Dotmocracy is Broken
Let’s stop pretending voting with stickers is a good technique for adults to effectively prioritize among options. We know it’s not. Sticker-dot voting is not …
Drop-in at the Centre for Social Innovation
On January 30, 2019, I did a fun little drop-in demonstration at the member driven Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood. The …
Vélo Canada Bikes sets EPIC Strategic Actions
On November 7, 2018, Vélo Canada Bikes invited leaders in North America’s bicycle advocacy, planning, engineering, and bicycle manufacturing and distribution industry to a day-long series …
A Workshop with Taiwan’s Government Innovation Lab
In November 2018, g0v-Toronto, based in Toronto’s Civic Tech community, hosted a two-day capacity-building workshop in partnership with Public Digital Innovation Space (PDIS), Taiwan’s government …
Fun & Smart Low-tech Survey for Regional Planning Public Consultation
A letter and photos from Zach Dripps of the Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) – a regional planning organization in South Bend, Indiana USA. …
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Now you can measure controversy?!
One of the unique features of Feedback Frames is that the results can always be tabulated and compared quantitatively. Simply count the number of tokens …
An Upgrade on Idea Rating Sheets
Feedback Frames are a hardware solution that is an upgrade on my previous paper based invention called Idea Rating Sheets. My original idea rating sheets …
Idea Rating Frames
Feedback Frames are also sometimes called “idea rating frames”. Idea rating is a form of range voting. Voters give each option a score using a …
Highlights from 2017
2017 was a great year for Feedback Frames. After the public launch in the fall of 2016, with a fun video, and the accepting of …
70 Stakeholders Prioritize Government Energy Plan Goals
The Regional Municipality of Durham (Ontario, Canada) carried out two large face-to-face workshop sessions. The 70 participants consisted of Durham staff, representatives of the eight …
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Grade 11 Students Survey Their Peers
High school students put down their smartphones to share their opinions using tokens. As part of a Marketing class, students in an Aurora, Ontario high …
Featured at the 2016 Public Consultation Summit
Opportunity knocked this fall. I was invited to demonstrate Feedback Frames at the 6th Annual Summit on Public Consultation and Engagement, the largest conference of …
Facilitating Facilitators during Facilitation Week
Facilitating facilitators for Facilitation Week. Really! In just 15 minutes they found consensus about consensus.
2016 Launch Video
This is the fun 5-minute video I used to launch my fall 2016 crowdfunding campaign for the original full feature design of Feedback Frames. Unfortunately, …
Scientists Prioritize Research to Save the Great Lakes
Over 25 professional fresh water geeks created a prioritized consensus list of 40 topics for future research. What a great way to end a four-day scientific conference.
Peer Review Stories in a High School Class
Secret voting avoids peer pressure. On June 6, 2016 Mrs. Davidson invited her grade 12 English class to work in pairs to write one page …
Awesome Prototype #4 Video!
A short funny video demo of my first almost ready-for-manufacturing prototype. In February 2016, Spark Innovations delivered this fully functional prototype of what the manufactured …
The Precise Art of Amateur Scotch Tasting
A bunch of dudes had a scotch tasting party and we used Feedback Frames to record our opinions. My buddy, Mike Logan, invited a crew of …
Samara Knows Democracy
Samara, a non-profit dedicated to reconnecting citizens to politics, took my invention for a spin. I’ve always been a fan of Samara, a nonprofit, non-partisan advocacy …
“Feedback Frames” is the Name to Remember
After workshopping dozens of names with friends (especially award winning writer Andy Lee), I finally landed on “Feedback Frames” as the winner. I choose the …