On January 30, 2019, we did a fun little drop-in demonstration at the member driven Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) in Toronto's Annex neighbourhood. The…
Jason DicemanJanuary 30, 2019
One of the unique features of Feedback Frames is that the results can consistently be tabulated and compared quantitatively. Simply count the number of tokens…
Jason DicemanJuly 17, 2018
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…
Jason DicemanApril 17, 2018
Feedback Frames are sometimes called "idea rating frames" which is fine by us! Idea rating is a form of range voting. Participants give each option…
Jason DicemanMarch 25, 2018
High school students put down their smartphones to share opinions using tokens. As part of a Marketing class, students in an Aurora, Ontario high school…
Jason DicemanFebruary 1, 2017
Opportunity knocked this fall. I was invited to demonstrate Feedback Frames at the 6th Annual Summit on Public Consultation and Engagement. It is the largest…
Jason DicemanDecember 7, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM5PL6SkF2M I'm pleased to share with you a fun 5-minute video I used to launch my fall 2016 crowdfunding campaign for the original full feature…
Jason DicemanOctober 6, 2016
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…
Jason DicemanJune 6, 2016
Here it is! My first almost ready-for-manufacturing prototype. In February 2016, Spark Innovations delivered this fully functional prototype of my imagined creation. I am very…
Jason DicemanMarch 23, 2016
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…
Jason DicemanJanuary 30, 2016
Samara, a non-profit dedicated to reconnecting citizens to politics, took Feedback Frames for a spin. I've always been a fan of Samara, a non-profit, non-partisan…
Jason DicemanSeptember 11, 2015
After workshopping dozens of names with friends (especially award winning writer Andy Lee), I finally landed on Feedback Frames as the clear winner. I…
Jason DicemanJuly 13, 2015
I filed for a provisional patent to protect my invention. I'm lawyered up, people! Talking to my super smart social enterprise lawyer buddy, Robert Wakulat with…
Jason DicemanJune 29, 2015
Directors from an office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario used the Feedback Frames in their executive retreat. With a bit of luck, I got…
Jason DicemanJune 25, 2015
My first large group demonstration was with my extended family. Love you guys: My family has a tradition of celebrating Father's Day at the cottage,…
Jason DicemanJune 20, 2015
This prototype was the winner for demonstrating the value of my new invention. After realizing that pennies were too big to fit 30 per column,…
Jason DicemanMarch 18, 2015
Designed to fit 30 pennies, prototype #2 was functional, but did not fit letter size paper. At this stage I was trying to design the…
Jason DicemanDecember 8, 2014
I made my first prototypes on October 8, 2014. They were made of 100% acrylic (just like some sweaters - 80s pop song reference anyone?)…
Jason DicemanOctober 17, 2014
After 10 years of accepting that idea rating sheets are the less-than-perfect best tools for large decision-making without computers, I jumped out of bed with…
Jason DicemanSeptember 13, 2014