Marvin Weisbord
Author, Founder, Practitioner (Method founders & authors)
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Why they matter for gatherings
Marvin Weisbord is an author, founder, and practitioner who developed methods such as the Consensus Workshop Method and Future Search. He founded the Future Search Network and has authored nine books.
His methods provide structured approaches for facilitating group discussions and designing conferences, offering tools for diverse gathering contexts.
He developed the Consensus Workshop Method and Future Search, which are used in organizational and community settings.
Here is where those methods trace back to.
Where the methods came from
A qualitative sketch, not a dated history: where the practice started, what it produced, and where it stands today.
Those roots feed the methods below.
The methods, ready to run
Named methods, and the exercises in our library that put them to work.
Consensus Workshop Method
Future Search Network Public Responsibility model
Future Search for Sustainable Communities (Whole-System Visioning)
And here is where you can watch them run.
Where you can see them practiced
Gold-set agendas that visibly put these methods to work.
How gatherings across every category score
Authority profile
Six pillars, each scored 0 to 100 from published work and independent verification. A research signal, not an endorsement.
Evidence and receipts
Sources
- https://futuresearch.net/about/who-we-are/
- https://openalex.org/A5073112294
- https://www.centreforsocialimpact.org.nz/knowledge-base/future-search
- https://www.futuresearch.net
- https://www.futuresearch.net/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference
- https://futuresearch.net/about/resources/
- https://www.liberatingstructures.com/wicked-questions
Grounded in: people_merged, console_people, people_verification.
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