conveners
Those who gather
Conveners are people who convene—who call together or organize meetings, committees, or groups.
The term appears most often in formal or institutional contexts: The conveners of the conference announced the keynote speakers.
In Scottish and some other parliamentary systems, a convener chairs a committee, equivalent to a chairperson elsewhere.
Those who aid progress
- organizersThose who coordinate activities
- hostsThose who entertain guests
- moderatorsThose regulating discussions
- coordinatorsThose who arrange activities
chairpersons · mediators · emcees · planners · arrangers · schedulers · secretaries · delegates
Constructing from components
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- forumGathering place for discourse
seminar · conclave · convocation · reunion · meetup · roundtable · panel · workshop
Leading toward destination
- directingOverseeing a production
- steeringControlling direction of movement
- chairingLeading a formal gathering
- presidingLeading a formal gathering
mentoring · inspiring · influential · authoritative · visionary · strategist · catalyst · initiative
General group agreement
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
alliance · teamwork · exchange · collective · shared · reciprocal · coalition · participation
Coordination of complex activities
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- planningArranging for future events
- orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
synchronization · timetabling · arranging · harmonization · liaison · interfacing · agendas · invitations
facilitators
Those who aid progress
- organizersThose who coordinate activities
- hostsThose who entertain guests
- moderatorsThose regulating discussions
coordinators · chairpersons · mediators · emcees · planners · arrangers · schedulers · secretaries · delegates · stewards
assembly
Constructing from components
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
forum · seminar · conclave · convocation · reunion · meetup · roundtable · panel · workshop · retreat
guiding
Leading toward destination
- directingOverseeing a production
- steeringControlling direction of movement
- chairingLeading a formal gathering
presiding · mentoring · inspiring · influential · authoritative · visionary · strategist · catalyst · initiative · mobilizing
consensus
General group agreement
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
networking · alliance · teamwork · exchange · collective · shared · reciprocal · coalition · participation · engagement
logistics
Coordination of complex activities
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- planningArranging for future events
- orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble
alignment · synchronization · timetabling · arranging · harmonization · liaison · interfacing · agendas · invitations · venues
- Literary CirclesBloomsbury Group, Harlem Renaissance, Beat Generation, Lost Generation, salon
convenersattendees
People at an event
participants · delegates · invitees · followers · listeners
convenersdispersers
Things that scatter outward
disruptors · dividers · dissolvers · dissolver · saboteurs