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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Purposedifferent
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.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-2 h60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-61-83-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Stakeholder Mapping
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Stakeholder Mapping
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Storytelling