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Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
60-180 minHalber Tag bis 2 Tage60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
12-100+15-2002-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsSession Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
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FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
Facilitation
Fishbowl Discussion
Paper illustration for Peer Instruction.
Knowledge Modeling
Peer Instruction
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid