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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation Storytelling |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. | 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 three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-120 min | 60–90 min | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 1-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators |
Tags1 shared | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment |