John is Executive Vice-President and Director of Research for the Forum Foundation in Seattle, Washington. He received his Master of Science (MSc) degree in 2000 from The University of Oregon. John’s interests are in Dialogue Research and explaining his enhanced web- and paper-based collaborative and decentralized consensus tool known as the "Fast Forum Opinionnaire™.” Finally, his father, Dick Spady, and the Forum Foundation have had their Initiative 24, for Easy Citizen Involvement of official, volunteer, Citizen Councilors, adopted unanimously by the King County Council. The law is now live (!) and registration of new Citizen Councilors is underway. See: http://EasyCitizenInvolvement.com for more information.
John is also a Lifetime Member of IAP2 (International Association for Public Participation)
One of the goals of the Forum Foundation is to promote real dialogue, among as many people as possible, between the leaders of any organization or institution and that leader's natural constituents.
Largely due to John's support, the Forum Foundation co-sponsored the 2004 and 2006 NCDD conferences, and is a co-sponsor of the 2008 conferences. John has also served on NCDD's 2006 Steering Committee.
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