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Criterion
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
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.When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage60-120 min60–90 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
15-2005-122-83-20
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group PriorityStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
Tags1 shared
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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