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Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
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.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage30-60 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
15-2003-104-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette