Join us for an extraordinary night as our community comes together to celebrate social entrepreneurs and impact organizations through filmmaking, storytelling, and networking with like-minded people.

How do social impact organizations (both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations) strategically use short videos and storytelling to share their impact? We’ll explore how film and short videos are used by mission driven organizations to spread positive messages, drive change, and achieve strategic goals.

Need some inspiration in your life? Come out to meet some amazing people and get inspired! These social impact entreprenerus are taking on some of the world's biggest problems in the most innovative ways.

For more information visit our website: Reel Impact Film Festival.

AGENDA

3:30 PM - Green Carpet Networking Reception

4:00 PM - Welcome by ONE WORLD & Mama Hope

4:15 PM - Social Impact Video Storytelling opening interviews with

• Holly Gordon, Chief Impact Officer, Participant Media

• Sian-Pierre Regis, Filmmaker, Duty Free Film

• Moderated by Scott Saslow, CEO & Founder, ONE WORLD

5:00 PM - RIFF finalists video screening round I

5:30 PM - Screening Round Debrief Spotlight

• Natasha Deganello Giraudi, Creative Director & Founder, Micro - Documentaries

• Niema Jordan, Producer and Writer, iTVS

• Moderator: Angie Mertens, Program Director & RIFF Co-Founder, ONE WORLD

6:00 PM - Break

6:30 PM - RIFF finalists video screening round II

7:15 PM - Three workshops

Workshop 1: Stop the Pity, Unlock the Potential - A movement to shift the narrative: How can authentic, community-driven storytelling build a media movement?

• Katie Carey and Katrina Boradtko, Mama Hope

• Rachel Goble, Founder, Ethical Storytelling

Workshop 2: Documentary style promotional filmmaking

• Gabriel Diamond, Filmmaker, Skoll Foundation

Workshop 3: How to create a successful campaign raising money via kickstarter - tricks and best practices

• Sian- Pierre Regis, Filmmaker, Duty Free Film

8:30 PM - Award Ceremony moderated by

• Niema Jordan, Producer and Writer, iTVS

• Elisa Parker, Co-Founder & Producer, See Jane Do

***Watch our inspiring RIFF2016 video and read our 2017 RIFF blog***

GET YOUR TICKET HERE.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR RIFF 2018 CO-HOST Mama Hope

BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE TOWN KITCHEN - thanks for providing your delicious food to #RIFF2018 guests

THANK YOU TO OUR MARKETING & COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Overview

Companies of all types are taking a fresh look at the broader impact of their work- how their employees, customers, and their communities are impacted by what and how they produce.  While increasingly desirable for leaders to make sure their company has a positive societal impact, it is not often clear how that is done at scale, especially in a way that supports the business goals and financial targets.  Enter social entrepreneurship.

One of the most rapidly growing areas within the field of entrepreneurship is that of for-profit social entrepreneurship- innovative, for-profit businesses designed to simultaneously drive a social or environmental impact.  The Bay Area is fortunate to be home to the largest concentration of these for-profit social impact startups, many of which are already collaborating with larger traditional companies who are their customers, suppliers, and go-to-market partners. 

***GET YOUR TICKET HERE***

The main themes of the program include:

• Attracting and retaining talent - How are organizations leveraging social enterprises to create a unique employee value proposition, and increase employee engagement?

• Increasing revenue - How are organizations utilizing entrepreneurship to drive into new markets?

• Reducing costs - Which start-ups are helping to reduce corporate healthcare costs while simultaneously increasing worker productivity?   

What’s Unique

• Innovative Start-ups - The program will provide exposure to many of the Bay Area top startups helping mid to enterprise size organizations address core business challenges.

• Participants - Attendees from a variety of corporate functions, including executive office, product and service line leaders, Finance, Marketing & Sales, HR and Operations.

• Focus - The program is focused on corporate initiatives where both financial and social goals are achieved simultaneously

• Local - Part of the goal is to foster stronger connections among the local Bay Area ecosystem of professionals in companies

AGENDA

1:30pm: Registration

2:00pm: Welcome & opening panel with Ann Mei Chang, author of Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good. Learn more and order your copy here.

