Methods
By methods we mean processes used with groups and individuals. Often these are facilitated processes.
=== work in progress ===
- Les groupes Apprentissage-Action (Action Learning Sets/Français/French)
- After Action Review
- Revisión después de la Acción (After Action Review/Español/Spanish)
- La rétro-vision (After Action Review/Francais/French)
- Anecdote Circles
- Les anecdotes (Anecdote Circles/Français/French) (needs to be created)
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Búsqueda Apreciativa (Appreciative Inquiry/Español/Spanish)
- Investigation appréciative (Appreciative Inquiry/Francais/French)
- Busca Apreciativa (Appreciative Inquiry/Português/Portuguese) (to be created)
- Bar Camp (needs to be created)
- Behavioral Models (stub needs to be completed)
- Brainstorming
- Le Brainstorming - Le remue-méninges (Brainstorming/Français/French)
- Lluvia de ideas (Brainstorming/Español/Spanish)
- Brain Writing
- Briefing and Debriefing
- Le briefing et débriefing (Français/French)
- Brown Bag lunch
- Almuerzo de bolsa de papel (BBL) (Brown Bag lunch/Español/Spanish)
- Le déjeuner informel (Brown Bag lunch/Français/French)
- Buzz Groups
- Card Collection
- Card Sorting
- Case Studies (needs to be created)
- Chat or Talk Shows (see also Expert Interview)
- Conversatorio (Chat or Talk Show/Español/Spanish)
- Le talk-show (Chat or Talk Show/Francais/French)
- Communities of Practice
- Comunidades de Práctica (Communities of Practice/Español/Spanish)
- Les communautés de pratique (Communities of Practice/Francais/French)
- Glue: What holds communities and networks together (KM4Dev discussion - External link)
- Community Interactive Theater
- Le théâtre communautaire (Community Interactive Theater/Français/French)
- Teatro Interactivo Comunitario (Community Interactive Theater/Español/Spanish)
- Community listeners clubs
- Les clubs d’écoute (Community listeners' clubs/Français/French)
- Conferences (see also Meetings below)
- Content Creation (Shared) (needs to be created)
- Critical Incident Technique (CIT)
- Critical Moments Reflection
- La réflexion sur les moments critiques (Critical Moments Reflection/Français/French (needs to be created)
- Momentos de Reflexión Crítica (CMR) (Critical Moments Reflection/Español/Spanish)
- Crowdsourcing (needs to be created)
- DeBono's Six Thinking Hats
- Six chapeaux pour penser (DeBono's Six Thinking Hats Français/French)
- Seis Sombreros Para Pensar
- Seis pares de zapatos para la acción
- Democracy wall
- Dotmocracy
- Dot-voting
- Emergent Learning & EL Map
- Envisioning the Future
- Exchange visit
- Visite d'échange
- Exit Interviews
- Experience Capitalization
- Expert Interview (see also Chat Show)
- Fish Bowl
- Fishbone diagram
- Five Why's
- Flipchart Wiki
- Focus groups
- Les focus groups (Focus groups/Français/French) (needs to be created)
- Four Rs
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Future Search
- Future Story
- Games (See also Icebreakers)
- Gift Garden
- Jardín de regalos
- Jardin aux Cadeaux (needs to be created)
- Good Practices(remember "best practices" -- this is a more realistic approach!)
- Les bonnes pratiques (Good Practices/Français/French)
- La buenas practicas
- Graphic Facilitation (needs to be created)
- Group Facilitation
- Facilitación de Grupos(Group Facilitation/Espanol/Spanish)
- La facilitation / animation de groupe (Group Facilitation/Francais/French)
- How-To Guides
- Icebreakers
- Impact Pathways -- See Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA)
- Innovation Histories (needs to be created)
- Institutional Memories (needs to be created)
- Interactive Posters / Competitions
- Interviews (see also Expert Interview and Chat Show)
- Les interviews (Interviews/Français/French)
- Jigsaw
- Knowledge Angel & Yunus Hi-Trust Student Entrepreneur Competitions
- Knowledge Audits
- Knowledge Expeditions
- Knowledge Fairs
- Feria de Conocimiento (Knowledge Fairs/Espanol/Spanish)
- Les foires des connaissances (Knowledge Fairs/Francais/French)
- Knowledge Maps
- Knowledge Mela (needs to be created)
- Knowledge Profiling (needs to be created)
- Knowledge Sharing General Topics
- Cross Organisational Knowledge Sharing
- Knowledge Sharing Capacity Building
- Workplace Knowledge Sharing Tips
- Creating a KS Culture
- Sharing Lessons and Worst Practices (A conversation on KM4Dev - external link)
- Knowledge Sharing Incentives and Motivations
- Coping With Information Flow(A conversation on KM4Dev - external link)
- Strategic Approaches to KS (needs to be created)
- Knowledge Capture (needs to be created)
- Barriers and Human Difference in KS (needs to be created)
- Behavioral Models (needs to be created)
- KM Self Assessment (from Learning to Fly by Chris Collison and Geoff Parcell)
- Lessons Learnt
- Learning Alliances (and other multi stakeholder approaches) (needs to be created)
- Alianzas de aprendizaje (Learning Alliances/Español/Spanish)
- Mapping
- Mindmapping
- Mapa Mental(Mind Map/Español/Spanish)
- Les cartes cognitives (Mind maps/Français/French)
