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Community / Governance

Understand the meeting behind the decision.

Governance conversations carry weight: board decisions, community votes, cooperative circles, association governance. When the outcome matters, understanding the conversation that produced it matters too. See how the process unfolded, where participation, dissent and facilitation shaped the discussion, and what individuals and the group can do to prepare better and contribute more effectively next time.

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Understand how the group works, and decide better together

Conversophy helps you see how a meeting unfolded, what the group did well, and where participation, dissent, facilitation or unclear agreement became important, then turns that into practical guidance for individuals and the group on how to prepare for and get more out of future meetings. You get Growth Insights, Next Steps You Can Try, Phrases for Tough Moments, and a Practice Plan for the next meeting.

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Board meetings

See how decisions were reached, who shaped the agenda, whose contributions received more or less space, and how dissent was acknowledged or explored, with practical ways to draw out quieter voices and make better use of disagreement next time.

Cooperative circles

In sociocratic or self-managing organisations, review how proposals were built, where consent, objections or concerns were expressed, and where deference, moments of pressure or unclear agreement appeared, with practical prompts for surfacing concerns and clarifying agreement as proposals take shape.

Association governance

Review how bylaws were discussed, motions proposed, and contested decisions handled, with a transcript-grounded account of where support, disagreement or uncertainty emerged, plus practical ways to clarify the process and make the next decision easier to navigate.

Community meetings

Understand how a consultation, public forum or neighbourhood discussion unfolded: who held the floor, which concerns received attention, where participation became uneven, and what could help more participants have a real chance to be heard next time.

Committee sessions

Analyse deliberation in committees and working groups: which perspectives were explored, where alternatives narrowed too quickly, and how members, the chair or the facilitator shaped participation, with practical ways to keep options open and deepen the discussion before the group settles.

Change & conflict

When governance is contested or a community is navigating change, see where resistance, alignment, uncertainty and repair attempts surfaced, what moved the group closer to or further from workable next steps, and what language may help in the conversations still to come.

Understand how the meeting unfolded, and help the group make the next decision discussion more workable.

Conversophy is about how the conversation unfolded and what can be improved, not scoring people, ranking participants, or deciding whether the outcome was valid.

Who's in the conversation

Chair Facilitator Member Representative / Delegate Coordinator Board Member Volunteer Circle Lead Proposer

Power direction is always captured for community and governance conversations: who holds formal or informal authority, who holds the floor, who yields, and how that shifts throughout the meeting.

Also captured in every analysis

Conversophy maps the dynamics across the whole conversation. Some findings are shown per participant, while others trace how the conversation unfolded between everyone involved.

Airtime balance across all participants

Who shaped the framing and agenda

Interruptions and turn-taking dynamics

Escalation moments and repair attempts

Participation imbalances and voices with little space

Alignment, unresolved disagreement and decision deadlock

Chair or facilitator interventions and participation balance

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Outside party mode

Who reviews this conversation?

If you're reviewing this conversation as a professional, not as a participant, Conversophy adapts language, framing, and reports to your role, to help you understand and support the group appropriately. In outside-party mode, the report set becomes a Situation Report, an Evidence Report linking each observation to timestamped quotes with the interpretation and confidence behind it, and role-calibrated guidance for supporting the people involved, the process, or the follow-up. See how outside-party mode works →

Community / Restorative justice mediator

Surfaces dispute context, possible repair opportunities and community dynamics, showing where tension escalated or eased and the moments worth revisiting with those involved, to support your mediation.

Governance advisor / Consultant

Examines governance process, participation and decision-making dynamics as reflected in the conversation, giving you a transcript-grounded read of how the meeting unfolded and the specific moments worth raising in your advice.

Ombudsman

Frames fairness concerns, access to voice and member experience as they appeared in the conversation, giving you a grounded picture of how contributions were acknowledged, answered or left unresolved, and the moments most relevant to your impartial review.

Legal adviser

Provides transcript-grounded observations with clear references, to inform your own review, not findings of fact or legal conclusions.

External auditor

Provides an evidence-grounded read of process and record as reflected in the conversation, with clear references to what was said and when, valuable information you can use in forming your own audit opinion.