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1999 GDC Activity Report
GDC Purpose
The GDC will provide the only student-focused group system support facility in the Northern Plains (50% time committed to students). This system facilitates group problem solving in a meeting atmosphere characterized by open, collaborative, and criticism-free idea generation and objective evaluation. Central to the facility is the interactive computer-based environment provided by the GroupSystems software.
Outcomes as of 6/30/1999
Student
Use |
University
Use |
Community
Use |
| 30 Classes | 7 Administrative Offices | 5 Public Agencies |
| 4 Student | 3 Colleges | Partners |
| Research Projects | 4 Departments | Community Users |
| 12-15 Student Organizations | University Senate | |
| Staff Senate |
User |
Hours |
#
of Events |
| Community Partners | 24 |
12 |
| Student Use - Classes/Org's | 163 |
88 |
| Outreach/Grant Activity | 18.5 |
10 |
| Community | 75.5 |
15 |
| Administration | 62.5 |
29 |
| Faculty/Staff | 49 |
27 |
| GDC Facilitator Training | 10 |
3 |
| Total Hours | 402.5 |
184 |
Comments
Off Campus Clients
Equality of Participants
Eye opener to differences within the group
Seeing expectations for others
Controls emotions during discussions of controversial issues
It only took us four hours and last year it took two days
This should be sold to all the business in the region
Allows all ideas to surface
No hurt feelings
Good use of time/No wasting time/No need to wait turns
I have never left a meeting feeling so good about what happenedOn Campus Clients - Students
Easy to work with
Helped structure meeting
Need to plan meeting better next time
Makes decisions go faster
Liked focus so meetings went somewhere
Fun to use this tool
Discussions more open
Voting helped us move through issuesOn Campus Clients - Faculty/Staff/Administration
Saw ideas/issues surface that we had not seen before
Liked anonymity
Surprised at the amount of information generated
Liked complete reports
Orderly/logical focus of the meeting process
Easy way to integrate ideas
Instant feedback on ideas
Honesty and quality of comments
Friendly environment/free to ask questions
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