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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min60–90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-62-84-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan
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CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling