Building What Comes Next: A Listening Session for Former Public-Purpose Professionals (We listen to you!)
Were you affected by government downsizing this year? We’re providing you an opportunity to inform what comes next.
Join a 75-minute listening session to shape how our community of service minded individuals affected by downsizing moves forward to create work, ventures, and real support.
NOTE: YOU WILL ONLY BE APPROVED TO ATTEND ONCE YOU HAVE TAKEN THIS SURVEY(it is the first part of the event!): Open Google Form
Why this matters:
• Your skills didn’t vanish; your network is your unfair advantage.
• We’ll capture ideas live (AI-assisted), share anonymized transcripts, and publish a public summary you can point to. • The goal: provide you with the open insights to our community so it can thrive in the future.
Who should attend
Former feds, contractors, NGO partners, and adjacent sector colleagues affected by funding cuts who want to build forward.
What you’ll get
• A published summary and anonymized transcripts for invitees
We’ll tackle 4 questions:
One year from now, what do you hope you are doing—and what do you hope our network will be doing together that you can continue to call on?
How do we as a community continue to grow and thrive together? What are the most important things we should prioritize next to make progress?
If a funder were to offer to back initiatives for our community of laid off staff, what should those funds support ?
What’s missing right now or in the way (tools, trust, governance, capital, access, etc.)—and which one gap must we close first?
How to participate:
• Complete this survey we’ll include your voice. The survey is actually the beginning of the activity, so your voice is vital. • Once you have completed the survey, you'll be approved to participate and we will send you the link to join. We will approve up to 100 participants.
• This will be recorded for accuracy.
• Prefer privacy? Join Meet as a guest and contribute via chat.