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Block 7: Stakeholder Analysis + Stakeholder Voice AI Introduced

Unit 5 · Block 7 of 9 ⏰ 80 minutes A: Tue Mar 23 · B: Mon Mar 29
Today builds toward:T/T ThinkingC Communication (preview)
Today we are learning

I can answer the strongest argument against my stakeholder, fairly.

I can: tick as you go (for you, not for marks)
AI Partners available for today's work
The Stakeholder Voice The Hydrologist
Remember: every AI use gets documented. → AI Documentation Template
Story

What today is about

The signature U5 partner arrives today.

Real stakeholders cite different evidence because they want different things. Today you map one stakeholder, then meet a partner that argues the other side at full strength, so you can practise answering it fairly.

  • Map what they want first, then their evidence. Use the 6 fields: Who They Are · What They Want · Evidence They Cite · Position · Power · Allies+Opponents. A Tamil Nadu delta farmer and a Karnataka upstream farmer read the same rainfall data differently because their is different.
  • Meet The Stakeholder Voice. It plays the strongest version of any stakeholder you name, so you practise answering a strong argument, not a weak one. Your class's version is in the Interact card below.

This is the move your Position Paper's "Acknowledge competing concerns" section needs.

Concepts

Before you start the work

Start with the Interact: your class starts here. The Watch and the Read set it up.

Placeholder
Watch (~6 min)
TBD: stakeholder analysis basics. The 6-field framework demonstrated on one fully-mapped Cauvery stakeholder (suggested: a Karnataka upstream farmer, a view many AISC students do not start from). Interest → evidence → position → power → alliances.
Whole-class, projected.
Read (~5 min)
The Stakeholder Voice AI partner page: what it does, what it won't do, how the failure modes look. Read this before you open your class's Stakeholder Voice.
Real link · today's signature partner.
Placeholder
Interact: your class starts here (~25 min)
B7 (BoodleBox): Open the Boodle Build Assignment. Begin building your own Stakeholder Voice bot: 8-section system prompt (role + background + beliefs + strongest argument + non-negotiable + honest admission + opponent-framing + cited evidence + constraints). Peer test in Block 8.
A3 and B6 (Flint): Your first Flint Stakeholder Voice session. Ms. Jayanthi/Mr. Matt set up your stakeholder's persona; you start the conversation and push for the strongest version of the position.
Your class's instructions only.
Do

Today's work: choose one path

Every path ends with the three things listed under Show.

Answer the real argument

means answering a weaker version of their argument instead of their real one.

Strawman: "Karnataka farmers just want to take all the water."
Their real argument: "In a dry monsoon year our own reservoirs run low, so a fixed release downstream hurts us first."

Frames you can use:

  • The strongest argument against ___ is ___, because ___.
  • They are right that ___.
  • I still disagree because ___, not because ___.
A
Counter-argument + Stakeholder Voice rehearsal (default)
Identify the strongest counter to your stakeholder's position. Write a paragraph stating it fairly, using the language and evidence that opposing stakeholder would use. Then rehearse with your class's Stakeholder Voice. Write your 2-sentence response without strawmanning.
Solo · Default
B
Counter-argument with OPVL deepening (choice)
Same as Path A, plus OPVL the strongest counter-source (a piece of evidence the opposing stakeholder cites). The Source Evaluator walks the four letters. Specificity on the counter-source's Limitation strengthens your response paragraph significantly.
Solo · Choice
C
Stakeholder mapping peer-help (practice)
If the 6-field framework is fuzzy, come to the peer-help table. Fill in your first map row together with a peer + Ms. Jayanthi/Mr. Matt. The Murray-Darling worked example brief is the reference; it shows what specific (not generic) stakeholder analysis looks like.
Pairs · Practice
D
Boodle Build progress (stretch)
If you got an early start on your Boodle, push it further today: run the 5 test questions from the assignment, iterate the system prompt at least twice, document each iteration cycle. Aim to bring a Boodle that sounds like your stakeholder (not generic) to Block 8's peer test.
Solo · Stretch

Open your Class Notebook and type today's entry header as Heading 2:

A: Mar 23 | U5 B7 | Stakeholder Analysis + Stakeholder Voice AI IntroducedB: Mar 29 | U5 B7 | Stakeholder Analysis + Stakeholder Voice AI Introduced

Show

What you're submitting today

Hand in all three together.

Stakeholder map row + counter-argument + response

(1) One fully-filled stakeholder-map row for your chosen stakeholder, all 6 fields: Who They Are · What They Want · Evidence They Cite · Position · Power · Allies+Opponents. (2) One counter-argument paragraph stating the strongest opposing view fairly, using the opposing stakeholder's framing and evidence (not yours). (3) A 2-sentence response to that counter without strawmanning: acknowledge what's legitimate, then articulate where you disagree on substance (not on the opposing stakeholder's competence or motives).

Submit via Google Classroom (link posted in August)

Rubric link: Today's counter-argument work is the T/T move the Position Paper's "Acknowledge competing concerns" section needs. T/T 7-8 requires "competing concerns acknowledged honestly." Strawmanning sits T/T in the middle bands. See the rubric.

Reflect

One question before you leave

Three to five minutes. Your answer is saved to your reflection journal, where you can read back everything you have written this year.

Pick the honest answer over the polished one.

Today's reflection is in Google Classroom, under Reflection Journal.

Link posted in August

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