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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Purposedifferent
When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min15-90 min daily5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
1-1013-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily FocusRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting