π·πΎπ· Roles
Many of these roles can be performed by the same person, and/or within one organization.
The roles
- β who will be responsible for π© Usage & π¬ Analysis? 
- πββοΈπββοΈfacilitation practitioner - β who will craft the initial question, design seed statements, and make sure everyone understands the process? 
- πeyeball provider - β how will participants know there is a process? 
- π©βπ»π¨βπ»tech integrator - β who will integrate pol.is' embed code on a website? 
- πlegitimacy provider - β why should participants trust the integrity of this process? 
- πparticipants - β who will vote? 
- π©ββοΈπ¨ββοΈmoderator - β who will make sure added comments are safe & high quality? 
- π©βπ«π¨βπ«data scientist - β who will do the post conversation analysis and share-back? May involve conversations with data scientists about data science methods 
- πͺππ°connection to power - β how does participation become change? 
E.g., π°πa newspaper
- β news product or a department of the newsroom 
- πββοΈπββοΈfacilitation practitioner - β journalist or external partner firm 
- πeyeball provider - β the news organization's digital site, a single article about an issue 
- π©βπ»π¨βπ»tech integrator - β newspaper web team 
- πlegitimacy provider - β the newspaper itself, an academic partner 
- πparticipants - β the readers of the newspaper 
- π©ββοΈπ¨ββοΈmoderator - β journalist or editor 
- π©βπ«π¨βπ«data scientist - β non programming, non data scientist journalists using the automated report, or a data journalist pulling the raw data and doing follow on π¬ Analysis 
- πͺππ°connection to power - β town hall event sponsored by the paper, reporting, or ministerial partner