The Jambo Blog

4 Ways to Make Your Stakeholder Engagement More Inclusive

Britney Blomquist, February 19, 2021

Effective stakeholder engagement requires you to build positive stakeholder relationships where everyone involved feels like they've been heard, respected and considered throughout the process (even if they don't get the outcome desired). A key part of building positive stakeholder relationships is ensuring your engagement is as inclusive as possible. If your stakeholder engagement process isn't inclusive, there might be barriers that limit your stakeholder's ability to effectively engage with your organization, which can negatively impact your project's success.

5 Ways SRM Traceability Helps You See the Big Picture in Stakeholder Engagement

Britney Blomquist, January 12, 2021

How Stakeholder Relationship Management (SRM) Software With Traceability Helps Your Stakeholder Engagement Plan

What is Traceability

Traceability in Stakeholder Relationship Management (SRM) software is the ability for all your stakeholder information to link together. This connectivity helps you build a full understanding of your stakeholders and your engagement projects quickly—i.e., the full story or big picture.

How Stakeholder Engagement Aligns with Your ESG Strategy

Britney Blomquist, December 18, 2020

What is ESG?

ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and these three factors are used to measure an organization’s sustainability, responsibility, and ethical practices—it’s an important movement that is unfolding worldwide.

3 Ways Jambo Helps with Your Stakeholder Engagement Project Buy-In

Britney Blomquist, December 14, 2020

With stakeholder engagement, project buy-in is often top of mind, which makes sense because, without it, your project could see delays, a decline in reputation, or even a total shutdown.

9 Questions to Help Identify Your Stakeholders

Britney Blomquist, December 11, 2020

When we talk about stakeholder analysis or completing a stakeholder mapping exercise, we always talk about the need to identify your stakeholders first, but how do you do this if you don’t know who your stakeholders are?

5 Benefits of Stakeholder Mapping in Stakeholder Management

Britney Blomquist, November 27, 2020

Stakeholder management can be an extensive process and without flexible plans in place from the start, things like stakeholder issues or concerns can unexpectedly delay or impact your project. Having a flexible plan early on can make all the difference, which is why we always recommend starting with a stakeholder mapping exercise.

5 Tips for Emailing Stakeholders

Britney Blomquist, September 18, 2020

Honest, transparent and respectful communication is vital when communicating with your project stakeholders. With this in mind, it’s worth taking the time to choose the best communication methods for reaching your stakeholder groups and researching best practices for utilizing each method.

How to do a Stakeholder Mapping Exercise

Britney Blomquist, June 25, 2020

What is Stakeholder Mapping?

Stakeholder mapping is part of stakeholder analysis and is an exercise where you identify project stakeholders, which can be individuals or organizations, and then categorize these stakeholders to help guide your engagement strategy.

Adapting with Collaborative Stakeholder Engagement Software

Britney Blomquist, May 19, 2020

How Cloud-Based Stakeholder Relationship Management (SRM) Software Is Your Best Collaboration Tool Whether You're in The Office or Working Remotely

When it comes to working with your team on your stakeholder engagement projects, challenges can arise regarding questions like:

What are your team members working on?
Who's been engaged?
Are there any issues?
Does everyone have access to updated information?
What's the logical next step?

Ask the Expert: 5 New Trends and Best Practices in Stakeholder Engagement

Britney Blomquist, April 30, 2020

5 Important Trends that are Changing Stakeholder Engagement and Expert Advice on How to Address Them

Foreword:

This blog is addressing five important trends that are changing the engagement landscape. COVID-19 has not diminished these trends; however, it will add additional complexity in the coming months and years. As the changes surrounding COVID-19 are currently evolving, we’ll be continuing this vital conversation in the future.

Improving Your Change Management Process with Stakeholder Relationship Management (SRM) Software

Britney Blomquist, April 21, 2020

How an SRM Can Manage Your Key Communications for a Smoother Transition

Whether your organization is implementing new technologies or shifting organizational goals, change management can be a complicated process with many different stages.

When it comes to your stakeholders, how they perceive your change management process can vary. If you don't address change management concerns with clear and transparent engagement, the situation can quickly spiral out of control due to things like rumours and assumptions that breakdown trust, eroding important stakeholder relationships.