- Market place
- Le Marche (Market place/Français/French)
- Marché aux idées
- Meaning Making Processes(NEED TO MAKE THIS PAGE)
- Archetype Creation(external link for now)
- AVT Comparison (external link)
- Model Creation by Social Construction(external link)
- ...and the Butterfly Stamped (external link)
- Archetype Creation(external link for now)
- Mediation
- Ritual Dissent (external link)
- Meetings
- Facilitating Face to Face Meetings
- Facilitating Synchronous Web Meetings
- Facilitating Asynchronous Web Meetings
- Blending F2F and Online Meetings(or what to do in between F2F meetings)
- Making Conferences Valuable
- Making Conferences Green
- Mentoring (see also Peer Coaching and Peer Assists)
- Mentors (Mentoring/Français/French)
- Most Significant Change
- El Cambio Más Significativo (CMS) (Most Significant Change/Español/Spanish)
- Le changement significatif
- Networksfor Knowledge Sharing
- Les réseaux (Networks/Français/French) (needs to be created)
- Glue: What holds communities and networks together (KM4Dev discussion - External link)
- Network Mapping
- Online Learning
- Open House (needs to be created)
- Les portes ouvertes (Open House/Français/French) (needs to be created)
- Open Space
- Espacio Abierto (Open Space/Espanol/Spanish)
- Le Forum Ouvert (Open Space/Francais/French
- O.R.I.D
- ORID (en français)
- Outcome Mapping
- Mapa de Alcances (Outcome Mapping/Español/Spanish)
- FARA and outcome mapping
- Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA)
- Participatory mapping - is this the same thing?
- Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
- Méthode Accélérée de Recherche Participative (Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)/Français/French)
- Participatry Rural Communication Appraisal (PRCA) (needs to be created)
- Peer Assists
- Revisión entre Colegas (Peer Assists/Espanol/Spanish)
- L’entraide entre collègues (Peer Assists/Francais/French) (appellé aussi Assistance par les pairs)
- Peer Coaching/ Collegial Coaching
- Peer Learning
- Porter's Five Forces Analysis
- Problem-based Learning
- Problem Tree and Solution Tree
- Process Documentation(external link)
- Further resources on Process Documentation (external link)
- Real Time Online Collaboration
- Resource Centers(from KM4Dev FAQ)
- Reverse Brainstorming (also known as TRIZ or "Sabotage Technique")
- Reversion del Problema
- Ritual Dissent
- River of Life
- Río de Vida (River of Life/Español/Spanish)
- Rivière de la vie (River of Life/Français/French)
- Role Play (needs to be created)
- Jeu de rôle
- Round Robin
- Carrousel (Round Robin in Français/French)
- Samoan Circle
- El Círculo de Samoa (Samoan Circle/Español/Spanish)
- Le cercle de Samoa (Samoan Circle/Français/French)
- Scenario Planning (needs to be created)(Scenario Building?)
- Future Backwards (alternative - link to external site for the moment)
- Sharefair
- Foire de partage
- Six Hats
- Six chapeaux pour penser
- Social Map
- La cartographie participative (Social Map/Français/French)
- Social Media Listening
- Social Network Analysis
- Análisis de Redes Sociales (ARS) (Social network Analysis/Español/Spanish)
- Analyse du réseau social (Social network Analysis/Français/French)
- Social Network Stimulation
- Social Reporting
- Reporte Social (Social Reporting/Español/Spanish)
- Soft Systems Methods
- Stakeholder Analysis(needs to be created)
- Analyse des parties prenantes (Stakeholder Analysis/Français/French)
- Storytelling
- Narración (Storytelling/Espanol/Spanish)
- Histoires et recits (Storytelling/Francais/French)
- Jumpstart Storytelling (a particular variant of storytelling)
- Anecdote Circles
- Storymercials (video)
- See also Case Studies
- Speed geeking
- Presentations rapides ou "Speed Geeking"
- Spider Diagrams
- Study visits
- Les visites d’échange (Study visits/Français/French)
- SWOT Analysis(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats)
- L’analyse SEPO: les Succès, les Echecs, les Potentiels et les Obstacles (SWOT Analysis/Français/French)
- Systematization
- Teleconference Clock (for group telephone call facilitation)
- The six questions
- Les six questions (needs content)
- Timelines - Historical mapping
- Top 100 Lists
- Topsy Turvy
- Transect Walk
- Le transect (Transect Walks/Français/French)
- TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) (also known as Reverse Brainstorming)
- Tweetchat
- Video
- La video (la vidéo en francais)
- Village assembly (needs more content)
- L’assemblée villageoise (Village assembly/Français/French) (needs more content)
- Visioning Exercises (needs to be created)
- Voting with your feet
- Walkthrough (needs to be created)
- Work-out (needs to be created)
- Workplace Knowledge Sharing Tips (needs to be created)
- World Café
- Café Mundial (World Cafe/Espanol/Spanish)
- Le Café du monde World Cafe/Francais/French) (appelé aussi Maquis mondial)
- Writeshops
- Atelier d’écriture (Writeshop/Français/French)
- Taller de escritura / redacción (Writeshop/Español/Spanish)