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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min1-3 h60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+2-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model