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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Barcamp | ![]() Facilitation Nominal Group Technique | ![]() 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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 60-120 min | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 15-200 | 5-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tags1 shared | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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