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April 16th - 20th, 2014

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Letter from the Directors Dear GES delegates, facilitators, mentors, and staff: Welcome to the Global Engagement Summit 2014! We have been preparing for GES 2014 for the last year, and are incredibly excited that you are here to join our GES family! After months of hard work, hundreds of Google Docs, and more hours spent in the GES office than we can count, we are extremely proud of the Summit experience that our staff of over 75 Northwestern students has created for you. The next five days will show you how unique GES is. The Summit is made up of 40 student-delegates from all over the world, over 30 experts in a variety of fields who facilitate workshops, 25 mentors who offer one-on-one guidance to delegates, and two engaging and inspiring keynote speakers. On top of that, GES offers numerous outcomes opportunities to its delegates and maintains a strong alumni community post-Summit. We hope that you take full advantage of all that GES has to offer during these five days and beyond. Over the past eight years, GES has aimed to improve and build upon the foundation that has developed since its inception. This year has brought new challenges, but in the spirit of GES, those challenges have been met with new ideas and innovations. In the fall, we launched our brand new website in an effort to expand our global reach and convey that the impact of GES goes beyond the five-day Summit. The website highlights the GES community alongside the Summit, featuring profiles on GES alumni and the opportunity to connect further via our new blog. Our new team, Campus Relations, forged new partnerships with other like-minded student organizations in order to further engage Northwestern’s campus with the mission of GES. Our Outcomes Team awarded the first ever GES Women’s Empowerment Grant to an alumni project working to equip women in India with tangible skills to become entrepreneurs. Our involvement in GES has been the most defining aspect of our undergraduate careers. The people that make up the GES community are some of the most passionate, hilarious, intelligent, and creative people with whom we’ve had the privilege to cross paths. GES has taught us how to move beyond good intentions to make tangible and responsible change. We’ve learned how to critically evaluate initiatives that aim to “change the world” and have come to recognize the value of thoughtful approaches to social impact. We’ve also developed an unusual love for colored pants and Tuesdays and can now say we have couches to crash on all around the world. During this week, you too will share your story, engage in critical dialogue, challenge and be challenged, and acquire the skills and connections needed to move your project forward. We hope that after you experience GES 2014 you’ll understand why we define this unique community as a family. GES Love,

& Danya Sherbini & Nicholas Kazvini-Gore Global Engagement Summit 2014 Co-Directors

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5 Ways to Maximize Your GES Attend all small group sessions - they are valuable!

These sessions allow time for you to connect with others with a common desire to engage in global change and facilitate the development of close relationships within the larger Summit framework. They provide a time and space for reflection on the skills, knowledge, approaches and connections youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve developed in GES workshops, keynotes, breakout sessions, and mentorship time.

Understand challenges and individual potential.

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To enact change, there must be a recognition of the potential for you to mobilize your passions and personal strengths to be a part of responsible, effective, and sustainable global change. We argue that the most successful change-makers are those who understand their own passions and interests, enable those passions by developing critical knowledge and skills, and are able to present themselves authentically to others for effective partnership.

Learn how to utilize opportunities and resources

One effective way to minimize unintended consequences in project planning is to utilize already existing opportunities and assets.

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As a GES delegate, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be surrounded by a dynamic group of people from around the globe. Often the most rewarding aspects of the summit is the networking and connection-building between individuals and groups. Bounce ideas off of professional change-makers. Take the time to learn what you can from your fellow delegates and facilitators and in turn, share your passions and ideas. Finally, stay in touch. Some of the best GES collaborations have come several years after the initial meeting.

Propel your ideas into action.

In order to realize project goals, there needs to be an enabling mechanism. GES should be thought of as a capacity building organization with the potential to transform, refine, and channel the potential that exists all around us in the next generation of global change-makers. Whether it be local or global, be a part of the change.

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Summit Schedule Wednesday, April 16th Participant Registration | Norris Big Ten Room

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Opening Banquet | Hotel Orrington GES Social Activity | Harris 107

For workshop descriptions and facilitator information, please see pages 11-12.

Workshop Block 1 Evaluations | Workshop Rooms Small Group Meeting 1 | Various Locations Short Talk 1: Design with a Purpose | McCormick Auditorium For short talk descriptions and speaker information please see page 9.

