Va. University Employees Use Collective Wisdom to Solve Problems

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Members of a University of Virginia employee-learning group take a tour of a new building at the College of Arts and Sciences before it opens to the public.

Five years ago, more than a dozen employees at the University of Virginia decided to meet together for lunch to talk about their work challenges and potential solutions. Now those employees have turned those lunches into a vibrant professional-development effort run and led entirely by people involved in fundraising, alumni affairs, and parent relations, as well as faculty members and administrators. The so-called Engagement Community attracts 500 people to lectures, Webinars, and other