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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 illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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 unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.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
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage20-45 min45-90 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
15-2004-103-104-100+
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsIdea List, Cluster, ShortlistLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, ShortlistIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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