Consensus Building Activity

When your team has reached the stage of setting goals for the community literacy plan, you will want to be sure that everyone has a chance to express their views. The
following activity will provide an indication of the team’s preferences
because it involves getting input from
each member.

Narrow the possible goals to five or fewer. Write the choices on a large sheet of paper. Draw a horizontal line about five centimeters below each
choice. Give each participant five small, colored sticky notes and ask them to place the notes on the lines below the choices that most interest them. They can choose to spread them out among the choices or to place all five under one choice.
If the notes have been placed carefully, you will have a bar graph that will provide a quick visual display of participants’ choices. You can then lead a discussion about the preferred choices.