How do you share a Smartsheet with external stakeholders?

Sharing a Smartsheet with external stakeholders is effectively achieved by adjusting sharing settings to include guest access. This feature allows you to invite people outside your organization, such as clients, suppliers, or other collaborators, to view or edit the sheet, depending on the permissions you provide. Guest access facilitates real-time collaboration and communication with external parties, ensuring they have the necessary access to see or contribute to the work being done in the Smartsheet.

The other options do not provide the efficient and real-time collaboration capability that guest access offers. Printing the sheet and sending it via mail is a static method of sharing that does not allow for any further interaction or updates. Exporting to PDF would also result in a non-interactive format, limiting the ability of external stakeholders to engage with the data actively. Locking the sheet to only allow internal users completely restricts access for any external stakeholders, which defeats the purpose of sharing information with them. Therefore, enabling guest access is the most effective way to ensure external stakeholders can be involved in the Smartsheet project.