3:00pm: Social entrepreneur showcase led by Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, Executive Director, Social Venture Circle

Featured social impact companies that are successfully delivering a product or service into mid to large enterprises. Speakers include:

• Mark Godley, CEO, LeadGenius: LeadGenius provides a combination of technology and human intelligence at scale to help global revenue teams by producing richt, actionable data on an ongoing basis.

• Cory Smith, CEO & Co-founder, Wisdom Labs: Wisdom Labs helps great companies become wiser workplaces.

• Dan Kalafatas, Chairman and Co-Founder, 3Degrees: 3Degrees provides clean energy services, including PPAs, RECs, community solar and more, to organizations looking to meet sustainability goals.

• Megan Mokri, CEO & Founder, Byte Foods: Byte Foods is changing the way people eat at work by making it easy to put fresh, healthy food in non-serviced offices

• Debbie Mullin, CEO & Founder, Copper Cow Coffee: Copper Cow Coffee brings specialty Vietnamese coffee to your office, home and adventure

• Mike Jordan, CEO & Founder, CircleOf: CircleOf is a digital health app that helps caregivers and patients organize and mobilize their family, friends, and co-workers into an on-demand care community, allowing anyone at anytime to create a connected community of care.

• Shannon Spanhake, CEO & Founder, Cleo: Cleo is reimagining care and support for today's expecting parents in the workforce.

• Martha Hernandez, CEO & Founder, MadeBOS: MadeBOS is a smart, AI driven, career pathing platform that creates economic mobility for entry level workers in retail and adjacent.

• Kristian Ranta, CEO & Founder, Meru Health: Meru Health is an online medical clinic treating depression and burnout.

4:pm: --- Break ---

4:30pm: Breakout Sessions

Breakout A - Leveraging “Biznevolence” to Attract and Retain Employees.

How do you support the corporate financial goals while simultaneously supporting an ecosystem of several hundred not for profit organizations throughout the world?  In this breakout, Bryan will dive into a key business process for Box, that of hiring talent, and walk through a program he invented to increase leads of new recruits while simultaneously drive more philanthropic giving and support.

Moderator: Bryan Breckenridge, Senior Director & Executive Director, Box.org

Panelist: Shannon Spanhake, CEO & Founder, Cleo:

Breakout B - Leveraging Social Entrepreneurship to Build Capabilities and Grow Markets

Pearson’s flagship social impact campaign Project Literacy provides a platform for supporting social enterprises aligned with the company on combating illiteracy. The campaign has also strengthened Pearson's own capacity for innovation and approach to reaching new markets and customer segments. Since 2016, Pearson has supported 29 ventures through its literacy accelerator and, as part of this program, uses a methodology known as the 'Braintrust' to help companies get to breakthrough insights in a short amount of time. The format for running a Braintrust was developed by Unreasonable Group, pulling from the best practices at Pixar, the Stanford d.school, and Google X. In this breakout, Jennifer Young and Julia Firestone will lead a Braintrust to showcase how to apply this methodology to solve key business challenges.

Moderators: Jennifer Young Perlman, Director Innovation and Partnerships and Julia Firestone, Social Impact Strategist, Pearson

Breakout C - Reducing Costs, Increasing Impact.

How can a start-ups such as Meru Health, help corporations reduce costs and minimize risk, while simultaneously increasing worker productivity and welfare?  

Moderator: Dan Kalafatas, Chairman and Co-Founder, 3Degrees

Panelist: Cory Smith, CEO & Co-founder, Wisdom Labs

5:30pm: Corporate Showcase

• Lauren Coberly, Global Marketing and Impact Leader, Box.org

• Marsela Pecanac, First Vice President, Amalgamated Bank

• Sasha Radovich, Director, P.A.C.E. at Gap, Inc.

• Amy Skeeters-Behrens, Executive Director, DocuSign IMPACT

6:00pm: Closing Comments

***GET YOUR TICKET HERE***

Marketing & Program Partners

ONE WORLD and Westly Foundation- invite you - our networks and social impact community members to connect in a casual environment to encourage meaningful, face-to-face conversations. This month we’re joined by social innovators from the Westly Prize network, the former winners and finalists of the Westly Prize for Young Innovators of California, sponsored by the Westly Foundation. Get out of the office and off your phone to join other social entrepreneurs, impact investors, non-profits, foundations, and social impact professionals for a fun evening.

