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Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
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 need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-180 min45-90 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down
Participantsdifferent
12-100+2-62-4 pro Pitch
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
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Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
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Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
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