By Khara Grieger, Kimberly Bourne, Alison Deviney and Nourou Barry.
2. Kimberly Bourne (biography)
3. Alison Deviney (biography)
4. Nourou Barry (biography)
How can you systematically plan stakeholder engagement? What are the key issues that need to be considered? What guiding questions can help?
STEP 1: Identify and clarify engagement goals
Spend time at the beginning of the engagement process to clearly identify why you are engaging with stakeholders. Common goals include sharing knowledge or information; collecting insights, perspectives, or information from stakeholders; and co-creating or co-designing solutions. Other potential goals may include building trust and improving transparency, enhancing collaborations and partnerships, and improving the implementation of decisions.