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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind 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 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.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min60–90 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+2-81-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions
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FacilitationInclusionIdeation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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