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For upcoming events and opportunities that can educate, inspire and enlighten, visit the Community Calendar.
To post your event or opportunity, email us. If it's appropriate, we'll post it within 7 days. Only Community Partner listings get logos.
The most appropriate topics are: education, environment, housing, technology, philanthropy, grantmaking, leadership, and volunteerism.
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Past Events
Inspiring Leaders Series Events
- November 30, 2011 - Can Good Design Change the World? Cameron Sinclair, Architecture for Humanity
 Watch Cameron Sinclair's Talk
Watch a photo montage of the evening
- March 29, 2011 - Inside the Startup Game with William H. Draper III, Draper Richards Kaplan.
Watch the Opening Remarks and Amy Lesnick's Special Announcement
Watch Bill Draper's remarks (introduced by Mike Anders)
Watch a photo montage of the evening
- November 10, 2010 - Great Giving with John Morgridge, Chairman Emeritus of Cisco
Watch the Opening Remarks, New Member Introductions, Circle Updates and Member of the Year
Watch John Morgridge's remarks (introduced by Mike Anders)
Watch a photo montage of the evening
- September 14, 2010 - Game Changers: The Zynga.org Story with Marcus Segal, COO of Game Operations at Zynga
Watch the Opening Remarks, New Member Introductions, Circle Updates, and Member Moment
Watch Marcus Segal's remarks (introduced by Steven Lurie)
Watch a photo montage of the evening
- March 23, 2010 - The Power of Online Networking: From Facebook to the Obama Campaign, with Chris Hughes of Jumo.com
Watch the Opening Remarks, New Member Introductions, Circle Updates, and Member Moment
Watch Chris Hughes's remarks (introduced by Mike Anders)
Watch a photo montage of the evening
- November 18, 2009 - Disruptive Innovation: Combating Climate Change, with Ira C. Magaziner of the Clinton Climate Initiative
Watch the Opening Remarks, New Member Introductions, Circle Updates, and Member of the Year Announcement
Watch Ira C. Magaziner's remarks (introduced by Josh Becker)
Watch a photo montage of the evening
- August 26, 2009 - Leaders That Inspire: Greg Avis
Watch the Opening Remarks and New Member Introductions
Watch Greg Avis' remarks (introduced by Josh Becker)
Watch a photo montage of the evening
- June 24, 2009 - Social Innovation: A White House Perspective with Sonal Shah, Greg Nelson, and Michele Jolin
Watch the Opening Remarks and New Member Introductions
Watch a video of talks by Greg Nelson, Sonal Shah, and Michele Jolin (introduced by Josh Becker and Melanie Nutter)
Watch a photo montage of the evening
 Listen to a podcast of the speakers
Watch an interview with Greg Nelson and Amy Lesnick by Arabella Santiago of BusinessBoomer
Watch an interview with Josh Becker, Co-Founder of Full Circle Fund, and Partner at New Cycle Capital, by Arabella Santiago of BusinessBoomer
Watch "Full Circle Fund: Why I'm Involved" videos taken of members and supporters at the event
- March 24, 2009 - Strengthening Leadership in the New Economic Reality with Kamala D. Harris, San Francisco District Attorney
Watch the Opening Remarks and New Member Introductions
Watch a video of Kamala Harris's talk
Watch the Circle Updates and Closing
Watch a photo montage of the evening
- September 9, 2008 - Global Opportunities in Microfinance with Elizabeth Funk, Chairman of the Board of Unitus and CEO and Founder of the Dignity Fund
Watch a video of Elizabeth Funk's talk
Watch a video montage of the evening
- May 20, 2008 - Imagining the Unimaginable with top social entrepreneurs panelists Jim Fruchterman, President, CEO, and Founder of Benetech, Deb Levine, Founder of I.S.I.S.Inc., and Premal Shah, President of Kiva
Watch the video of event by member Matt Heintz
- March 26, 2008 - Infinite Need, Infinite Opportunity with speaker Ron Conway, angel investor and philanthropist
Watch the video of Ron Conway's talk
- August 21, 2007 - The Surprising Eco-Revolution with speaker Paul Hawken, activist, entrepreneur and best-selling author of Blessed Unrest
- May 22, 2007 - Meeting with speaker Jim Wunderman, President and CEO of Bay Area Council
- March 20, 2007 - Can Public Education Be Saved? with speakers David A. Sanchez, President-elect, California Teachers Association; Caprice Young, CEO, California Charter Schools Association; and moderator Ted Lempert, President, Children Now
Listen to the panel
- January 23, 2007 - A Commitment to Leadership with speaker Steve Westly
Listen to the speech
- August 22, 2006 - The Case for Corporate Statesmanship with speaker Lenny Mendonca, Chairman of The McKinsey Global Institute and co-founder of McKinsey & Company's Public Sector Practice
Forums
Our annual Forum inspires individuals to become leaders in the Bay Area community by showcasing bold models for creating sustainable social change, increasing awareness of Bay Area issues, and providing opportunities to get involved.
2008 Forum - Philanthropy Remixed: A New Generation in Motion.
2007 Forum - You've Got the Power!
- Keynote speaker: Vice President Al Gore
- VIP Reception speaker: Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco
Watch videos of speeches by Richard Goldman, The Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund; Van Jones, President, Ella Baker Center; and Ellen Moir, Executive Director, New Teacher Center
2006 Forum - Philanthropy 007: Agents of Change
- Keynote speaker: Larry Brilliant, Executive Director, Google.org
Listen to the keynote speech
- Panelists: Dwayne Jones, Director, Communities of Opportunities; Salvador Menjivar, Executive Director, Hamilton Family Center; and Dom Summa, Assistant Executive Director, California Teachers Association
Listen to the panelists talk about being agents of change in the community
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