Table of Contents

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
Visioning - Carl M Moore, Gianni Longo and Patsy Palmer
Collaborative Problem Solving within Organizations - Christopher W Moore and Peter Woodrow
Evaluating Consensus Building - Judith E Innes
PART THREE: CASES AND COMMENTARIES
Introduction to the Cases and Commentaries - Michèle Ferenz
Activating a Policy Network - Peter Driessen
The Case of Mainport Schipol
The Northern Oxford County Coalition - Sarah McKearnan and Patrick Field
Four Maine Towns Tackle a Public Health Mystery
The Chelsea Charter Consensus Process - Susan L Podziba
Affordable Housing Mediation - Lawrence Susskind and Susan L Podziba
Building Consensus for Regional Agreements in the Hartford Area
San Francisco Estuary Project - Judith E Innes and Sarah Connick
Resolving Science-Intensive Public Policy Disputes - Scott McCreary
Reflections on the New York Bight Initiative
Negotiating Superfund Cleanup at the Massachusetts Military Reservation - Edward Scher
RuleNet - Michèle Ferenz and Colin Rule
An Experiment in On-Line Consensus Building
Regulatory Negotiations - Jan Jung-Min Sunoo and Juliette A Falkner
The Native American Experience
Cross-Cultural Community-Based Planning - Norman Dale
Negotiating the Future of the Haida Gwaii (British Columbia)
The Chattanooga Process - John Parr
A City′s Vision is Realized
From City Hall to the Streets - Catherine Connolly
A Community Plan Meets the Real World
The Catron County Citizens′ Group - Melinda Smith
A Case Study in Community Collaboration
Facilitating Statewide HIV/AIDS Policies and Priorities in Colorado - Michael A Hughes with John Forester and Irene Weiser
Finding Common Ground on Abortion - Michelle LeBaron and Nike Carstarphen
Organizational Trauma Recovery - David Brubaker
The "God′s Fellowship Community Church" Reconciliation Process
Building Consensus for Change within a Major Corporation - Judy Mares-Dixon, Julie A McKay and Scott Peppett
The Case of Levi Strauss & Co

About the Author

Sarah McKearnan is a nationally recognized multiparty mediator/facilitator. She served as a Consensus Building Institute Senior Associate for five years, and is now an International Programme on the Management of Sustainability faculty member. She is also a trainer of negotiation simulations, consulting reports, and articles on the history and practice of dispute resolution in academic journals and magazines.