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SEARCH CONFERENCE STEPS
1 Future scan - generating data and value perspectives on the
trends, forces, events that are shaping the future environment.
2 Desirable and probable futures - the product of future scan is
taken as a starting point by small groups, formulating from it
the most desirable future, and the most probable.
3 Prioritizing - or alternatively, identifying the six to ten trends
or changes the group considers will be most important and
spelling out the influences that can be expected.
4 Internal scan - in the case of organizational searches, the
participants reflect on the changes, trends, etc. that are occurring
inside and shaping its future.
5 Historical reconstruction - a rewinding of the clock to see
where communities or organizations have come from in order
to determine what should be kept and what should be dropped.
6 Strengths and weaknesses - an alternative to or an extension
to the internal scan in order to take stock of the present situation
in terms of "What are we good at ?" and "What are we poor at?"
7 Issues and priorities - consolidation of the issues confronting
the group and the placement of priorities.
8 Action planning - small group selection of priority issues to
develop action plans for reporting back to the final plenary as
key recommendations of the conference.
9 Final plenary - final reports on action plans, and consolidation
of these. Discussion and implementation procedures.
Adapted from "The Nature and Types of Search Conferences" by Alistair
Crombie, International Journal of Lifelong Education, Vol 4, No. 1.
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