Meetings

To spark connections, focus energy and respond nimbly to emerging opportunities, we are operating in a number of “meeting” modes, from developing invitational field-building sessions and smaller group “dinner and a day” exploratory convenings. We are also managing a radar screen of opportunities to inform and influence, via leveraging existing events or playing targeted advisory roles as requested.

 

InvitationalLarger format.  100-200 curated participants Key Connections
Pittsburgh Convening:  Building adult capacity across the fields of learning and development, November 2019.

The convening included 100+ leaders with expertise, connections, and commitments to accelerate the use of the science of learning and development within community programs and the education systems

 

Designed with 20+ co-strategists representing a dozen major initiatives, networks and/or projects
Readiness Projects “Virtual” Launch: Rising to the Challenge: Leveraging the Science of Learning and Development to Address the Reality of the Times.  April 15, 2020. Digging deeper into the topic of building adult capacity to promote equitable learning environments with a broad and diverse set of peers from across the country who focus on improving practice (including programming, technical assistance and professional development), research (including evaluation, assessment, and implementation management) and policy (including organizational policy, issue advocacy, communications and messaging).

Learn more about the session and access the archive here.

Expanded group of co-strategists in our initial design for this session.  We revisited the format/design in light of current events.
ExploratoryDinner and a Day.  Smaller group – 15 to 80
The Forum has been honing a “dinner and a day” meeting format that encourages relationship-building and reflection (the “dinner”) as well as structured facilitation to grapple with ideas and challenges that have an immediacy to participants work (the “day”).  Over the past few months, we have used this format to explore implications of “the science” with:

  • Leaders from national youth-serving organizations planning or reflection on their networks’ DEI work.  November 2019
  • Leaders and young people from place-based “alternative services” organizations exploring implications for their own work and for that of a major national foundation.  February 2020
  • Pairs of local leaders from 3 communities contributing to a “design session” re: what a “Readiness Projects” fellowship or community of practice could look like. February 2020.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Altria’s Success 360 Grantees

 Annie E. Casey grantees

Leaders from Richmond, Tulsa, Detroit

 

 

Leverage & Advise.  We are also managing a radar screen of potential high leverage and influence opportunities. 

  • In coordination with the SoLD Alliance governing partners, we were instrumental in securing a pre-session at the fall SEL Exchange, have influenced development of a plenary session focused on major strands of the convergence science, and are working on a related workshop with the CASEL team.   October 2020
  • NUL is also identifying ways to leverage their slate of convenings and professional groups, including their Youth Summit, which occurs each August in connection with their national convening.  August 2020
  • We have also participated in an expert/participant role at a number of funders convenings, such as Grantmakers for Thriving Youth (December 2019) and the Youth Transitions Funders Group (February 2020).
 

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