back.
Reactive engagement occurs when participants respond directly to previous posts, which can cause interactions to devolve into squabbles or reinforce entrenched positions.
Speaking can be risky and participants are sometimes reluctant to say what they think and feel about the issues at hand.
Asynchronous flexibility allows participants to read and respond independently on their own schedules, from wherever they are, saving valuable time.
Call and response is initiated by the IntelliConference facilitation team, who ask the most critical, valuable questions. Problems turn into opportunities for solving and progress when language is framed as questions rather than phrases.
The Facilitation Team prepares a digest of each rounds’ input. Summarizing the type and amount of information saves participants valuable time and invites more enthusiastic participation for real results.
Participation agreements that are reasonable and productive are presented to and signed by each participant at the time of registration. Adherence to these agreements is tracked and cheered.
Inquiry-based IntelliConferences utilize questions to stimulate inquiry-based dialogues that focus the group on the end-game.
Anonymity is an option offered by the IntelliConference methodology to allow participants to choose attribution or anonymity on all or some of their input.
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