IntelliConferences
There are many intelligent, earnest professionals operating 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 gather hundreds of people to listen passively to speakers and their PowerPoint presentations. Even when hallway and dinner conversations are lively, energy dissipates by the time participants start their next work day.
OnTrackNorthAmerica’s IntelliConferences convene stakeholders online and in-person in efficient dialogues that produce better thinking, decision-making, and action.
Efficient, Effective Engagement
The IntelliConference is 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 that empowers participants to co-create innovative solutions and projects.
traditional processes
Fixed meeting schedules. Require participants to travel, or gather online at fixed times for pre-scheduled meetings.
Inadequate facilitation. The dialogue process hovers above the most contentious issues in polite but fruitless conversation.
Too much information. Reading, listening, and digesting too much information is both exhausting and time consuming–and not usually done well by all participants.
Attrition. Inefficient, time-consuming, and contentious processes lead participants to drop out or pull back.
Unproductive conversation. These issues come with history, and stakeholders come with baggage, bringing past relationship challenges into their communications.
Reactive engagement. When participants respond directly to previous posts, interactions tend to devolve into squabbles or reinforce entrenched positions.
Speaking can be risky. Participants are sometimes reluctant to say what they think and feel about the issues at hand.
Asynchronous flexibility. Participants read and respond independently on their schedules, from where they are, saving valuable time.
Call and response. The IntelliConference Moderator asks a set of questions, each Participant writes back with their responses, and the facilitation team sends out the Syntheses and interacts with participants individually as needed.
Facilitator summaries. Participants are provided with a digested synopsis of the entire group’s input.
Participation agreements. Registrants agree to a set of reasonable agreements and to have their adherence tracked and cheered.
Participant coaching. The Moderator coaches participants, as needed, to express themselves fully without unnecessarily confusing or offending other participants.
Inquiry-based. The IntelliConference utilizes questions for an “inquiry-based dialogue” that focuses the group on the end-game.
Anonymity is an option. IntelliConference methodology accommodates participants’ choice of attribution or anonymity on all or some of their input.
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