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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
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.When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min15-45 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+1-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
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FacilitationInclusionIdeation
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
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Brainwriting
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid