Convening Effectiveness Matters

The following article was originally published in Stanford Social Innovation Review. To read the article in its entirety visit SSIR with your subscription information or download a PDF.

Large in-person events have been canceled around the world because of COVID-19 restrictions. Have you missed them? In retrospect, how valuable were those meetings? During the pandemic lockdowns, many of them shifted to online. Did you feel compelled to participate? If not, why not? If you participated, how clear were the events’ goals, and how effectively did they advance the issues that you most care about?

Jared Raynor, Director of Evaluation and Learning, and Rasmus Heltberg of the World Bank Group, explore these questions and how organizations can strive to make their convenings more effective. Read more…