Connect and Relate

Introduction

Map out possible stakeholders: people and organisations that have influence on or are impacted by a societal challenge.

How it works

1. Who are the key actors (human-non human) that are involved in the societal challenge?
   Who has the most influence? Who is affected the most?
2. Start individually: write out all possible stakeholders on post-its. Be as specific as possible, and think of the quintuple helix (see picture below).
3. Then discuss the stakeholders as a group and place them on the stakeholder map. The more centered, the more influential or influenced a certain actor is.

Output 

An overview of involved stakeholders.

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Next step(s)

Invite representatives of the most important stakeholders to join the project. If it is hard to find them, try to retrieve their perspectives and input (for example: by interviewing them) and use these for the next steps of the project. You can also use the stakeholder cards.

Overview

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