The Westly Foundation is a Silicon Valley-based foundation established in 2000 by Steve Westly – founder of the Westly Group and former Controller of the State of California – and his wife, Anita Yu. In addition to sponsoring the Westly Prize, the Foundation makes grants to high-performing non-profits that serve children and youth at risk in California.

The open application for the 2018-19 Westly Prize closes on October 15 so innovators under age 28 are encouraged to learn more and apply!

Note: space is limited to 30 attendees for this special Happy Hour!

Get your spot here.

The purpose of the gathering is to provide an opportunity for social entrepreneurs to connect with each other and a few institutional investors on the topic of fundraising.   The discussion will be guided by expert investors who have worked with hundreds of start-up CEOs over their careers. 

Topic: Raising Series A

Agenda

11am - Welcome & Introductions - Scott Saslow & Angie Mertens ONE WORLD

11:15 - Facilitated discussion by Andrew Beebe, Obvious Ventures

Noon - Lunch & networking with additional entrepreneur and investor guests

1pm - Facilitated discussion by Heidi Patel, ReThink Impact

2pm - Wrap up

Attendees

Dominique Barnes, Co-founder & CEO, New Wave Foods

Andrew Beebe, Managing Director, Obvious Ventures

Danny Cotter, Investor, Westly Group

Jeffrey Engler, CEO, Wright Electric

Andrew Hill, Co-founder & CEO, LiftEd

Lynn Johnson, Co-founder & CEO, Spotlight:Girls

Sidarth Kakkar, Co-founder & CEO, Freckle

Virginia Klausmeier, President & CEO, Sylvatex

Angie Mertens, Program Director, ONE WORLD

Heidi Patel, Partner, ReThink Impact

Marsela Pecanac, Director/SVP, New Resource Bank

Meena Sankaran, Founder & CEO, Ketos

Scott Saslow, Founder & CEO, ONE WORLD

Keely Stevenson, Founder & CEO, Weal Life

David Snydacker, Founder & CEO Lilac Solutions

Rose Wang, Co-founder, & CEO, Chirps Chips

Sophia Yen, Co-founder & CEO, Pandia Health

Jeanne Yao, Co-founder & CTO, BioCellection

*Note: this is an invite only event. If you're interested in joining similar events in the future reach out to info@oneworld.training

Thank you to our host New Resource Bank!

Join us for an engaging and inspiring afternoon focusing on food! Interested in the hottest topics in the sustainable food industry? Want to get to know disruptive food entrepreneurs? Curious to try new food products?

Several small, midsize and large companies from the Bay Area will showcase their products and services through live demonstrations at their booths. Social entrepreneurs, investors, venture capitalists and everyone else interested in food is welcome to this unique event.

Come out to meet some amazing people and get inspired! These impact entrepreneurs are taking on some of the world's biggest problems in the food sector in the most innovative ways.

***LEARN MORE AND GET YOUR TICKET HERE***

AGENDA

3:30 pm Check in & networking reception

4:00 pm Welcome words by ONE WORLD

Opening remarks: Liz Carlisle, Lecturer, Stanford University "Food and Agriculture: Current Top Five Trends"

4:20 pm Panel Discussion - Scaling a business and keeping sustainability at the core - an industry, investor & entrepreneur perspective

• Jesse Cool, writer, restaurateur, spokesperson, consultant for eco conscious food service, CoolEatz