Dinner with Small Groups | Evanston Open Shutter Show | Lake Room

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Summit Schedule Friday, April 18th Breakfast | 1851 Room Workshop Block 2 | Norris Center

For workshop descriptions and facilitator information, please see pages 13-15.

For workshop descriptions and facilitator information, please see pages 15-16.

Workshop Block 3 Evaluations | Workshop Rooms Short Talk 2: Art for Social Change | McCormick Auditorium For short talk descriptions and speaker information, please see page 9.

IndieGogo Info Session | Big Ten Room Outcomes Application and Small Group Meeting 2 | Workshop Rooms

Dinner | Evanston Story Slam | Louis Room

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Saturday, April 19th Breakfast |1851 Room Workshop Two Hour Block | Norris Center

For workshop descriptions and facilitator information, please see page 16-18.

Workshop Evaluations | Workshop Rooms Lunch | Big Ten Room Short Talk 3 | McCormick Auditorium

For short talk descriptions and facilitator information, please see page 10.

Small Group Meeting 3 | Various Locations Performance | McCormick Auditorium Closing Keynote Address | McCormick Auditorium Dinner | Ethiopian Diamond (Edgewater)

Sunday, April 20th Small Group Conclusion & Breakfast | Workshop Rooms GES Wrap-Up | Louis Room Closing Lunch Banquet | Louis Room

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Keynote Speakers Short Talks Sara Potler LaHayne, Founder and CEO of Move This World Wednesday 7:30 pm Hotel Orrington

Sara Potler LaHayne, a life-long dancer and previous professional performer, was a Fulbright Scholar in Bogotá, Colombia when she wrote, implemented, and evaluated an innovative peace education, conflict transformation program. Today Move This World is a global program working with over 9,000 individuals across 22 cities and four continents. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Sara is a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum; a Cordes Fellow with the Opportunity Collaboration; a Peace X Peace 2012 Women, Power, & Peace Award Winner (Generation Peace Award); the only U.S. recipient of the Youth Leader Award by the Inter-American Development Bank Annual Board of Governors Meeting; an Ashoka Activating Empathy Award Winner; a two-time Beyond Sport Award Finalist; a StartingBloc Fellow. She has been featured in Forbes, The Washington Post, & The Guardian, among others.

Dan MacCombie, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Runa Saturday 4:15 pm McCormick Auditorium

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Studying conservation and marine biology at Brown University, Dan took a life-changing three-month trip to Latin America where he connected with the rich cultures and landscapes and ultimately dedicated himself to supporting forests and the need to preserve and enhance the livelihoods of those who lived there. After graduating, he acted on this passion by developing Runa, a company whose commitment to the indigenous farmers and their forests aligns with Dan’s devotion to sustainability and cultural conservation. For his work, Dan was named a Forbes ”30 under 30” in the January 2013 issue. Dan lives in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn and enjoys music in all forms, hiking, scuba diving and exploring all corners of Brooklyn and NYC, often on a stereotypically singlespeed bike that he’s finally admitted to owning.

Short Talks Summit Schedule Short Talk 1: Thursday 4:15 - 5:15 pm Design with a Purpose

Megha Agrawal and Amy Guterman | McCormick Auditorium Megha is a Senior Associate in IDEO’s Design for Health practice. She works closely with healthcare and startup clients with complex questions around systems design and behavior change. Prior to joining IDEO, Megha helped design the experience and managed partnerships for the Unreasonable Institute, an accelerator for social impact start ups. Megha holds a degree in Learning and Organizational Change from Northwestern University in Chicago, Il. Amy believes design has the power to provoke thought and create positive change. Currently, she is a communication designer at Gravity Tank where she collaborates on cross-functional teams to help clients define new products and experiences. Her team’s work on redesigning patient health records with the VA and immunization records with The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was recognized internationally through IxDA, FastCo, and Wired. She received a BFA in visual communications from Washington University in St. Louis and completed a fellowship with Firebelly University. An idea or project, no matter how innovative or beautiful, is meaningless if it is not centered around the needs and desires of the user. From apps on smart phones to hospitals that go beyond treating patients’ illnesses, caring for the individual holistically, design pervades numerous aspects of our everyday experience. Good design feels intuitive, instinctive, and begs the question, “why wasn’t this like this before?” In this Short Talk, speakers will connect ideas from asset-based community development and human centered design as it relates to development, comment on how design is changing the way we think of development, and consider why it is important to design with a purpose.

