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Paper illustration for Golden Circle
Growth
Golden Circle
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Purposedifferent
In positioning and communication, what an offering actually stands for often becomes blurred. The Golden Circle sharpens a product's inner rationale and connects purpose, approach, and offering into a clear statement.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-85-302-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning DraftConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
MarketingPositioningCommunication
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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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
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model