Dot Voting

Purpose

Prioritize ideas or make decisions on which are desirable

Duration 

5 minutes

Tool requirements

• In person: dot stickers
• Virtual: most digital whiteboards have a voting feature

Facilitators

1

Participants

5-30

Instructions

Prep

1. Conduct an ideation method
   • Most commonly, dot voting is used to vote on ideas represented on sticky notes
2. Gather dot stickers for each participant. In a pinch, a mark made with pen or marker can represent a vote.

Execute

1. Tell participants which criteria or constraints are represented by votes
2. Give participants time to vote.

Document

1. Take photos of all ideas and votes

External Resources

Dot Voting (Nielsen Norman Group)

Dot Voting (Lucidspark)