Monday, September 14
Times and session blocks are subject to change. All times are EST. Please download the Conference App for room assignments and session information.
- Influence or set corporate social impact/community engagement strategy
- Oversee budgets, goals, and performance metrics
- Lead or guide social impact, sustainability, or community teams
- Represent the company internally and externally on impact issues
- Partner with C-suite and senior business leaders
- Often have cross-functional roles in communications, marketing, public affairs, or ESG
Breakfast and Networking
Session 1
Empathetic Agility: The Leadership Muscle We Need Now
Purpose-driven leaders today are asked to move quickly through uncertainty while staying deeply connected to the people and communities their decisions affect. At times, agility and empathy can feel like competing priorities. In reality, the most effective leaders cultivate both. This session explores the leadership capability that bridges that gap: empathetic agility. Learn what it is, why it’s a critical leadership muscle and how leaders can strengthen it in their own practice.
Speakers: Nikhil Bumb, Managing Director, FSG & Bobbi Silten, Managing Director, FSG
Networking Session, by YourCause from Blackbaud
Break
Session 2
Inside the C-Suite: What Your Executive Peers Really Need from CSR
If you want your work to stick, scale, and survive leadership change, you need to understand how the C-suite thinks. This executive-level conversation brings together corporate social impact leaders and their C-suite counterparts across Legal, HR, and Finance/Marketing to unpack what truly drives executive decision-making—and how social impact can align with it. Together, they’ll share how they’ve navigated tensions, built trust, and turned potential blockers into strategic partners. From embedding workforce development into talent pipelines to partnering with legal to unlock (not stall) innovation, this session highlights what it really takes to stay relevant in a shifting executive landscape.
Speakers TBA soon.
Lunch at Fogo de Chao
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