Dot Voting

Prioritize workshop cards by giving each participant a small number of dots to distribute.

Dot Voting is a simple way to prioritize workshop cards.

A facilitator starts a voting session, participants place dots on the cards they think matter most, and the group reviews the cards with the highest scores.

What it helps with

Use Dot Voting when you need to:

choose which ideas to discuss first,
prioritize actions after a retrospective,
find the strongest options after brainstorming,
make a large set of cards easier to debrief,
give every participant a lightweight voice in prioritization.

How Stormz handles dot budgets

Stormz includes a Dot Voting preset.

When a facilitator creates and starts a Dot Voting session, Stormz resolves the available voting budget for the current board. For auto-budget voting schemes, Stormz uses the current number of cards and participants to calculate how many dots each participant can distribute.

This keeps the facilitator focused on the conversation instead of manually calculating how many votes each person should get.

Good uses

retrospective action prioritization,
choosing ideas after a brainstorm,
deciding which questions to answer first,
ranking themes after a tag cloud debrief,
narrowing a large group discussion.

More detail on voting settings, results visibility, and voting presets is coming soon.

Joining a workshop

How participants join a Stormz workshop with a link, QR code, or guest access.