Short Talk 2: Friday 2:30 - 3:30 pm Art for Social Change

Aaron Perry-Zucker and Katie Yamasaki | McCormick Auditorium Aaron is a designer, entrepreneur and community organizer with a B.F.A in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. He currently runs the Creative Action Network, a marketplace for original, visual, meaningful content made by a community of artists and designers around the world. In 2009 he launched Design for Obama, an online poster collaboration that aggregated a wave of Obama artwork, the collection of which was published with Spike Lee and Taschen Books. Katie Yamasaki is a muralist, children’s book author/illustrator and teaching artist. Her work focuses on storytelling and building dialogues between diverse populations around the world. Yamasaki has painted over 50 murals globally and is currently working on her 5th book for children. She earned her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City where she currently is a faculty member. Yamasaki lives in Brooklyn, New York. From photography, painting and sculpture to public installations, dance, music and beyond, art has transformed from a beautiful artistic endeavor to a medium for engaging and affecting social change. Whatever the mission or parameters, art projects geared towards social change have the ability to illicit powerful emotional responses from creators and viewers alike, prompting questions and challenging the world around us. This Short Talk will highlight some of these artistic projects, illustrating how art is affecting change in today’s world, as well as discuss why art in particular is such a powerful vehicle for catalyzing action. GLOBAL GLOBAL GLOBAL GLOBAL

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Short Talks Short Talk 3: Saturday 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Living an Engaged Life

Ted Gonder | McCormick Auditorium Ted Gonder is a member of the U.S. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans and the co-founding CEO of Moneythink, the only movement of young people restoring the economic health of the United States through preventative, transformative, and evidencedriven youth financial education. Since 2009, Moneythink has trained over 1000 college leaders to serve as financial mentors and college role models to over 7500 teenagers across 10 states. Prior to Moneythink, Ted served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, advising the Obama Administration on immigration policy for foreign entrepreneurs. Previously, he worked with the Kauffman Foundation and the Chilean government on transnational entrepreneurship initiatives, and published research on the topic through MIT Press and McKinsey. Ted has also played an active role as a community builder, founding the World Economic Forum’s Chicago Global Shapers Hub, as well as the University of Chicago Entrepreneurship Society. His work has been featured in MTV, WSJ, and Crain’s; and has spoken at the White House, U.S. Senate, NYSE, TEDx, and at top companies such as PwC, Dell, and Allstate. GES delegates are a diverse crowd. They come from every stage of project implementation, from ideation to implementation. They come from every corner of the globe; from Pakistan to Portland, from Tanzania to Texas. Their projects are as varied as their backgrounds, from music education in Chile to urban farming in Canada. The one desire they all share is to live a meaningful life, engaging with the world around them. For some, this will take the form of implementing and sustaining their project, but for others, this will take a more nebulous form-- perhaps a greater awareness of the great intricacies of community development, a desire to go beyond philanthropy, or a contemplation of what they value most. This Short Talk aims to expose delegates to the many forms that “living an engaged life” can take. The scope of this Short Talk goes beyond the Summit, asking delegates to think deeply not just about what they want to do, but about who they want to be: now and in the future. Speakers will address strategies for maintaining engagement long after the Summit has come to a close, and will talk about how delegates can build an engaged life for themselves wherever their lives may take them.

Feauture Performance: Elephant Rebellion Saturday 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm McCormick Auditorium Elephant Rebellion is a collective of artist, writers, and activists, who use their talents to spread social justice and youth empowerment. This collective was inspired by the drive and integrity of the late John Vietnam Nguyen who said, “The elephant is an emblem, representing the displacement we face as members of society. Elephants roam in packs, unified by mutual feelings, whether they are complacent or oppressed, and sound their yawp – bellowing and beautiful.”

