Power mapping

[1] The power mapping process entails the use of a visual tool to conceptualize the sphere of a person or group's influence.

Power Mapping is often politically focused and is frequently used to persuade decision makers to alter how they may vote on an issue.

[2] Identify and familiarize oneself with target social problem and major players or decision makers involved.

In the center is the person or institution that can make the decision or enact desired changes to address the identified social problem.

Remember to take indirect connections into account as well for example, a decision maker may not be directly involved with an organization, but may have family members that are.

This tool can look similar to an ecomap, but can go further in depth to account for the more distal influences such as: policy, economics, culture, and the media.