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Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Purposedifferent
When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based 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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.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
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min45-90 min1-2 h45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-62-64-121-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Salience Diagram, Strategy per ClassCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tags1 shared
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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