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Workshops Block 1: Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm Best of Both Worlds: Blending Non-profit and For-profit Models | 202B Northwestern Room After 20+ years working in the corporate world, Michael Marasco joined the faculty of the Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering as a Clinical Full Professor and Director of the Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He currently sits on the boards of Sportiqe, Zone Medical, and Context Media. Previously, Michael was the acting chief marketing officer and vice president of CRM at Bally Total Fitness. He was also the founder and general manager of the Chicago Office of Digitas where he helped provide interactive marketing services. Social justice organizations typically operate in black and white. Organizations typically fit into one of two business models: for-profit or not-for-profit. Both models have unique advantages and both models possess their own weaknesses. Recently, a hybrid model has emerged that utilizes the strengths of both strategies. In this workshop, delegates will discuss the traits of for-profit, non-profit, and blended organizations and discover where active organizations lie on this spectrum. After evaluating these models and the factors that drive change, delegates will situate their own project upon this spectrum and determine which model can best maximize the impact of their ideas.

Going Green: Making Your Project Environmentally Responsible | 203 Lake Room Klaus Weber is an Associate Professor of Management & Organizations at Northwestern University. His research uses cultural and institutional analysis to understand globalization, the environmental movement and corporate social responsibility. He has studied these issues in the context of healthcare and biotechnology firms, and in alternative agriculture and food production. His published work has won best paper awards at the American Sociological Association and the SYNTEC Conseil en Management. He has been a senior editor at Organization Science and has guest edited volumes for Organization Studies and Organization Science. With our planet facing a growing demand for scarce resources as well as the increasing challenges of climate change, it is imperative that projects are not just socially responsible but also environmentally responsible. This workshop will address how international development and environmental sustainability can work hand-in-hand. Through this workshop, delegates will both come to understand how growing environmental problems factor into their projects and learn about ways in which development projects can be intrinsically tied to environmental concerns, whether that be through reducing their material consumption or utilizing green forms of technology. They will evaluate the sustainability of their own projects and develop concrete ideas for making their projects environmentally friendly. Delegates will leave the workshop with a clear idea of what actions they can take to improve their own sustainability and integrate environmental ideals into their projects.

Cultivating Your Project’s Social Media Presence | 206 Arch Room Kelly Hagler is the Program & Community Manager for Chicago Ideas Week. Managing CIW’s expansive community online and off, Kelly is committed to activating the greatest minds in Chicago through the CIW Co-op—a handpicked community of 80 local leaders spanning every industry, coming together to tackle issues in the city from the CIW platform. Prior to joining CIW, Kelly was a writer for a top Chicago-based content marketing agency where she developed original print, digital and multimedia content for national brands, including YMCA, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Chick-fil-A and more. She graduated from the University of Missouri in 2010 with a BA in English/creative writing.

Whether you are an up-and-coming NGO looking to improve women’s education in India or a for-profit, socially conscious retail business, social media is a vital tool. Your project’s presence on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and even Tumblr and Pinterest can make or break your brand and any customer, donor or mere fan will look at your online identity to judge how noteworthy and savvy you actually are. This workshop will help you develop your project’s presentation on the platforms that the world shares. Delegates will leave this workshop more knowledgeable about social media trends and techniques. They will explore GLOBAL GLOBAL GLOBAL GLOBAL how social media can be used to accomplish their goals for their project, and will leave ENGAGEMEN ENGAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT

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equipped with a plan of action for refining their social media presence in order to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of their project’s social media marketing.

Money Talks: How to Maximize Impact on a Minimal Budget | 207 Rock Room Facilitator: Ted Gonder (full bio: page 10) So you’ve worked out the details of your project and can practically see its effects in action. But, before you can see your project come to life, you run across a small bump in the road: cost. Many non-profit organizations are initially run on tight budgets, but this does not have to hinder a project from fulfilling its intended mission. This workshop aims to give delegates valuable tips for operating a full-fledged project or organization using the funds they have available. Delegates will be asked to think critically about the expenses of their projects and will identify strategies for maximizing monetary impact. They can expect to walk away with strategies for allocating money to meet their projects’ various needs, keep track of expenses, and ultimately use limited funds with maximum efficiency.

