Organisations use relationship maps worldwide to sort data and make the most of it. There are several types of relationship maps that you can create. This free online course will focus specifically on stakeholder maps. There are several tools for creating a relationship map but we will concentrate on Kumu because it is a relatively simple tool to learn and use. Your instructor, Danilo Oliveira Vaz, is a professional who creates professional-level relationship maps and will teach you how to use Kumu to create a stakeholder map for your organisation. He provides several examples and exercise resources to help you practice the art of creating simple stakeholder maps.

To begin, you'll discover why you should use Kumu instead of other programs. We discuss the various advantages of using Kumu and the multiple maps it supports. Investigate the purpose of each map and the overall benefits of creating maps for sorting complex information. We demonstrate how to set up an account on Kumu, create new projects and use templates for your projects. We will then examine the components of a stakeholder map and you'll learn about ‘tags’ and why they're important for data set fields. Finally, explore using Kumu's built-in features to customise the fields of your data set directly.

The ability to work with external data sets is a feature that makes Kumu stand out amongst other platforms. We will illustrate linking and importing external data into Kumu in detail. Next, you'll see Kumu's various sorting options, including 'size by', 'colour by' and other advanced options. Then, you'll learn about ‘views’ and how to create multiple perspectives within a single project. You'll also discover how to add collaborators to a project and each contributor's various roles in a project. Finally, the instructor will demonstrate how to create presentations using the maps you make in Kumu. If you want to learn all the fundamentals of creating stakeholder maps, this course is for you. Take advantage of this opportunity and enrol right away.