TRAINING An Approach to Engaging With Stakeholders Adapted by D Caspersz for enactus Australia August 2013 Engaging with stakeholders requires Thinking and planningpreparing for engagement ID: 621305
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ENACTUS
TRAINING
An Approach to Engaging With Stakeholders
Adapted by D
Caspersz
for
enactus Australia, August 2013Slide2
Engaging with stakeholders requires..
Thinking and planning/preparing for engagement
Engagement Responding
and measuring engagement Reviewing and
adjusting future engagementSlide3
Thinking and Planning
Choose one project and answer these questions: 1. Why you want to engage with
stakeholders? 2. How will doing so benefit your project? Complete
Identifying the Stakeholders.docx to identify your stakeholders
Use the worksheet ‘identifying the key issues of concern to the stakeholders’ to list what the key issues are that concern your stakeholders.Slide4
Thinking and Planning
Use Our enactus Project Stakeholder Engagement Plan.docx to develop a plan
for working with your stakeholders.
Use the worksheet Risks and Opportunities in Engaging with Stakeholders.docx to
develop a risk management assessment of what risks you may face in engaging with the stakeholders.Slide5
Preparing for Engagement
Define your work, position, the reasons for engaging with stakeholders and your capacity to meet their needs. Use Clarifying Stakeholder Expectations.docx to help you with this.
Develop a stakeholder planIdentify how often
you should be communicating with your stakeholders Define the mode of communication; face to face, phone call, email, etc
Who will be in charge of this communication?It may be easier to present this information in a tableThe important lesson is to ‘stay in touch’!Slide6
Preparing for Engagement
Undertake a ‘strength’, ‘capabilities’ and limitations exercise for your own team. A SWOT analysis may be useful. This may identify the gap that stakeholders may be able to fillMay
realise weaknesses you have in engaging with stakeholders. For example, if you don’t have someone able to engage with electronic tools, this
is a skills gap that can weaken your stakeholder engagement.Slide7
Preparing for Engagement
Define the process to engage with your stakeholders using the Our enactus Project Stakeholder Engagement Plan.docx worksheet.Slide8
Engaging
Engage with your stakeholders according to your plan!Slide9
Responding & Measuring
Act and review. Put your stakeholder engagement plan into actionBUT also indicate how often you will review the ongoing effectiveness of your plan.Slide10
Responding & Measuring
Report your findingsAll enactus projects are able to be audited by enactus Australia and you have to report on your project at the National Conference. Create strategies to continuously gather information about the effectiveness of your stakeholder plan
to assist with the aboveUse minutes of meetings, your project plan updates, or other documentation