ListConsultationParticipants
From E-Consultation Guide
					
										
					
					Make a list of the people who participate in consultation
In a brainstorming exercise we tried to list all the people who participate in consultation. Have we got them all?
- government
 - consumers
 - citizen
 - civil servants
 - champions
 - local government
 - departments
 - councils
 - academic institutions
 - service providers
 - agencies
 - NGOs
 - pollsters
 - community and voluntary orgs
 - community leaders
 - the usual suspects
 - voluntary sector
 - private sector
 - residents groups
 - politicians
 - advocacy groups
 - networks
 - unions
 - the media
 - software vendors
 - individuals
 - disadvantaged groups
 - stakeholders
 - disenfranchised groups
 - 'sectors': business, unions, ngos, farming, chrches etc.
 - patients
 - the powerful
 - service users
 - persuaders
 - minorities
 - quiz team members
 - students
 - researchers
 - anoraks
 - serial consultees
 - angry people
 - consultants
 - informed people
 
Themes
We then tried to pick out some common themes:
- institutions
 - consultors
 - consultees
 - different levels - interests and stakeholder groups; organisations; individuals; interested parties; members of a community; citizens