Identifying Internal and External Stakeholders
This worksheet was created by The Denver Foundation's Inclusiveness Project (http://www.nonprofitinclusiveness.org/) to support organizations doing inclusiveness work.
Users are encouraged to customize the worksheet (both content and formatting) to meet the needs of their respective organizations. A Word version is attached. A writable PDF version is also attached.
Internal stakeholders are people who are already committed to serving your organization as board members, staff, volunteers, and/or donors.
External stakeholders are people who are impacted by your work as clients/constituents, community partners, and others. It is important to get the perspectives of both groups.
Instructions: Mark the groups whose perspectives you think will be useful for creating an inclusiveness plan.
Internal Stakeholders
___ Board members
___ Former board members
___ Staff members
___ Former staff members
___ Volunteers
___ Former Volunteers
___ Donors
___ Other
___ Other
___ Other
Use the space below to make notes regarding the internal stakeholders you've chosen: (e.g., topics you might ask about, approximate number of people in the group, key individuals to interview)
External Stakeholders
___ Clients
___ Community partners
___ Members of groups served by our organization who are not accessing our services
___ Leaders of color from nonprofit, public, or private sectors
___ Other
___ Other
___ Other
Use the space below to make notes regarding the external stakeholders you've chosen:
Name of Organization __________________________________________
Date Worksheet Completed _________
- Introduction
- Step 1: Creating Structure
- Step 2: Consultants/Training
- Step 3: Making the Case
- Step 4: Gathering Info
- Scope and Strategy
- Tools
- Compiling
- Analyzing
- Worksheets
- Defining Community
- Community Facts to Collect
- Community Fact-Gathering Plan
- Defining Field
- Field Facts to Collect
- Field Fact-Gathering Plan
- Organization Facts to Collect
- Organization Fact-Gathering Plan
- Identifying Stakeholders
- Reviewing Info-Gathering Topics
- Putting It All Together
- Who Will Compile Data?
- Making Numerical Comparisons
- Compiling Other Data
- Sample Stakeholders Survey
- Sample Likert Scale Responses
- Sample Narrative Responses
- Compiling Likert Scale Responses
- Compiling Narrative Responses
- Compiling Focus Group Data
- Step 5: Creating a Blueprint
- Step 6: Implementing the Blueprint
- Sample Documents
- Next Steps for Your Organization