The document contains notes for Pam summarizing a presentation. It discusses using a recent DoD project as a jumping off point to explain past work, and using visuals from other projects. Sheri suggested using a template to distinguish the LA project from past projects, but the presenter did not use a template. The overall goal is to provide a basis for a smoother presentation than powerpoint.

1. Notes to Pam
• As you will see, this presentation tries to use the recent
DoD project as a jumping off point to explain my work
generally. In addition, I use visual material from other
projects to further validate my work.
• Sheri suggested that suggested that one way of helping
the viewer keep track is to have some sort of visual
signifier that conveys when I am talking about the LA
project and when I am talking about past projects. She
suggested that I use a special template when talking
about the LA effort.

2. • I am not so swift at using templates like that,
so I did not do it. But the whole point of this is
to give you something that could be the basis
of something much smoother than a power
point can be anyway. So I wanted to explain
this idea to you.
• I am not wedded to her suggestion, but it sort
of makes sense to me.
•

3. Unlocking the Genius in the Group
• The DWC Group: Dialogue. Wisdom.
Collaboration.

4. Shot of me
The DWC Group
Dialogue.
Wisdom.
Collaboration

5. Shot of me
We serve
• Corporations
•Foundations
•Non-profits
•Associations
Or any group
trying to
increase collaboration,
creativity,
and connectivity

6. Our belief:
Groups have
the wisdom within
them to solve
their own problems
We facilitate dialogue
to reveal the
wisdom that
fuels improved
collaboration
“All of us are smarter than
any off us.”

7. In the green room
During the event
Presidential Town Hall on Race, Akron

8. Memphis, Youth Obesity, 1,000 people

9. Detroit, Race Relations, 250 people

10. Washington DC, City Strategic Plan, 3,000 people

11. 3 Strategies We Will Explore
1. Designing a Conversation that
Includes diverse Perspectives
2. Summarizing Multiple Discussions
Efficiently and Accurately
3. Polling the Audience Find the Consensus

14. Chaka Khan, 10-time Grammy winner

15. Mark and Avis Ridley-Thomas
Days of Dialogue

16. Distilling Collective Wisdom: Strategy 1
• Design a Conversation that accommodates
diverse perspectives

17. Distilling Collective Wisdom: Strategy 1
Design a Conversation that accommodates
diverse Perspectives
Task 1: Understand the key
questions for the conveners
Task 2. Create an inclusive and flexible
conversation frame that diverse conveners
and participants will trust
Task 3. Create discussion materials that are accessible
and will propel the dialogue

18. Talking about the diverse views of the
stakeholders
Some wanted to focus on faults in the youth
Others wanted to focus on faults in the system
Circumstances vary, some lead to good choices, some
Lead to bad ones
But everyone has a choice; your
destinaty is not inevitable
Lead to the frame illustrated next

22. A few seconds from set up video

23. Distilling Collective Wisdom: Strategy 2
• Strategy 2: Create many small group
dialogues so that every person help define
the key issues of concern.

24. Task 1: Recruit and train skilled
facilitators
Task 2: Create a themes and ideas team
that can quickly and accurately
summarize the content from each discussion

25. Facilitator pre-event meeting,
Central Avenue Day of Dialogue

26. Themes and Ideas Team serving
150-person meeting, Washington DC

27. Part of Themes and Ideas team
serving 250-person meeting, Detroit

28. Themes and Ideas Team serving
1,000 people, Memphis

29. Part of Themes and Ideas team
serving 3,000 person meeting in New Orleans

30. Themes and Ideas Report: Things that
other folks did that make it difficult
for me to make good choices
consistently
• Bad role models
• Forced in foster home
• Family not supportive or not around
• Trained to break law
• Environment
• Not taught how to deal with pain
• Peer pressure and/or bad influences from peers

31. Distilling Collective Wisdom: Step 3
• Use Audience Polling technologies so
everyone can express themselves, and so the
degree of consensus is visible to everyone.

