Keynote Speaker

Energize your next event with insights that inspire - and ideas that stick.

What audiences are saying . . .

“The passion you brought to the stage – the humor, the gravity, the urgency, the intention, the inspiration – ignited a room of 400+ people”
— Social Impact Exchange Summit
“Bingo! This is exactly what we wanted - we will take up the building-movements conversation with our members ”
— National Council of Nonprofits Leadership Conference
“Terrific opening that connected the dots... We heard your [ideas] echoed in the days that followed”
— Private Financial Services Philanthropy Seminar

Video Highlight Reel | Official launch of How Change Happens | Georgetown University | 2017

From Davos to Austin and beyond, big ideas travel across borders . . .

Keynotes & Workshops

Keynotes: 20 - 50 min presentations + Q&A

Workshops: Half- or full-day sessions include opening keynote, curated panels, guided break-out discussions,

Some memorable events include:

  • The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  • No Child Hungry - Share Our Strength

  • MS Society Annual Leadership Summit

  • Habitat for Humanity International

  • YMCAs & YWCAs of Canada

  • Unite America Leadership Summit

Executive Training Sessions

Customized executive education and development trainings designed around your organization’s unique strengths and challenges.

A few favorite training partners include:

  • CARE USA Board of Directors Retreat

  • Bank of America Neighborhood Builders Nonprofit Leaders Programs

  • Children’s Defense Fund

  • UN Foundation

  • PNC Bank Philanthropy Series

Talks Audiences Love

  • Becoming Stronger Forces for Good

  • Change the Way You Change the World

  • How Change Happens

  • Building Better Movements

  • Collective Impact

  • Catalytic Philanthropy

  • Leading for Good in Challenging Times

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Panel Curation & Facilitation

Plenary content planning, speaker curation and live panel moderation in person and virtual.

Some standout sessions include:

  • World Economic Forum “Billion Dollar Bet” panel hosted by the European Business Association at Belgium House

  • SouthxSouthwest (SxSW) “Making Moderation Cool” social marketing and behavior change event

  • UN General Assembly (UNGA) “Unlikely Allies panel and roundtable discussion

Insight Grounded in Research

Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits (Wiley)

How Change Happens: Why Some Social Movements Succeed While others Don’t (Wiley)

Do More than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World (Wiley)

“Creating High-Impact Nonprofits” in Stanford Social Innovation Review

Ready to supercharge your next event?

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