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'''Triggering Question''' is a term used in the context of [[Dialogic Design Science]]. It refers to the key question used to initiate a [[Structured Democratic Dialogue Process]].
'''Triggering Question''' is a term used in the context of [[Dialogic Design Science]]. It refers to the key question used to initiate a [[Structured Dialogic Design Process]].


Triggering questions are very important mainly because they help the [[Lead SDD Facilitator]] to keep the discussion focused on the subject, and because they prompt the participants to think and formulate innovative responses. The robin-round process of collecting their responses also helps level out power differences among them and encourages them to think outside of the box and see challenges they would otherwise miss and/or generate new solutions around a provocative possibility.
Triggering questions are very important mainly because they help the [[Lead SDD Facilitator]] to keep the discussion focused on the subject, and because they prompt the participants to think and formulate innovative responses. The robin-round process of collecting their responses also helps level out power differences among them and encourages them to think outside of the box and see challenges they would otherwise miss and/or generate new solutions around a provocative possibility.
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* http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/id/L004680/
* http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/id/L004680/
* http://www.wikihow.com/Define-a-Problem
* http://www.wikihow.com/Define-a-Problem
* http://stvp.stanford.edu/blog/?p=6435
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* http://designwithdialogue.com/2012/08/imagining-future-urban-challenges-a-dialogic-design-workshop/
* http://designwithdialogue.com/2012/08/imagining-future-urban-challenges-a-dialogic-design-workshop/
* http://blogora.wikifoundry.com/thread/622058/;jsessionid=F499864DB3C15155BB5BDEB4CDA176B7?offset=0&maxResults=10
* http://blogora.wikifoundry.com/thread/622058/;jsessionid=F499864DB3C15155BB5BDEB4CDA176B7?offset=0&maxResults=10
The formulation of the best possible Triggering Question is not a simple task. The choice of words and the order in which they are used might make all the difference. For example, consider the questions:
* What is the sum of 5 plus 5?
* What two numbers add up to 10?
asking  of framing of the question
While the first one has only one correct answer, the second has an infinite number of solutions!<ref> http://stvp.stanford.edu/blog/?p=6435 </ref>
It demonstrates how the way we ask a question determines the frame into which the answers fall. By changing the frame, one can dramatically change the type and range of possible responses. This is the essence of .

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