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Criterion
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
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 three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
60–90 min15-45 min30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-82-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, DifferentiatorsPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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