Reflecting on Online Deliberation: “Let’s Talk” Phase Two
Serving as both a subgroup facilitator in the second phase of the "Let’s Talk" and as a deliberation mentor to teams in the first phase, I inevitably gathered some impressions and insights along the way. These notes aren’t rigorously systematic, nor would I call them classic “observations.” They are, instead, a set of casual reflections—“miscellaneous notes,” if you will—intended to provide future organizers of online deliberations a point of reference. Please note that in Phase Two of Let’s Talk, the approach and methods used by each facilitator or subgroup could vary. What I recount here is strictly my own experience.