Convergence V:
Structures of
Change
Sunday, February 10, 2008
3:00 – 9:00 pm Registration and Check-in
3:00 – 3:45 pm World Café Conversation
3:45 – 4:00 pm Welcome & Orientation
4:00 – 5:00 pm Introductions (Group One)
5:00 – 5:30 pm
Appetizers and Drinks
5:30 – 6:15 pm Introductions (Group Two)
6:15 – 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 – 7:45 pm Introductions (Group Three)
7:45 – 8:15 pm
Dessert and Coffee/Tea
8:15 – 9:15 pm Introductions (Group Four)
9:15 – 9:30 pm Overview of Monday
Monday, February 11, 2008
7:00 – 8:00 am Walk & Talk (for the outdoor sort)
7:30 – 8:30 am Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 am The Practices of Convergence
Whole Group
9:00 – 10:15 am The Structures of Change: Organizational
Whole Group
10:15 – 10:30 am Break
10:30 – 11:45
am
Conversations (Set
A)
Church Standing for Social Change
Product Design - taking products to market
Modes of Organizing
Financial Products that change communities
Mind-Body-Sprit
Seasons of Change (political, farming, growth)
11:45 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 1:45 pm The Structures of Change: Social and Cultural
Whole Group
1:45 – 3:00 pm Conversations (Set B)
Transforming through travel
Transformational Investments
Hybrid Structures (legal forms)
Organizational Culture
Health Paradigms Today
Legacy as a Concept
Youth Mentoring Social Change
Making Media Matter
3:00 – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 – 4:45 pm Conversations (Set C)
Conscious Collective Responsibility
Community Fulcrums of Change and Attraction
Scaling Social Entrepreneurship
New Structures for Delivering Education
Transparency and sub-prime
The Lens of Justice and Human Rights
Religion and Money
Appropriating language in innovation
Hospitality, Presence, Gracious Spaces
5:30 – 7:00 pm Cocktails
7:00 – 9:00 pm Dinner
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
7:00 – 8:00 am Walk & Talk (for the outdoor sort)
7:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 am Structures of Change: Personal and Interpersonal
Whole Group
9:30 – 10:45 am Conversations (Set D)
Vocation, Identity, Purpose
Local, Green, Planned
Little Transactions creating Big Social Messes
The Paradoxes of scale
Visual Representation
Silence and Noise
Understanding Risk
10:45 – 11:00 am Break
11:00 – 12:15 pm Conversations (Set E)
9/11 (as a transformative moment)
Debt Vehicles for Nonprofits
Politics and Money
Art (Social) Enterprise
City Justice: what about the poor in the city
Independent Workers, Small Business, Employment Patterns
Ideas in a Compelling Package
What Models do we Trust?
The Power of Money
12:15 – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 – 2:45 pm Conversations (Set F)
Engaging Social Change at Home.
“Slow Food” meets Large Social Structures
Think/Do Tanks for Social Action
Radical Innovation - How do you Find it?
Viability of old models in a new world
Transformative Philanthropy
2:45 – 3:30 pm Asks & Offers
Whole Group
3:30 – 4:00 pm Closing Reflections
Whole Group