What is ConsensIQ and how does a consensus session work?
ConsensIQ is next level voting: participants spread points over options across several rounds, so you measure real support instead of a bare majority.
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Knowledge base
Knowledge base: deciding together with real support
Practical articles on point voting, writing good choice questions, facilitation and sessions that work. For anyone who needs a group to choose.
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Why spreading points works better than voting for or against
A yes or no vote gives a majority, not necessarily support. See why spreading points across options gives a fairer picture of a group.
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How to set up a ConsensIQ session in five steps
Setting up a consensus session takes five practical steps, from framing the question to testing the screen and remote beforehand.
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The role of the facilitator: when do you freeze the vote and open the discussion?
How a facilitator uses ConsensIQ to freeze a vote, open the floor for discussion, and move on without losing the process.
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Prioritising at management team or strategy days
How a management team reaches a shared set of priorities during a strategy day, without the discussion stalling.
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Public participation: resident meetings without a losing side
How to run resident meetings where people feel real influence, without the conversation turning into shouting matches.
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Member meetings and trade associations: setting direction together
How a trade association or member organisation reaches a direction at its general meeting that members genuinely back.
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Setting a shared research or policy agenda
How to use ConsensIQ to let a group decide which themes make it onto a research or policy agenda, with real prioritisation.
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ConsensIQ at conferences and large events
How ConsensIQ performs with hundreds of participants in a hybrid setup, from preparation to the presentation screen on stage.
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15 good ConsensIQ questions to get you started
Fifteen concrete sample questions for ConsensIQ, grouped by situation, to help you shape a good question of your own quickly.
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Using images as options (choosing venues, designs, campaign visuals)
How to set up images as options in ConsensIQ to choose between venues, designs or campaign visuals.
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Combining with PresentersWall: gather ideas with open questions first, then prioritise with ConsensIQ
How to combine open questions and idea collection in PresentersWall with prioritising in ConsensIQ, step by step.
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Online and hybrid sessions: tips for remote participants
Practical tips for including remote participants properly in online and hybrid ConsensIQ sessions.
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Pitfalls in group decisions (groupthink, the loudest voice, strategic voting) and how rounds help
Groupthink, the loudest voice and strategic voting undermine group decisions. See how multiple rounds with points reduce those pitfalls.
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How to write a good choice question: clear, mutually exclusive, equally weighted options
A practical approach to writing a choice question with clear, mutually exclusive and equally weighted options for a ConsensIQ session.
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Consensus decision-making and buy-in: what it is and what it isn't
What consensus decision-making really means, why it isn't unanimity, and how to build buy-in during a session.
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Cumulative voting, ranked choice and elimination rounds: how ConsensIQ compares to other voting methods
A fair comparison of plurality, approval, cumulative voting, ranked choice and ConsensIQ's approach.
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The story behind ConsensIQ: born at livewall together with the facilitators of Dagvoorzitter.nl
How ConsensIQ grew out of the collaboration between livewall and the facilitators of Dagvoorzitter.nl.
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Together we know better
Tell us what you need to decide and how many people are involved. We'll show you in a short demo what that looks like in ConsensIQ.