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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
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.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.
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Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-63-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog
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CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
GrowthRetentionConversion
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas