Progressive Roundtable

The Progressive Roundtable℠ was initially established by the Commonweal Institute to bring together progressive leaders to begin to develop the marketing and communications components of progressive infrastructure.  Based on an outcome-oriented model, the Roundtable has fully integrated pre-convening, convening, and post-convening phases, with its performance measures based on outcomes achieved in the post-convening phase.  Building on the momentum of the first Roundtable, the Commonweal Institute proposes to establish the Progressive Roundtable as a permanent convening body to promote on-going coordination by progressive leaders on various components of infrastructure and long-term strategy, as well as around specific issues. The Roundtable will convene progressives, link them through on-line data-sharing, build collaborative networks, increase connectivity among leaders, build trust, and focus on outcomes.  The positive response of participants in the initial 2006 Progressive Roundtable has clearly demonstrated the demand for this ongoing convening capacity.

Contact:

• Laurie Spivak
• lpspivak@commonwealinstitute.org
• 310-980-7579