• Lisa Curtis, Founder & CEO, Kuli Kuli

• Sangita Forth, VP of Marketing & GM of Consumer Growth, Revolution Foods

• Moderator: Scott Saslow, Founder & CEO, ONE WORLD

4:45 pm Entrepreneur Spotlight

5:00pm Four Workshop Sessions 

1. Engaging consumers to change behavior, do good and drive growth 

• Rose Wang and Laura D'Asaro, co-founders, Chirps Chips

• Chef Chew, founder, Something Better Foods

• Moderator: Arno Hesse, Founder & CEO, Credibles

2. Transforming the supply chain: delivering impact right from the source 

• Liz Sweet, Senior Director, Arabella Advisors and Good Food Ventures

• Ben Chesler, Co-founder, Imperfect Produce

• Merrilee Olson, founder and president, Preserve Farm Kitchens

• Moderator: Dave Cooper, Co-founding managing partner,  Montcalm Capital

• 3. Achieving zero waste: uncovering innovative methods which can get us there 

• Andrew Falcon, CEO, Full Cycle BioPlastics

• Jordan Schwartz, COO, Regrained

• Kiran Sridhar, Executive Director, Waste No Food

• Moderator: Erin Axelrod, Partner, LiftEconomy

4. Sustainable YOU! - Just like a business, which must plan to be sustainable, and successful, YOU must have a clear, specific plan for your own health. In this workshop we will explore the three pillars of a healthy lifestyle which can significantly impact your health and general well-being; MOVEMENT, MINDFULNESS/REST, AND Real FOOD! 

• Jennifer Cooper, Physical Therapist, Yoga Teach, Wellness Professional, Flow Physical Therapy

5. Impactathon Mini: a bite-sized version of Impactathon®! This session, open to problem solvers of all ages will walk participants through a lightening rounds of ideation around food waste, food packaging, and food distribution impact opportunities. 

• Neetal Parekh, Social Impact Ecosystem Builder, Innov8social

6:15pm Networking reception & live demonstrations at food booths

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS

Enjoy product samples and live demonstrations! We have an inspiring and growing group of social entrepreneurs that will staff booths, including

• Chirps Chips

• Full Cycle BioPlastics

• GANAZ

• IGZU

• Kitchen Witch Bone Broth

• Kuli Kuli

• Lumen

• Preserve Farm Kitchens

• Regrained

• Revolution Foods

• Something Better Foods

• The Town Kitchen

• Valley Verde

• Waste No Food

 *** Watch our 2017 event video here and read our blog***

This program brings together professionals in Bay Area corporations who have direct and indirect responsibility for the social and environmental impact of their organization.  There are many efforts underway in large and mid-sized companies designed to increase social impact, many of which go well beyond traditional corporate social responsibility efforts.  This program is designed to provide practical examples of the ways in which companies are driving impact while also achieving business goals.  

***Get your ticket here and learn more***

Agenda

1:30pm - Registration

2:00pm - Welcome by ONE WORLD

2:20pm - Fireside chat:

* Peter Van Camp, Interim Chief Executive Officer, President & Executive Chairman, Equinix

* Scott Saslow, Founder & CEO, ONE WORLD Training & Investments (moderator)

3:00pm - Four Break Out Panels - Round I

1. Leveraging Talent for Impact: From frontline employees to senior executives, how are companies putting their human capital to work to drive positive impact?

* Jessica Hyman, Head of Engagement and Insights, Atlassian

* Whitney Hampton, Senior Manager Gap Inc.

* Brian Thomas, Business Architect, Growth and Sustainability, Equinix

* Geoff Trotter, Founder & Managing Director, KMPact (moderator)

2. Innovative Uses of Corporate Resources

Beyond corporate philanthropy and volunteerism, what additional ways can companies leverage financial capital and intellectual capital to make a positive impact to the environment and society?

* Kari Dohn Decker, Managing Director, Corporate Responsibility, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

* John Baer, Managing Director, Enterprise Risk Solutions, Moody's Analytics

* Sunya Ojure, Senior Manager, Sustainability, Salesforce

* Pamela Roussos, Chief Innovation Officer, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Santa Clara University (moderator)

3. Designing & Delivering Products for Impact: How are companies delivering products, services and opportunities for underserved populations, domestically and abroad?

* Shannon Siart, Manager, Sustainability Initiatives, HPE

* Jennifer Young, Director Global Social Impact Programs, Pearson

* Murali Vullaganti, Founder & CEO, PeopleShores

* Beau Cronin, Partner, The Data Guild

* Scott Saslow, Founder & CEO, ONE WORLD Training & Investments (moderator)

4:00pm Networking Break

4:30pm - Four Break Out Panels - Round II (same topics and speakers as in Round I)

5:45pm Closing remarks ONE WORLD

6:00pm Networking Reception

Get your ticket here and learn more

***Read our 2017 event blog here***

What’s Unique

• Participants - Attendees from a variety of corporate functions, including HR, product and service line leaders, Finance, Marketing & Sales, and Operations.

