Convening social change is a complex task that requires patience, listening and a collaborative mindset. Listen to this podcast as Jay Connor, Founder/CEO of The Collaboratory for Community Support shares his wisdom about social change.

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Convening social change is a complex task that requires patience, listening and a collaborative mindset. Listen to this podcast as Jay Connor, Founder/CEO of The Collaboratory for Community Support shares his wisdom about social change.

Jay has extensive leadership experience in the business, non-profit, and public policy arenas. Jay has seen that in order to be effective, our emerging community leaders must be comfortable at the intersection not only of organizations and cultures but also at the intersection of the non-profit, business and government sectors.

Listen as Jay shares about his work with community based collaborative across North America as they work towards social change. He describes the characteristics of a convening organization or group and highlights what leads to success. Jay believes that creating a community aspiration is an important step towards change. 

Jay delves into the sensitive issue of a convening organization that plays both the role of convener and funder. At the same time he explores the critical importance of engaging all sectors in a community led change.

In this podcast, Jay also shares his advice around sharing the changes that occur, and narrowing the focus of change efforts to those which really make a difference. 

Those who participated in the tele-learning call were able to ask questions of Jay. Listen to their questions and Jay's answers below.