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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Purposedifferent
The PARA Method organizes knowledge into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. It creates order when digital notes, files, and tasks no longer cleanly fit current work.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 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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend45-90 min30-60 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
12-62-81-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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