The Consensus Building Handbook A Comprehensive Guide to Reaching Agreement [Hardcover]

This handbook on group decision-making for those wanting to operate in a consensus fashion stresses the advantages of informal, common sense approaches to working together. It describes how any group can put these approaches into practice, and relates numerous examples of situations in which such approaches have been applied.This handbook on group decision-making for those wanting to operate in a consensus fashion stresses the advantages of informal, common sense approaches to working together. It describes how any group can put these approaches into practice, and relates numerous examples of situations in which such approaches have been applied.Introduction
PART ONE: A SHORT GUIDE TO CONSENSUS BUILDING
An Alternative to Robert's Rules of Order for Groups, Organizations and Ad Hoc Assemblies that Want to Operate by Consensus - Lawrence Susskind
PART TWO: HOW TO BULID CONSENSUS
Choosing Appropriate Consensus Building Techniques and Strategies - Susan Carpenter
Conducting a Conflict Assessment - Lawrence Susskind and Jennifer Thomas-Larmer
Designing a Consensus Building Process using a Graphic Road Map - David A Straus
Convening - Chris Carlson
The Role of Facilitators, Mediators, and Other Consensus Building Practitioners - Michael Elliot
Representation of Stakeholding Interests - David Laws
Managing Meetings to Build Consensus - David A Straus
Producing Consensus - Sarah McKearnan and David Fairman
Joint Fact-Finding and the Use of Technical Experts - John R Ehrmann and Barbara L Stinson
Making the Best Use of Technology - Connie P Ozawa
Dealing with the Press - James E Kunde
Dealing with Deep Value Differences - John Forester
Legal Issues in Consensus Building - Dwight Golann and Eric E Van Loon
Implementing Consenus-Based Agreements - William R Potapchuk and Jarle Crocker