• Focus - The program is focused on corporate initiatives where both financial and social goals are achieved simultaneously

• Local - Part of the goal is to foster stronger connections among the local Bay Area ecosystem of professionals in companies

Speakers - see our growing list

Accelerating Impact: ONE WORLD’s Bay Area Impact Summit

ONE WORLD is excited to announce its 4th Bay Area Impact Summit! 

We will highlight examples of how investors, entrepreneurs, and other professionals in the impact ecosystem are taking bold steps today to create a better world. 

This program features on-stage interviews with thought leaders in the field of impact investing, fireside chat discussions and panel of investors, a full slate of pitches from 8-10 of the best Bay Area-based social entrepreneurs, and an engaging reception to connect with local investors, entrepreneurs, and other partners sharing our interest in moving the local social entrepreneurship space forward.

REGISTER HERE to to roll up your sleeves and get inspired for action.

Space will be limited for this event to ensure high-quality idea exchange.

Alongside with many experts, investors and entrepreneurs we will dive deep into themes including:

• Gender Lens Investing

• Corporate Impact Investing

• How to raise capital

--- View the previous highlight video here ---

--- Bay Area Impact Summit, May 10 event blog here ---

AGENDA

12:00 pm: Doors open / Lunch / Registration

1:00 pm: Fireside chat with Morgan Simon, Managing Director, Candide Group: Author of Real Impact and Scott Saslow, CEO & Founder, ONE WORLD Training & Investments

1:45 pm: Social Entrepreneur Presentations Round I

3:00 pm: Break & Networking

3:30 pm: Breakout Panels

Breakout Panel I - Gender Lens Investing with Kristin Hull, Founder & CEO, Nia Impact Capital; Heidi Krauel Patel, Partner, Rethink Impact; Lynn Johnson, Co-founder & CEO, Spotlight: Girls; Imogen Rose-Smith, Investment Fellow at University of California Office of the President

Breakout Panel II - Entrepreneur Panel: How to raise capital. Hear from successful entrepreneurs with Cameron Turner, Fund Manager, Oxford Angel Fund; Tracey Turner, Founder & Chairman, Copia Global; Andrew Falcon, CEO, Full Cycle Bio Plastics; Meena Sankaran, CEO, Ketos

Breakout Panel III - How to Deploy Capital to Social Venture Start-ups. Learn from investors using regional, sectoral, and structural strategies to generate financial returns and real impact: with Renata Gomez, Director of Community Programs & Services, Investors’ Circle & Social Venture Network and Pippa Gawley, Investors’ Circle & Social Venture Network and ONE WORLD Training & Investments,  Miles Lasater, founder, Purpose Built Ventures

Breakout Panel - Corporate Impact Investing: speakers TBA

4:45 pm: Social Entrepreneur Presentations Round II

6:00 - 7:30 pm: Reception & Award Ceremony

PRESENTING ENTREPRENEURS 

• Perla Ni, CEO, Community Connect Labs

• Beau Cronin, CEO, Data Guild

• Yscaira Jimenez, CEO, LaborX

• Dave Snydacker, CEO, Lilac

• Jing Jin, CPO, Literator

• Kristian Ranta, CEO, Meru Health

• Sarah Richardson, CEO, Microbyre

• Peter Frischmann, CEO, Sepion

• Rupa Gupta, CEO, Sown to Grow

• Vince Romanin, CEO, Treau

JUDGES

• Eric Edwards, Partner, Cooley LLP

• Daryn Dodson, Managing Partner, Illumen Capital

• Renata Gomez, Director of Community Programs & Services, Investors’ Circle & Social Venture Network

• Ha Nguyen, Product Partner, Spero Ventures

• Virginia Klausmeier, President & CEO, Sylvatex

SUMMIT GOALS

• Learn – Gain exposure to the fundamentals of the industry and learn directly from practitioners

• Network – Build relationships with other impact professionals

• Action – Identify opportunities to increase impact, as investor, entrepreneur, or corporate professional

WHAT'S UNIQUE

• Structure – Roundtable and discussions, demo day presentations

• Participants – Mix of entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate professionals

• Focus – Bay Area based impact professionals

THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AND SPONSORS

This roundtable* connects Bay Area professionals working in the corporate social impact field who desire to learn and network in an informal, peer-to-peer environment.  There are many efforts underway in companies across all industries designed to increase the organization’s social and environmental impact, many of which go beyond traditional corporate social responsibility efforts.  The focus of this roundtable series is to explore innovative approaches to common challenges.

