
Visualize the Vote


Visualize the Vote is a quick poll of collaborators to reveal preferences and opinions.
Harnessing a group’s collective intelligence is not always easy, but doing so can prove to be enormously valuable. By democratizing the decision-making process, you ensure that no single voice or idea takes precedence; instead, everyone is encouraged to be judicious for the sake of finding the favored option. Visualize the Vote is a good way to get everyone’s input, giving each person the opportunity to indicate preferences and opinions before final decisions are made.
This is a simple method to employ, and offers a good degree of flexibility. For instance, when using it to pick the best solution among many, you can give everyone a token to cast a single vote. Or, if you need to consider details or prioritize a subset of alternatives, give everyone multiple voting tokens. You can also provide different types of indicators to address different issues (highest priority, best opportunities). Whatever the need, voting provides a quick catalyst for discussion, moving a project toward realization.
Benefits:
- Helps you rate and rank preferences
- Reveals thematic patterns
- Diminishes overbearing opinions
- Democratizes decision making
Directions
- Identify the subject of your polling activity.
- Give each reviewer sticky notes as voting tokens: 1 token to cast an overall vote and 2 tokens to cast as detail votes. Use a different colored sticky note for the detail votes.
- Announce the criteria for voting.
- Have presenters describe each concept. Instruct everyone to vote simultaneously.
- Tally the votes. Invite discussion of what people voted for and why.