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Tools and platforms that aid group decision making through deliberate design decisions to improve the likelihood of desired outcomes, such as consensus.
Suggested reading:
- Seeds for Change guide to consensus-based decision making, including benefits, drawbacks, when to use it, and when not to.
- Facilitation tools for meetings and workshops.
- University of Waterloo’s Centre for Teaching Excellence guide to (analog) Group Decision Making.
- Wikipedia has articles about the long history of attempted Decision Support Systems and online deliberation.
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deliberAIde
Germany (Deutschland)We are developing an end-to-end platform for in-person, online and hybrid deliberative participation processes, starting with: AI-assistance for defining the process; anonymously transcribing and documenting deliberations; summarization and in-depth analysis; and final reporting.
Govbase is the most comprehensive database of projects and organizations in online governance.
deliberAIde
BerlinAt deliberAIde, we use artificial intelligence to enable inclusive dialogues at scale
Meta's Community Forum on Generative AI
Facebook, Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA, USAMeta's "Community Forums bring people together to discuss tough issues, consider hard choices and share recommendations for improving people’s experiences across our apps" using Stanford's deliberative polling method
City-Level Decision-Making Tool
Orlando, Florida, USAThe Society Library (a collective intelligence institute) shared their micro-voting decision-making tool for city-level decision-making.
Network-centric resources are people-powered and participatory resources that aim to maximise usage and engagement. They are developed through sharing ownership, enabling contribution and supporting collaboration.
Want to ask your friends where to go friday night or arrange a meeting with co-workers? Create a poll - and get answers in no time.
Participa Podemos
Madrid (Spain)Radically open political party in Madrid with over 500,000 members making decisions on its online platform
This book analyzes how mainstream and new parties are building their digital platforms and transitioning from traditional (offline) organizations into the digital world
Doing Better Work Together is an online learning and collaboration event for organisational innovators.
MixOn (previously 빠띠 믹스 / Parti.mx
Republic of South Korea (Hanguk or Namhan)Create a digital public sphere to discuss and decide together
Innovative Citizen Participation and New Democratic Institutions: Catching the Deliberative Wave by OECD
OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, FrancePublic authorities from all levels of government increasingly turn to Citizens' Assemblies, Juries, Panels and other representative deliberative processes to tackle complex policy problems ranging from climate change to infrastructure investment decisions.
A Trello board of many collective intelligence tools like Pol.is and Loomio
Zencity Engage (formerly Civil Space)
British ColumbiaBring a healthy new energy to your city’s conversations, and build trust with your community along the way.
PolicyKit
United States of America (the)A tool for building and evolving governance in online communities.
A free e-book covering common patterns in open project governance
Discuto
Amtsgasse 13aOnline collaboration, discussion & consensus. For institutions, organisations & groups.
Free and easy Mobile Voting tool for ANY speaker or teacher.
Maptionnaire Community Engagement Platform
Finland, Helsinki 00100, Fredrikinkatu 55aDigital heart for building cities together
Make.org
FranceDonnez votre avis sur des sujets de société qui vous tiennent à coeur en participant à nos consultations citoyennes. Ensemble, citoyens, associations et entreprises, définissons nos priorités et réalisons des changements concrets.
Parti Town Hall
43, Susaek-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of KoreaThe ultimate real-time discussion platform for all-inclusive events and meetings
Civic Action Teams
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)Closing feedback loops and building accountability in communities
@Stake is a digital multiplayer roleplaying game that fosters creativity and empathy in small group deliberation
Ethelo
VancouverEthelo decisions is a web platform or business intelligence tool built to help groups, communities or organization to find effective decisions quickly and fairly.
Your Priorities
Vegmúli 2, 108 Reykjavik, IcelandYour Priorities is an eDemocracy web application designed by the non profit Citizens Foundation to help groups speak with one voice.
Polis
Seattle, WA, United States of AmericaPolis is a real-time system for gathering, analyzing and understanding what large groups of people think in their own words, enabled by advanced statistics and machine learning.
Civocracy
BerlinCivocracy is fixing the relationship between citizens and their government using digital citizen participation.
CoBudget
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Cobudget makes it easy for organizations and groups to allocate funds collaboratively and transparently.
Talkto.nyc
New York CityIt's time to forge stronger connections between NYC citizens and city decision makers.
DemocracyOS
Buenos AiresDemocracyOS is an online space for deliberation and voting on political proposals. The software aims to stimulate better arguments and come to better rulings.
CONSUL
AmsterdamOpen source Open Government and E-Participation Web Software
Delib Suite
Orchard Street Business Centre, 13-14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EHMakers of Citizen Space, Dialogue, and Simulator.
vTaiwan
Taiwan (T'ai-wan)A public engagement method that invites citizens and stakeholders to come to a consensus together, using a mix of digital tools.
Cobi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cobi engages an entire academic community in planning a large-scale conference. Cobi elicits community members' preferences and constraints.
Stig
ParisStig est une application gratuite qui permet aux citoyens de construire ensemble la volonté générale à l'échelle de la France ainsi qu'à l'échelle locale.
Place Speak
New City Ventures, Attn: PlaceSpeak, 1005 Cypress Street, Vancouver, BC, V6J 3K5, CANADAPlaceSpeak is a location-based citizen engagement platform that authenticates the online public participation process through digital credentials and privacy-by-design to build trust.
Consider.it
Portland, ORA web forum that elevates your community's opinions. Civil and organized discussion even when hundreds of stakeholders participate.
Local Voices Network (LVN)
25 Kingston St, BostonDeveloped by the non-profit Cortico, the Local Voices Network (LVN) is a unique physical-digital network designed to bring under-heard community voices, perspectives and stories to the center of a healthier public dialogue.
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