Tools – Connect Widely

For a fuller introduction to stakeholder engagement in the spirit of this discussion see Stakeholder Ecosystems: Unlocking Sustainable Impact at Scale by Jasmine Lam, Nathaniel Foote, et al.

For more perspectives in the same vein see:

• Thematic Brief on Stakeholders: Eco-system Builders from Grand Challenges Canada, Saving Brains
• Stakeholder Engagement Resources from Grand Challenges Canada, Saving Brains

See also:

• Early childhood education in Africa: Between overambitious global objectives, the need to reflect local interests, and educational choices by Abdeljalil Akkari
• Enculturating science: Community-centric design of behavior change interactions for accelerating health impact by Vishwajeet Kumar, Aarti Kumar, et al.
• Integrated Innovation from Grand Challenges Canada/ Grand Défis Canada, Peter Singer, et al.

The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative is a multi-stakeholder knowledge mobilization effort, with a website featuring a wide range of tools: Alberta Family Wellness Initiative from Palix Foundation

On engaging youth in stakeholder analysis, see Engaging youth in stakeholder analysis for developing community-based digital innovations for mental health of young people in Ingwavuma community, in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa by Innocent Tinashe Mutero, Tafadzwa Mindu, et al.

Stakeholder engagement tools:

• TruePoint Stakeholder Value Creation Chart
• A good general mapping tool is Kumu
• DIY Toolkit: Development Impact and You from The Rockefeller Foundation includes stakeholder mapping tools among many other resources
• Also: Stakeholder Analysis: Winning Support for Your Projects from Mind Tools and Spidergram People & Connections Map from Powerpoor Project

Examples of tools and approaches for Community Asset Mapping include:

• Community Asset Mapping: Visualize Community Resources from Creately
• Sustainable Communities: A Guide to Community Asset Mapping from Falls Brook Centre
• Participatory Asset Mapping: A Community Research Lab Toolkit by Janice Burns, Dagmar Pudrzynska, et al.
• A Community Asset Mapping Programme for Roots-driven Sustainable Socio-economic Change in Rural South Africa by Melanie Nicolau and Christine Delport
• Guiding principles for systems change in early childhood development can be found at Three Principles to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families from The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

For further perspectives on systems thinking and systems change see:

• Mixed-method evidence review of the potential role of systems thinking in accelerating and scaling promotion of early child development by Kate Milner, Shekufeh Zonji, et al.
• Resources from the Systems Innovation Initiative