Imagine Green Madison used Future Search, an interactive planning process used worldwide in diverse cultures to achieve shared goals and fast action. Future search leads to cooperative planning that lasts for years.
Future Search brings people from all walks of life into the same conversation -- those with resources, expertise, formal authority and need. They meet for approximately 16 hours spread across three days. People tell stories about their past, present and desired future. Through dialogue they discover their common ground. Only then do they make concrete action plans.
The meeting design comes from theories and principles tested in many cultures for the past 50 years. It relies on mutual learning among stakeholders as a catalyst for voluntary action and follow-up. People devise new forms of cooperation that continue for months or years.
Imagine Green Madison will be facilitated by Sandra Janoff, the co-developer of the Future Search process and co-director of the Future Search Network, and Judy Schector, a consultant, member of the Future Search Network and former long-time resident of Madison.
For more information about Future Search, visit its Web site:
www.futuresearch.net.