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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Purposedifferent
The PARA Method organizes knowledge into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. It creates order when digital notes, files, and tasks no longer cleanly fit current work.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.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.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend10-20 min5-15 min15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
14-100+3-201
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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