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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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 insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-120 min1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-61-62-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesPower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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