Multi-Voting • WorkshopBank
Multi-Voting is a structured prioritisation method that helps a group narrow a long list of options down to the few that matter most.
How to run it
- Confirm the list of options is ready to vote on. If it was generated earlier in the session, hang it somewhere everyone can see.
- Number every item clearly. Numbers make voting faster and remove ambiguity about which option someone means.
- Decide in advance how many items you want to end up with. Three to five is typical.
- Decide whether you will run one round or multiple. One round is faster. Two or three rounds give tighter results.
- Multi-Voting is a structured prioritisation method that helps a group narrow a long list of options down to the few that matter most.
- Each person gets a fixed number of votes (often calculated as N/3, where N is the total number of options) and distributes them across the list however they see fit.
- The votes are tallied, the lowest-scoring items drop off, and the group can run a second round on what remains.
- What makes it different from straight voting is that it lets everyone's preferences count across multiple items, which surfaces broadly supported choices that might never be anyone's absolute favourite but that the whole group can get behind.
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Confirm the list of options is ready to vote on. If it was generated earlier in the session, hang it somewhere everyone can see.
Decide in advance how many items you want to end up with. Three to five is typical.
Decide whether you will run one round or multiple. One round is faster. Two or three rounds give tighter results.
Multi-Voting is a structured prioritisation method that helps a group narrow a long list of options down to the few that matter most.
Each person gets a fixed number of votes (often calculated as N/3, where N is the total number of options) and distributes them across the list however they see fit.
The votes are tallied, the lowest-scoring items drop off, and the group can run a second round on what remains.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Multi-Voting • WorkshopBank. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Confirm the list of options is ready to vote on. If it was generated earlier in the session, hang it somewhere everyone can see.; Decide in advance how many items you want to end up with. Three to five is typical.; Decide whether you will run one round or multiple. One round is faster. Two or three rounds give tighter results.; Multi-Voting is a structured prioritisation method that helps a group narrow a long list of options down to the few that matter most.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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