The phrase "ability to convene" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity or skill to gather people together for a meeting or event.
Example: "The committee's ability to convene experts from various fields was crucial for the success of the conference."
Alternatives: "capacity to assemble" or "skill to gather".
"We feel that we have a special talent, and a special ability, to convene the New York conversation," he said.
The ability to convene on state property without the presence of the press -- or members of the opposing party -- enables legislators and their leaders to horse-trade votes easily and to shoot down bills without free and open debate.
The ability to convene diverse teams is another benefit of online collaboration – one that works hand-in-glove with 24/7 production if you're leading a global team that works together across time zones.
The program builds on Stanford's strengths in interdisciplinary research, ability to convene diverse parties for open and constructive discussions on neutral ground, and our standing as an objective source of reliable information and analysis.
What drives her, she said, is "the excitement and intellectual satisfaction, frankly, of creating live events with the ability to influence the conversation and the ability to convene major people of great influence and unknown people of great moral importance in public settings which would bring the spotlight to them".
After mid-term elections in November handed control of the Senate to the Republicans, and solidified the right's majority in the House of Representatives, Mr Obama has been left with the (formidable) tools available to even lame-duck American presidents: his ability to convene debates and his power to sign executive orders and take administrative actions.
We must aggressively promote leadership skills – the ability to collaborate, convene, and inspire; to elicit feedback; to listen broadly; and to gain wide input before making decisions.
The change in the company bylaws, approved unanimously and disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, eliminates the ability of shareholders to convene a special shareholder meeting.
These covert operations did more than simply sow the seeds of mistrust with a law enforcement agency that is typically the pride of New York; they fundamentally undermined the ability of a religious community to convene on campuses across the east coast and foster among its members a sense of safety, camaraderie, and well-being.
The ability to translate, convene, and educate innovation ecosystems worldwide and then seeing the change real-time.
Brown views the cap-and-trade program as a model for other states and countries, touting its ability to reduce emissions as world leaders plan to convene in Paris later this year to discuss new steps against climate change.
