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Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Purposedifferent
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.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.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.
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MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-120 min1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-62-82-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
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