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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation World Café |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 60-180 min | 20-45 min | 10-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 12-100+ | 4-10 | 4-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes |
Tags1 shared | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity | FacilitationInclusionIdeation |