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Criterion
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Purposedifferent
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 many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance.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 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
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
60–90 minHalber Tag bis 2 Tage30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-815-2002-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesSession Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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