Map Stakeholders and Decision-Making Points
Identify the key decision-makers and critical decision points that shape the delivery of personalized healthcare solutions, and target your change ask accordingly.
What this step covers
What it is
This step gives you a clear map of who holds influence in your health ecosystem, and how to engage them.
- Decision-maker mapping — a comprehensive mapping of the key decision-making bodies and individuals across your health ecosystem
- Stakeholder prioritization — ranked by their relative influence and level of interest within the ecosystem
- Tailored engagement guidance — informed by your stakeholder prioritization
How this step strengthens your advocacy
Completing this step means your advocacy efforts are directed at the people who can actually drive change.
- Focuses influence — identifies the most influential stakeholders and decision-makers, so your efforts go where they'll have the greatest impact
- Clarifies the decision-making landscape — deepens your understanding of who the key stakeholders are, how decisions are made, and where influence lies
Access the Tool
The Stakeholder Mapping Tool helps you identify and prioritize the decision-makers who matter most for your change ask.
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How to map your stakeholders and decision points
Follow these steps to build a clear, prioritized map of who holds influence in your health system, and how to engage them.
Download the Step 03 How-To Guide (PDF)Open the Stakeholder Mapping Tool
Access the tool and review its structure before you begin mapping your health ecosystem.
Identify the key decision-making bodies and individuals
Build a comprehensive map of who holds decision-making power across your health ecosystem — from individual clinicians to national policy bodies.
Rank stakeholders by influence and interest
Use the tool to prioritize the stakeholders you've mapped based on their relative influence over decisions and their level of interest in your issue.
Define tailored engagement actions for your priority stakeholders
For each high-priority stakeholder, use the tool's guidance to define how and when you'll engage them.
Aim your Change Ask at the right decision-makers
Use your stakeholder prioritization to make sure the Change Ask you built in Step 02 reaches the people who can actually act on it.
Additional resources that inspired the co-creation of this step and its tools
Additional Resources
Explore additional resources created by real-world advocates, to help you in stakeholder mapping
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