R. Brian Stanfield
Author, Founder, Trainer (Method founders & authors)
Why they matter for gatherings
R. Brian Stanfield is an author, founder, and trainer who develops and teaches methods for collaborative decision-making and participatory planning. His work focuses on structured dialogue and consensus-building in group settings.
Facilitators and event designers should study Stanfield's work because his methods provide foundational frameworks for structured group dialogue, consensus processes, and strategic planning. His techniques are widely used in established facilitation practices.
Stanfield is associated with methods such as the ToP Consensus Workshop Method and Focused Conversation (ORID), and is part of the Technology of Participation lineage.
Here is how those methods work in practice.
The methods, ready to run
Named methods, and the exercises in our library that put them to work.
Consensus Workshop Method
Focused Conversation (ORID)
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
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Evidence and receipts
Sources
- https://www.amazon.com/Art-Focused-Conversation-Brian-Stanfield/dp/0880105100
- https://openalex.org/A5086994045
- https://library.uniteddiversity.coop/Decision_Making_and_Democracy/dotmocracy_handbook.pdf
- https://www.top-network.org/facilitate-consensus-workshop
- https://martingilbraith.com/tag/participatory-strategic-planning/
- https://scrumtrainingseries.com/SprintRetrospectiveMeeting/SprintRetrospectiveMeeting.htm
Grounded in: people_merged, console_people, people_verification.
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