Moderation

The "moderation-cycle" is a model that forsees 6-7 phases:

• Phase 1 „Introduction“ serves to make the group ready to start working: give orientation, information on the structure and define the goals.
• Phase 2 „Collecting, “ serves to collect themes and topics which are to be dealt with. To do so different methods can be used (e.g. World-Cafe, Card-Techinque etc.)
• Phase 3 „Choosing“ serves to decide on the importance of the topics collected and therefore the order in which the topics are dealt with. Possible questions are: Which topic is most important for the participants? Which topic is the easiest to deal with?
• Phase 4 „Processing“: This is the central phase in the cycle. Here the topics chosen in phase 3 are dealt with. Usually topics are dealt with, in Miniworkshops or Groupwork. Each group works independently, self-organized and work-sharing.
• Phase 5 „Planning“: The Groups present their conclusions in plenum and the whole group plans how to go on to achieve effective solutions. Often To-Do-Lists are created to implement the arrangements and decisions.
• Phase 6 „Finnishing“ serves to evaluate the work done and to reflect on the group-processes
• sometimes there is a Phase 7 „Postprocessing “ after the real cycle, where minutes are sent to participants etc.