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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
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 a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.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
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend60-90 min60-180 min
Participantsdifferent
14-1012-100+
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
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Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
Facilitation
Fishbowl Discussion
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping