Social Methods

GRIDDING

•  Geosocial Gridding, 1997
•  Global Movement Grids, 1971
•  Pacifica Grids (for printing)
•  Sample Global and Area Grids (for printing)
•  Global to Local Grids (for printing)

PLANNING

• Contradictions Workshop, David Dunn, 2000
• Theoretics and Practices of Facilitating Strategic Planning, James Troxel, 1991
• Indicative Planning, December, 1981
• Mathews, Joseph, Methods and Insights on Timelining, 1970

SOCIAL PROCESS

• Analysis of Social Processes in a Family, May, 1996
• Imbalances in the Social Process, ICA Canada, 1996
• Social and Corporate Process Triangles Workshop, Clancy Mann, January, 1993 (for print)

WORKSHOP

The five dynamics of a workshops – context, brainstorm, gestalt (or group), consensus and closing can be taught individually.  The workshop method is the underlying method of all planning methods. For example in Town Meetings it was the method for Vision, Challenges and Proposals as well as the song, story, symbol and slogan workshops.

• Contradictions, David Dunn (2000)
• Youth Presidium Workshop Procedures (1980-81)
• Workshop Method Overview. 1979-80 (for print)
• Workshop Procedures Guide of Town Meetings, 1975
• Workshop Method Presentation, John Baggett, 1971
• Workshop Manual, 1970 and Seattle Workshop Manual (for print)
• Workshop Method Overview (one page of procedures)
• Brainstorm
• Gestalting (or grouping)
• Consensus