The Tipping Point: How to Transition Post-College | 208 Armadillo Room Kyle McCollom is a Nashvillian and a young entrepreneur. After attending GES as a college student, he moved into a halfway house for ex-prisoners and launched a screen-printing company to create job and job-training opportunities for the residents of the house. He currently runs a natural beverage company with a product sold in Whole Foods and is working to make the world a better place through business. Graduation is a rite of passage that many have gone through at some point in their lives. Time after time, students have stood at the crossroads and made the decision about whether or not to continue with projects that they began in college. These students have faced the question of how to take their project with them while making the transition out of college, and have come up with numerous interesting answers. This workshop will examine and present real ways in which people have ensured the longevity of their project beyond their college career, from finding a successor to take on the mantle to creating a startup out of their project. Delegates will walk away from this workshop with an idea of the many options and resources available to them when the time comes for them to make the same decision.

The What: Mission and Vision Development | 202A Northwestern Room Evanna Hu is the CEO of g.Maarifa (Global Knowledge in Swahili and Arabic), a human capital development mobile enterprise company specializing in remote training and education in developing markets. The company is present throughout Africa and the Middle East and has clients in multiple sectors. Prior to founding g.Maarifa, Evanna was the Executive Director of the University of Chicago Microfinance Initiative, which consults for and invests in global microfinance institutions. There, she quadrupled their portfolio and oversaw projects for Sub-Saharan Africa, MENA, and Latin America. Her previous work experiences are in American politics, focusing in education policy and campaign field management. She is also a consultant for Tunisie2030, the African Development Bank, and serves as a mentor for the iLab Incubator in Nairobi, Kenya. She is a New Leaders Council 40 Under 40 Fellow, an Echoing Green finalist, and Empact100 Honoree. How will you change the world? A well thought out answer goes a long way. While designing projects to address global challenges, organizations must effectively develop and communicate their objectives and theory of change. This workshop will help delegates refine and articulate their mission and vision in both verbal and written form. Doing so will enable delegates to develop meaningful partnerships, recruit financiers, and improve marketing. Delegates can expect to walk away from this workshop with a working mission statement for their projects.

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Workshops Block 2: Friday 9:00 am - 10:15 am Building Healthy Communities: Holistic Approaches to Social Change | 202A Northwestern Room Adam B. Becker, PhD, MPH is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Interim Co-Director of the Maryann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Research Center, and Executive Director of the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC). Since 2002, CLOCC has built a broad-based network of over 3,000 individuals representing over 1,200 organizations working together to create and support environments that promote healthy eating and physical activity. He received his MPH and PhD in Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan. Regardless of whether a project deals directly with a public health issue, a community’s health status is an integral part of its identity and will impact any development project in some capacity. Global health involves far more than bringing medical knowledge and resources to the places that desperately need it; social change agents must understand the health environment and culture of their target community and consider how these factors will influence their respective ventures. This workshop will teach delegates how to implement a more holistic approach to their projects, providing them with different strategies for incorporating the health concerns of their targeted community into their projects. Delegates will learn how to ensure aspects of their project are not negatively impacting the health of the individuals and communities they are working with and gain the tools to change aspects of their project that may be doing so.

Common Cause: Partnering with Nonprofits, Universities, and Governments 202B Northwestern Room

Ben Reuler formed and leads LIFT-Chicago’s Regional Advisory Board and directly supervises the Program team leads and Development & Communication team leads in Chicago. Ben is a licensed Social Worker with nearly 15 years of direct service and non-profit management experience. Prior to LIFT, Ben provided mental health assessment and treatment in the South Side of Chicago; conducted policy research for the City of Chicago Mayor’s Office; and worked at a shelter for runaway and homeless teenagers and spent five years with LifeWorks NW in Portland, Oregon. In 2007, Ben received a human rights grant from the University of Chicago to travel to Namibia to support UNICEF with initiatives aimed at combating violence against women and children. Networking with individuals can spread awareness about a project, but partnering with larger organizations can have an even more powerful ripple effect. Organizations can be bolstered and expand the scope and depth of their work by collaborating with other organizations and institutions. Navigating the legal and political customs associated with non-profit, university, and government partnerships can be challenging but fruitful. This workshop will discuss the benefits and precautions involved with such partnerships. Delegates will walk away knowing if there are organizations or institutions with similar visions and how they can position their projects to be compatible with nonprofit, university and government systems.

