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Criterion
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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.With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.When a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage30–45 min60-180 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
15-2001-1012-100+4-100+
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsHMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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