convenor
Assembles the group
A convenor is a person who convenes—that is, calls together or organizes—a meeting, committee, or group.
The term appears most often in British, Scottish, and Commonwealth contexts, where a convenor may chair a committee or coordinate its activities: She serves as convenor of the planning committee.
Also spelled convener.
Agenda for scheduling
- arrangerOne who orders elements
- schedulerOne who arranges timing
- registrarKeeper of official records
- organizerArrangement tool or person
coordinator · host · venue · programme · logistics · invitations · catering · speakers
Appointed group for duties
- presidingLeading a formal gathering
- moderatorOne who presates proceedings
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
- chairpersonOne who leads meetings
head · leader · overseer · director · administrator · executive · manager · principal
Formal discussion list
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
forum · panel · roundtable · workshop · seminar · symposium · discussion · plenary
Joint intellectual work
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- planningArranging for future events
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- liaisonConnector between groups
integration · cooperation · facilitation · orchestration · alignment · networking · delegation · harmonization
Negotiation between nations
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- G7Leading economies' summit group
G20 · UN · multilateral · international · peace · talks · accord · bilateral
planner
Agenda for scheduling
organizer · coordinator · host · venue · programme · logistics · invitations · catering · speakers · sponsors
committee
Appointed group for duties
- presidingLeading a formal gathering
- moderatorOne who presates proceedings
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
chairperson · head · leader · overseer · director · administrator · executive · manager · principal · authority
agenda
Formal discussion list
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
conference · forum · panel · roundtable · workshop · seminar · symposium · discussion · plenary · session
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- planningArranging for future events
- schedulingAssigning times to events
liaison · integration · cooperation · facilitation · orchestration · alignment · networking · delegation · harmonization · teamwork
diplomacy
Negotiation between nations
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
G7 · G20 · UN · multilateral · international · peace · talks · accord · bilateral · delegate
- leadersleader, boss, leaders, bosses, chiefs
- leadership rolesboard chair, committee head, team captain, club president, chairperson
- convention centreFacility hosting large gatherings
- conventional wisdomGenerally accepted beliefs
- convention centerFacility for large gatherings
- convention floor
- national conventionCountrywide political assembly
- conventional ovenStandard thermal cooking appliance
convention, conventional, convene, unconventional, convened, convening, convener, conveners, convenors