Workshops & Presentations

Upcoming Workshops

2008 Canadian Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation
Consensus document workshop and ongoing Dotmocracy wall.  October 22-25, 2009 in Toronto. Learn more about this excellent conference

Recent Workshops & Presentations

BikeCamp TO (Toronto, 2009)
Facilitated a plenary Dotmocracy process to capture priority action ideas from the day's discussion.

The Grove Community School, Toronto District School Board (Toronto, 2009)
Consensus decision making training for future school council members. Co-facilitated with Simone Arsenault-May. View workshop slides and download the handout

Change Camp (Toronto, 2009)
Facilitated a Dotmocracy session on "Next Steps" in parallel with closing ceremonies. View results

Learning Democracy by Doing Conference (Toronto, 2008)
Presented (in Spanish) as part of a panel on "Participatory democracy and learning in Venezuela". Hosted by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

Canadian Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation (Vancouver, 2007)
Presented a poster session on "The Reality of Venezuelan Communal Councils"

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Ministry of Popular Power for Participation and Social Protection (Cumana & Caracas, Venezuela, 2007)
A series of Dotmocracy training workshops for community facilitators.

National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation (San Francisco, USA 2008)
Presented Dotmocracy process as part of the facilitation techniques showcase.

World Social Forum (Caracas, Venezuela, 2006)
Jason was invited and hosted by the Venezuelan Servicio Autónomo de la Propiedad Intelectual (SAPI) to give a workshop in open source software development and to demonstrate his Dotmocracy process.

Building Strong Communities Conference (Toronto, 2005)
Participated in a panel on participatory democracy techniques.