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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
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 problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation.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.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend15-30 min60-180 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
12-812-100+1-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveQuestion List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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