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| Criterion |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Innovation Starbursting |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |  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. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 30-60 min | 20-45 min | 10-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 15-200 | 3-10 | 4-10 | 4-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity | FacilitationInclusionIdeation |