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Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.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
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage1-2 h45-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
15-2004-124-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tags1 shared
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
FacilitationOptionsDecision
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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