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Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
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 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.When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
60–90 min45-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-63-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
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StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model