1 / 11

An Overview on Opinions

An Overview on Opinions. After all……everybody’s got one. “Here’s what I think about that……”. What are they, and what purposes can they serve in a deliberative society ? Intrinsic power of opinions Approaching the authoring of opinions Group Exercise. So What Is a Parliamentary Opinion?.

walda
Download Presentation

An Overview on Opinions

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. An Overview on Opinions After all……everybody’s got one

  2. “Here’s what I think about that……” • What are they, and what purposes can they serve in a deliberative society? • Intrinsic power of opinions • Approaching the authoring of opinions • Group Exercise

  3. So What Is a Parliamentary Opinion? • A tool to guide the actions of a society. • It starts as a question to a problem or situation posed by the members or leaders of a group. • The more complete the opinion, the less chance there will be of confusion and “follow up” questions.

  4. Parliamentary Opinions Defined: • A parliamentary opinion is a formal written document that answers a specific question or series of questions about a rule or situation, in accordance with a society's own rules, as well as generally accepted parliamentary principles. It is arrived at by carefully reviewing the governing documents of a society, including bylaws, special rules of order, standing rules, and minutes, and is based on the principles of parliamentary law and Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised. Suggestions and recommendations may be offered on how to proceed in accordance with the rules, while protecting and respecting everyone's rights of membership. http://www.parlipro.com/parliop.htm

  5. The Key Points • “…… It is arrived at by carefully reviewing the governing documents of a society, including bylaws, special rules of order, standing rules, and minutes, and is based on the principles of parliamentary law and Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised.” • Opinions are offered in accordance with the rules, while protecting and respecting everyone's rights of membership. • Opinions are just that…..OPINIONS, not mandates

  6. The Power of Opinion on a Society • At its best, a thoughtfully considered opinion can bring a society together in agreement to amicably resolve a problem or situation. • Clarify a question on what to do, or how to do something correctly. • Bring focus to an issue that the members may not clearly understand. • At its worst, a ‘one-sided’ opinion can be the powder keg of divisive and argumentative posturing - which does no one any good.

  7. So what should opinions do? • Similar to formal speech writing:

  8. Suggested Formats of Opinions • State the problem/question • Lay out the known facts • Sources used in background research • Comments/Discussion • Opinion: Restate the question and then give as succinct an answer as possible. • Give your conclusions and recommendations for action. http://www.roberts-rules.com/prp/index.htm

  9. NAP Opinion Writing Assistant Formats [On CD-ROM from NAP Store] Five preformatted ‘Word’ document templates for use in preparing formal [or even informal] opinions: Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5

  10. Using the information provided, come up with an opinion that would: • A: Support the committee in their efforts OR • B: Show why/how it can not or should not be allowed to continue. Exercise Your Opinion Audience/Group Participation

  11. Thank you!

More Related