Mapping Connections Framework
Mapping Connections Framework is a prompted conversation exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- 3UHS Start by noting down your target audience, including beneficiaries, users or customers who would benefit
- In addition it helps to further organise the people and organisations on the map by clustering them in sections that express specific networks, sectors or interest areas
- Choose sections that 238 are relevant to your situation
- With your team Go through each person and organisation on the map with your team and, if necessary, reposition them into the circle and section that the team agrees fits most
- This review will give you a useful starting point to discuss which relationships or connections are key, and which may need extra attention
- By clearly marking out these fields in the map you can highlight and communicate the main focus for your work
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Prompts to use +
3UHS Start by noting down your target audience, including beneficiaries, users or customers who would benefit
In addition it helps to further organise the people and organisations on the map by clustering them in sections that express specific networks, sectors or interest areas
Choose sections that 238 are relevant to your situation
With your team Go through each person and organisation on the map with your team and, if necessary, reposition them into the circle and section that the team agrees fits most
This review will give you a useful starting point to discuss which relationships or connections are key, and which may need extra attention
By clearly marking out these fields in the map you can highlight and communicate the main focus for your work
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Mapping Connections Framework. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: 3UHS Start by noting down your target audience, including beneficiaries, users or customers who would benefit; In addition it helps to further organise the people and organisations on the map by clustering them in sections that express specific networks, sectors or interest areas; Choose sections that 238 are relevant to your situation; With your team Go through each person and organisation on the map with your team and, if necessary, reposition them into the circle and section that the team agrees fits most. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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