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Criterion
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
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 a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.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 a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage30-90 min60-180 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
15-2003-2012-100+2-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsQuestion List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts
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FacilitationLarge groupLearning
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
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