33. Shot of David – holding devices
We use audience polling devices
to quickly find the key items
People care most about
These devices allow everyone
in the room to register their
response to a multiple choice
Question, and everyone to see
the collective range of answers

34. What should adults work in youth development
programs focus on to help them make better choices?
(choose up to 3) –
0 Care more about us
1 Transitional programs upon 57%
release
2 Professionalism from staff
3 Respect
4 Provide basic needs
5 Better Education
25%
6 Provide support groups 23%
20%
19%
7 Following though with 18%
16% 16%
17%
programs like this 13%
8 Clear communication - less
legal talk
9 Something else 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

35. What do youth most need to focus on in order
to start making better choices? (choose 2)
1. My Education 54%
2. My Career
3. Self-focus and self-respect
4. Family relationships 31%
5. Stop hanging with the
23%
wrong people 21% 21%
18%
6. Changing where I hang
out 8%
7%
7. Setting positive goals
8. Something else 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

37. National Civic Review, Spring 2010

38. Video of julia talking about how I make
things fun
• Fade her visual out, then go to the princeton
pictures.
• Her total audio time on the fun quote is 15
seconds. First five seconds should be her
talking then, audio over the princeton shots

48. How did this work for the incarcerated
youth?
• We don’t know if the
conveners will act on
the findings, but we
know that some of the
data revealed her
could potentially drive
further useful
dialogues or
immediate action.

49. % who say it % who say % who say
is safer in detention that education
is most
detention helps more important
than at kids than it thing youth
home hurts should focus
on
Site 1 53 15 47
Site 2 53 23 32
Site 3 46 33 40
Site 4 60 49 54

50. What should the facility most focus on in order
to help youth make better choices? – Camp 1
Respect 56%
• Fairness • 41%

51. What should the facility most focus on in order
to help youth make better choices? – Camp 2
Respect 57%
• Better Education • 25%

52. What should the facility most focus on in order
to help youth make better choices? – Camp 3
No group punishment 65%
• Respect • 35%

53. What should the facility most focus on in order
to help youth make better choices? – Camp 4
Less negativity from staff 67%
• More programs for the • 27%
post-release transition

54. What is the core takeaway?
• Inclusive conversation
frame
• +
• Many conversations that
are quickly summarized
+
• Audience polling
__________________
• Clear picture of group’s
priorities for action

55. Who can benefit
from the work
of The DWC Group?

56. Booze Allen, Organizational Inclusion, San Francisco, 25 people

58. Omaha, Intergroup Relations, 60 people

59. Omaha, Intergroup Relations, 60 people

60. University of South Dakota, Campus Diversity, 80 People

61. Bay View

62. San Francisco, Air Quality, 100 people

63. Washington DC, 200 people

64. Charlotte, Agenda for Children, 1,000 people

65. New Orleans, Redevelopment Priorities, 2,700 people

66. New Orleans, Redevelopment Priorities 2,700 people

67. NMCI
New Orleans, Redevelopment Priorities, 2,700 people

68. Chicago, AFSCME Union Modernization, 4,300 people

69. Chicago, AFSCME Union Modernization, 4,300 people

70. • The DWC Group
Dialogue.
Wisdom.
Collaboration.
david@thedwcgroup.com

71. Sandy’s letter scrolling
• Every time I see David use keypads, I am reminded how much they
contribute to participants' conference experience, and am
impressed by how little time he needs to move large groups
forward in meaningful ways.
• Keypads add an energizing element of participation to traditional
conferences, and add a sense of convergence and community when
combined with other participatory activities like small group
dialogue.
• David has an uncommon gift of melding these high-tech devices
with a personal style that is entertaining, intelligent, and puts
people at ease. I most highly recommend his services to anyone.
• Sandy Hierbacher
• Founder, National Coalition of Dialogue and Deliberation

72. • The DWC Group: Dialogue. Wisdom.
Collaboration
• www.thedwcgroup.com