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IC Café™
Is there such a thing as a democratic meeting, when there are thousands of ideas and views? In a IC Cafe everyone gets the chance to put forward their opinion. Discussions run more smoothly, leaving time for other things.
A IC Café is a web-based meeting tool for anchoring important, topical issues in an organization or company. For a management group this may involve discussing goals, visions and strategies. A project management team can use the tool for brainstorming or to evaluate projects in progress.
How does it work?
The participants sit at a "café table" around a computer. Everything discussed in the group is typed into the computer and projected onto a screen in the premises, which means that other groups can share in what is being said. The whole meeting is then saved into a database for subsequent compilation and reporting.
A democratic tool
The IC Café makes it easy for all those in the group to communicate their viewpoint supported by a meeting leader who leads the discussion. The tool can be used for voting or prioritizing different issues. The results may then be used as decision data.
Why IC Café?
- Five times faster than conventional meetings
- Anyone can facilitate sessions
- Everyone dare to communicate their opinion
- People generate hundreds of useful ideas an hour
- Everyone gets really involved and has an enjoyable experience
- Disorganised groups become top-performing teams
- The Internet version make it possible to run sessions on distance
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Requirements
Web/internet version:
Laptops for the participants, internet connection, a data projector
Local Area Network version:
IC Community provides all equipment: one laptop per group, LAN, a data projector
Examples on areas of use
- Evaluation tool, e g evaluation of a training course
- Tool to evaluate huge amounts of data, with many voices to be heard
- Help to democratically prioritize among different proposals
- Help to handle sensible questions
- Help for decision making for example to evaluate the benefit in relation to cost
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