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Relationship Mapping

Stakeholder Mapping • WorkshopBank

Stakeholder Mapping • WorkshopBank is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.

15 to 30 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
QuietENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Network Design This relationship mapping exercise strengthens Network Design, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Early in your project to identify key stakeholder groups.
  2. Later in the project to evaluate shifts in attitudes and engagement.
  3. It helps you to identify who you need to influence and what action you need to take.
  4. Identify the key stakeholder groups early and map their dispositions at the outset.
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Prompts to use +

Early in your project to identify key stakeholder groups.

Later in the project to evaluate shifts in attitudes and engagement.

It helps you to identify who you need to influence and what action you need to take.

Identify the key stakeholder groups early and map their dispositions at the outset.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Stakeholder Mapping • WorkshopBank. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Early in your project to identify key stakeholder groups.; Later in the project to evaluate shifts in attitudes and engagement.; It helps you to identify who you need to influence and what action you need to take.; Identify the key stakeholder groups early and map their dispositions at the outset.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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  • Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from WorkshopBank; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including WorkshopBank.)
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