was held February 27 – March 2.
The GOOD NEWS…you can still access all the great content, tips and strategies provided by the all-star line up of speakers. Get the MP3 files TODAY and listen at your convenience.
For five days, 28 of the world’s leading business thinkers, executives, authors and pioneers came together via a telesummit to share their ideas and tips to help you transform your company’s social mission, business giving and community investment strategies, your life and the world.
Learn practical tools for creating and managing your community investments according to your values, vision, and business goals.
Learn from businesses around the world that are bucking the current economic environment through community investment that works!
Understand the new giving paradigm shift from checkbook philanthropy to strategic, all-win partnerships.
Be inspired by success stories that give you a powerful vision of what is possible in your business and community.
Understand how to create inspired and loyal employees using your core values.
These were the inspiring speakers:
- Margaret Coady, Director, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP)
- Alison DaSilva, Executive Vice President, Research & Insights, Cone Communication, Inc.
- Simon Mainwaring, bestselling author of We First
- Eileen Sweeney, Director of Giving and Philanthropic Relations at Motorola Inc.
- Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and craigconnects
- Zhena Muzyka, founder of Zhena’s Gypsy Tea
- Mark Kramer, co-founder and Managing Director of FSG
- Michelle Nunn, CEO of Points of Light Institute and co-founder of HandsOn Network
- Greg Baldwin, President, VolunteerMatch
- Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, founders of Barefoot Wine
- Susan Hyatt, author of Strategy for Good: Business Giving Strategies for the 21st Century
- Andrea Costantine, founder of Andrea Costantine International,
- Kenn Allen, President of Civil Society Consulting Group
- Christine Kloser, author of the Freedom Formula and founder of Transformational Author
- Bea Boccalandro, founder of VeraWorks
- Joe Waters, author of Cause Marketing for Dummies and the Selfish Giving Blog
- Scott Degraffenreid, Social Network Analyst, N2 Millennials
- Scott Henderson, Managing Director of CauseShift
- Janet Lawson, Director, Ford Volunteer Corps, Ford Motor Company Fund
- Ruth Jones, CEO, Social Venture Partners International
- Cindy Hallberlin, President & CEO of Good360
- Mr. Noshir Dadrawala, CEO & CEO of Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy, Mumbai, India
- Kathi Dennis, Executive Director of IAVE
- Roberto Candelaria, author of Relationships Raise Money: A Guide to Corporate Sponsorship
- Gerrit McGowan, founder and Chief Executive, KULA Causes
- Mark Tilsen, President, Native American Natural Foods
Susan is the founder and CEO of CORE THOUGHT, a consulting firm that helps companies transform good intentions into real impact on their communities and their bottom line. She is the author of Strategy for Good: Business Giving Strategies for the 21st Century. Susan’s clients include the Corporation for National and Community Service, CARE, Habitat for Humanity, Heifer International, and USAID. The author travels widely as a trainer, keynote speaker, and avid volunteer in global service projects.