Live Consensus Sessions
Professionally planned and supported Real-Time Delphi decision-making for conferences, workshops, advisory boards, committees, and leadership meetings.
Structured decision-making while the group is together
A Live Consensus Session uses a Real-Time Delphi-style process during a conference, workshop, advisory board, committee, or leadership meeting. Participants respond independently, review anonymized group feedback, and can reconsider their position while the session is still in progress.
The goal is not to force consensus. The process helps the group see where views converge, where disagreement remains, and which issues require further discussion or follow-up.
A standard engagement may include
Session planning
Planning meeting, decision-objective review, session structure, timing, participant workflow, and moderator coordination.
Question preparation
Preparation and refinement of statements, options, priorities, rating scales, comments, and reconsideration prompts.
Surveylet configuration
Session-specific Surveylet setup, participant instructions, access workflow, feedback displays, and testing.
Technical rehearsal
One rehearsal or run-through to validate the participant experience, moderator flow, timing, and result display.
Live support
Remote facilitation or technical moderation, participation monitoring, response review, and support during the session.
Post-session outputs
Data exports and a concise summary of results, consensus, disagreement, and priority findings as defined in the engagement.
How the session works
Best-fit uses
Conferences & workshops
Turn an audience or working group into an active, structured decision-making panel.
Expert advisory boards
Collect independent expert input before discussion and document how views change after feedback.
Committees & leadership groups
Support priority setting, recommendations, standards, strategic choices, or unresolved options.
Research agenda development
Prioritize research questions, evidence gaps, outcomes, or future initiatives.
Standards & policy development
Structure complex group judgments where multiple perspectives need to be documented.
Large-group deliberation
Give every participant an independent voice instead of relying only on those who speak first or most often.
Planning a conference, workshop, or expert meeting?
Tell us the decision your group needs to make, expected participant count, session length, and event format. We can recommend an appropriate Live Consensus workflow.