Conversations should be captured on a computer and displayed in real time for group validation. In Virginia, the information was captured using a dialogue mapping application called Compendium (see appendix for details and Web links to this free software tool). Throughout the process, participants commented on the value this tool provided in managing and affirming the discussions. A portion of the dialog map created in one of the Virginia focus groups appears in Phase VII.
Please see Appendix V for more information on this mapping technique called Compendium.
These maps also serve as the database for comments captured across the state and directly feed into the focus group reports distributed after each focus group interview.
Please see Appendix W for a link to sample focus group report.