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| Criterion |  Facilitation World Café |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance. | When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 30-60 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 12-100+ | 15-200 | 4-12 | 4-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |