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| Criterion |  Facilitation World Café |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | 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. | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 5-15 min | 20-45 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 12-100+ | 3-20 | 4-10 | 5-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tags1 shared | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |