%0 Generic
%9 Master's Thesis
%A Michaels, Zachary
%D 2020
%F pittir:39407
%K decision making, collaboration, tech tool, technology,
%T An Exploration of a Criteria Based Online Facilitation Tool:  A Preliminary Examination of an Innovative Concept
%U http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/39407/
%X This thesis explores the utility of a tool designed by a private individual to help activist groups brainstorm and find consensus for decisions. A version of this tool was created for a human services nonprofit to use. Although the resulting data was not extensive, likely due to COVID-19 being a disruption, the public health implications and possibilities for future research are explored with comparisons to other tools and methodologies.  Human service nonprofits may benefit in the future from tech tools using the consensus based brainstorming.