The Power of Convening: Building a Learning Community and Fostering a Network in the Building Bridges Initiative.

This report from the Philanthropy and Volunteerism team discusses some important lessons about convening that were learned from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Building Bridges Initiative. It explores the roots of the Building Bridges Initiative, including the concepts and purposes that guided its development, and gives an overview of the work — its scope and infrastructure. Additionally, the report describes the transformation of the initiative’s networking meetings into Learning Community Meetings.