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| Criterion |  Facilitation World Café |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Innovation Brainwriting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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 loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 15-45 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 12-100+ | 1-10 | 15-200 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas |