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April 23, 2020

Small interactions can be incredibly meaningful – Viruses are so tiny–3,000 of them could line up across the period at the end of this sen...

April 22, 2020

If you’re interested in learning more about Virtual Convening Best Practices and Resources, check out our Virtual Convening Skills Lab (in partn...

April 3, 2020

In this moment of global uncertainty, countless conveners are facing decisions of whether or not to cancel or postpone their events. Whatever you deci...

We’ve tested more than a dozen new Virtual Convening Tools. Here are our Favorites.  In the age of COVID-19, it seems there is a new virtual conven...

Virtual convening is relatively new for most conveners and thinking about using it instead of having an in-person convening can be downright depressin...

March 31, 2020

Many conveners believe that just by getting people into the same space means that genuine interactions, collaboration, and action will take place. Whi...

March 27, 2020

Isn’t it amazing how the course of a couple of weeks (mid-March 2020 in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic as we write this) can force you to re-exam...

As we write this, the world is gripped by a global pandemic of novel coronavirus COVID-19. In this time of global uncertainty, many conveners are aski...

March 23, 2020

“Marketing is no longer about the stuff you make, it’s about the stories you tell” – Seth Godin   Storytelling is a powerful tool to ...

March 19, 2020

Answering your questions around navigating risk and strategies for mitigation During our last Rapid Response Community Call, we gathered all of the qu...

March 18, 2020

Over many years of attending convenings of varying sorts, and in many cases, being asked to evaluate the effectiveness of these convenings, it became ...

March 10, 2020

Now that you are clear on the intended impact outcomes for your convening there are a series of design levers that you can adjust to optimize towards ...