Roundtable Goals

• Strengthen the professional network of each participant

• Broaden exposure of local corporate impact programs

• Provide opportunity for participants to share successes and lessons learned

Roundtable Topics

In addition to each participant providing an update of their organization’s impact activity, we will explore the following topics as time allows:

1. Measuring financial Impact- Making the Case to the CFO

2. Marketing Social Impact Wins: What Works for Suppliers, Employees, and Customers

3. Leveraging Bay Area Resources to Drive Impact

*invite only

If you are interested in learning more, contact angie@oneoworld.training.

THANK YOU TO OUR HOST AND PARTNER

Come and join ONE WORLD's growing social impact community in Silicon Valley

Get out of the office or house, unplug, and unwind with others who want to help create positive social impact. We look forward to a mix of social entrepreneurs, impact investors, and nonprofit, foundation and social impact enthusiasts of all stripes. 

If you're interested in joining, contact info@oneworld.training

This roundtable* connects Bay Area professionals working in the corporate social impact field who desire to learn and network in an informal, peer-to-peer environment.  There are many efforts underway in companies across all industries designed to increase the organization’s social and environmental impact, many of which go beyond traditional corporate social responsibility efforts.  The focus of this roundtable series is to explore innovative approaches to common challenges.

Roundtable Goals

• Strengthen the professional network of each participant

• Broaden exposure of local corporate impact programs

• Provide opportunity for participants to share successes and lessons learned

Roundtable Topics

In addition to each participant providing an update of their organization’s impact activity, we will explore the following topics as time allows:

1. Measuring financial Impact- Making the Case to the CFO

2. Marketing Social Impact Wins: What Works for Suppliers, Employees, and Customers

3. Leveraging Bay Area Resources to Drive Impact

*invite only

If you are interested in learning more, contact angie@oneoworld.training.

THANK YOU TO OUR HOST AND PARTNER

Join us for an extraordinary night as our community comes together to celebrate social entrepreneurs and impact organizations through filmmaking, storytelling, and networking with like-minded people.

How do social impact organizations (both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations) strategically use short videos and storytelling to share their impact? We’ll explore how film and short videos are used by mission driven organizations to spread positive messages, drive change, and achieve strategic goals.

Need some inspiration in your life? Come out to meet some amazing people and get inspired! These social impact entreprenerus are taking on some of the world's biggest problems in the most innovative ways.

For more information visit our website: Reel Impact Film Festival.

SPEAKERS / WORKSHOP HOSTS - see our growing list:

Hunter Holcombe, AJ+

Katie Carey and Katrina Boratko, Mama Hope

Natasha Deganello Giraudie, Micro-Documentaries

Benjamin Packard, Retainer Media

Gabriel Diamond, Skoll Foundation

Jared Karol, Storytelling for Good

Niema Jordan, The Alliance for Media Arts + Culture

Ken Fisher, Truth be Told Creative

****Watch our inspiring RIFF2016 video here, we hope to see you for RIFF2017***

Missed our event? Here is our blog.

Come and join ONE WORLD's growing social impact community for a Film Festival + Storytelling - Social Impact Happy Hour in Palo Alto. This month we’re partnering with Storytelling for Good. This promises to be a fun, inspiring and engaging evening around Film Festivals and storytelling. And YES, it’s a great chance to connect with the community before ONE WORLD’s Reel Impact Film Festival on 11/16.

Get out of the office or house, unplug, and unwind with others who want to help create positive social impact. We look forward to a mix of storytellers, filmmakers, social entrepreneurs, impact investors, and nonprofit, foundation and social impact enthusiasts of all stripes. 

Sign up here.