Beverly Wenger-Trayner
communities of practice practitioner-author
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Beverly Wenger-Trayner is a communities of practice practitioner-author who focuses on how groups sustain learning and collaboration through shared practices. She writes and consults on designing spaces where knowledge develops organically over time.
Facilitators and event designers should study her work to understand how to structure gatherings that prioritize long-term relationship-building and collective knowledge creation. Her frameworks help design events that evolve into ongoing practice communities.
She is associated with Community of Practice Convening and Systems Convening methods.
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