Storytelling: Framing your Experiences to Frame your Project | 203 Lake Room Rachel Lauren Storm is an artist, activist, and educator. Currently pursuing her PhD., her research examines relationships of power between the State, NGOs, and grassroots feminist organizing in Ecuador. She is the Executive Director of Four Walls and a Roof, an organization working to establish the first women’s shelter in Cotacachi, Ecuador. Prior to founding Four Walls and a Roof, Rachel worked at El Centro de Atención a la Mujer de Cotacachi, a women’s center serving the Andean region of Ecuador. Many people are enthusiastic and deeply passionate about their social projects because they have seen its capacity to create worthwhile change in the world. How do you infect others with this same enthusiasm? Storytelling. Delegates will learn how to weave anecdotal and personal stories into their description of their project, so as to help others recognize the worth of their endeavor. GLOBAL

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Workshops This workshop will help delegates acquire the skills needed to communicate their idea and project in a way that will excite, inspire, and engage.

Burnout | 206 Arch Room Jonathan Marino is a co-founder and Director of Content & Strategy at MapStory, a nonprofit education platform that lets people share what they know about the world over space and time. He also serves on the Board of Directors for BOSCO, Inc, a social enterprise supporting solar power and wifi access to conflict-affected regions in northern Uganda and Southern Sudan. As a Northwestern undergraduate he co-founded the Global Engagement Summit and Center for Global Engagement and played instrumental roles in the creation of the Northwestern Public Interest Program, the Center for Civic Engagement and the Northwestern Community Building Initiative. Working for social change can be both exciting and rewarding, yet disillusionment and the tremendous amount of dedication required by such work can cause burnout in even the most committed changemakers. Despite the dedication of these individuals, the pressure from these organizations can lead to mental fatigue and disillusionment surrounding projects. How does one overcome the challenges of burnout to ensure continued success, both on an individual and an organizational level? In this workshop, participants will discuss the many sources of burnout and ways to approach them. Delegates will also learn strategies to prevent burnout from occurring in the first place. Delegates will learn how to detect burnout in colleagues and in themselves and will leave with a toolbox of methods to confront this issue early on.

The Where: Implementing Projects Away from Home | 208 Armadillo Room Dana Ward, originally from Chicago, is the Admissions & Advising Coordinator at ThinkImpact. Dana ventured to Colorado to get her Bachelors in International Affairs at the University of Colorado at Boulder. After completing two semesters abroad, one in Cameroon, West Africa, and the other in France, Dana become passionate about working with students from all over the world to prepare them for life-changing experiences abroad. Delegates will have the opportunity to explore with each other what it means to be culturally sensitive, and therefore most effective, in designing their projects away from home. Delegates will also be prompted to think about ways in which you can work with a community to avoid making any assumptions about what the community needs. Delegates will leave with a framework for making change grounded in collaboration and awareness that requires a willingness to learn, ask questions, communicate, and reflect on what culture means to everyday life.

Unfiltered: Responsible Visual Media Creation in the Age of Poverty Porn | 207 Rock Room Gordon Quinn is the Artistic Director and founder of Kartemquin Films, and a 2007 recipient of the MacArthur award for Creative and Effective Institutions. Gordon is longtime activist for public and community media, serving on several boards including The Illinois Humanities Council, CAN-TV, The Public Square, and The Illinois Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He was a lead documentarian in petitioning the copyright office for an exemption to the DMCA, and in creating the Documentary Filmmakers Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use. He frequently speaks to the media, legal, and educational communities about Fair Use and about documentary ethics. Maggie Bowman is a documentary film producer and director based in Chicago. Her current work as a series producer at Kartemquin Films is preceded by a decade of documentary storytelling in film, television, radio, and web. Prior to her work in film, Bowman was a union organizer and consultant for five years, working on campaigns with taxi drivers in the Bronx, nurses in Iowa, and home health aides in Brooklyn, among others. She spent a year working in New York City government (Economic Development Corporation) as part of the New York City Urban Fellows Program.

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Workshops Poverty porn, you know it when you see it. So how do you depict an honest representation of a community or global issue without exploiting those you are trying to help? Delegates will think critically about the ethical issues surrounding visual media creation and consider the consequences of how playing to human pathos can both desensitize and leave the audience with an image of inferiority that is unfair to those being represented.

