4. Action plan: Use the Moving Forward Matrix
The Moving Forward Matrix (MFM) has three rows (the headings taken and adapted from Jim Gottstein's Transformation Triangle) and two columns:
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The three rows are
- 1. Change Public Attitudes,
- 2. Offer Realistic Alternatives and
- 3. Pursue Strategic Procedures = Policies/Legislation/Litigation
The two columns are
- A. Promote Positive Change and
- B. Resist Negative Change.
The MFM is action oriented. For example, Raising Public Awareness is an important part of 1A, but only a part of that entry and only one part of the matrix.
Many different groups can use the matrix while discussing the same system and some group's column A will be a mirror image of others' column B.
DebateGraph works well as a tool for implementing the MFM, with its ability to focus and refocus on different sections.