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| Criterion |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Facilitation World Café |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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 a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-3 h | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-20 | 5-30 | 12-100+ |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions |
Tags1 shared | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking |
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