Block 3: Friday 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm Community Organizing and Movement Building | 203 Lake Room Jon Shaffer is the Community Engagement Coordinator for Partners In Health. He works to build a community organizing strategy that can strengthen the movement for global health equity and move us ever closer to achieving justice in health. Previously, Jon served for two years as the Executive Director of GlobeMed. He graduated from Northwestern in 2009, where he studied biomedical engineering and was active in the GlobeMed chapter. The legendary community organizer and movement builder Marshall Ganz says, “Social movements emerge as a result of the efforts of purposeful actors to assert new public values, form new relationships rooted in those values, and mobilize the political, economic, and cultural power to translate these values into action.” This workshop will lay out community organizing as a leadership and social change framework, analyze the work that Partners in Health does as a case study within that framework, and provide an opportunity to explore its application to delegates’ own projects.

Power of the Press: How to Effectively Talk to Journalists | 206 Arch Room Joanna Klonksy is president of JKV Strategies, a public affairs firm with a special focus on political communications. She previously worked at Chicago-based public affairs firm MK Communications and was a reporter/editor for the website of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Joanna’s reporting has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and Newsweek. She serves on the Board of Chicago Votes, an organization dedicated to increasing civic engagement among young Chicagoans. How should a project be presented to the media? What information should you prepare in anticipation of an interview with the press? How much access should you give interviewers? By considering these factors, projects can be introduced to new media platforms in an efficient and effective manner. In this workshop, delegates will learn how to effectively market themselves and their projects to reporters.

Sustainable Funding: Cultivating a Lasting Revenue Stream | 202A Northwestern Room Tony Mastracci is Regional Vice President of Operations at Mercy Housing Lakefront, a nonprofit developer of affordable housing for the homeless, and low income families and seniors in Chicago and Milwaukee. In this position, he manages MHL’s cash flow and finances, directs decision making and workflow and guides strategy and mission with the President and MHL’s Board of Directors. He also serves as Adjunct Faculty at Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois. Tony has leadership positions on several boards including serving as a Managing Member of 180 Properties, a social enterprise that delivers property preservation services for foreclosed homes in Illinois and provides permanent jobs for people with challenged employment histories, and serving on the Board of Managers for Together4Health, a Care Coordination Entity that serves as a health home for persons on Medicaid. Every project is in need of reliable funding to ensure its success, thus learning how to run it sustainably is crucial. Delegates will address the pros and cons of different approaches to funding and how to ensure the people and companies supporting their projects share their organization’s core values and goals.This workshop will also help delegates understand where to minimize costs and how to structure a sound business model so that it generates a reliable revenue stream. GLOBAL

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Expanding Your Impact: Scalability and Replicability in Social Change | 207 Rock Room Kait Steele is the Director of Field Operations for 826 National, a leading network of nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving youth writing and literacy skills. Kait was a founding member of 826CHI in Chicago, where she served as the organization’s first Programs Coordinator and later as Director of Education. In her current role, Kait works with 826 National’s eight chapters across the country, as well as individuals and organizations aspiring to join the network. Must a project be scalable and replicable to be valuable? There is currently a push for development projects not only to succeed but to create lasting change on a larger scale and in disparate regions. Delegates will be asked to examine their own potential for scalability and reproducibility and then identify challenges to meeting this scale or adaptations necessary to do so.

Measuring What Matters: Social Impact Metrics | 202B Northwestern Room Valerie Dao is an Engagement Manager at Mission Measurement. Her work has focused on building measurement and evaluation plans and facilitating tool development to assess organizations effectiveness and efficiency. Before joining Mission Measurement, Valerie served as the Project Coordinator for Nobel Laureate James Heckman’s Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group. As a Senior Associate at Mission Measurement, Sarah Driessen taps her market research experience to help clients uncover actionable strategies. Before joining Mission Measurement, Sarah led and oversaw research, analysis and strategy consulting for various Kraft accounts with The Nielsen Company. Sarah serves on the Associate’s board of Chicago Lights, a non-profit that serves Chicago’s youth facing poverty. This workshop tackles the fundamental questions about measurement. How do you measure? What should you measure? In this workshop, delegates will learn how to identify and develop qualitative and quantitative metrics to measure the progress and sustainability of their projects, and how to present and use these findings in a meaningful way.

The Who: Recruiting & Developing Your Team | 208 Armadillo Room Priyanka Prakash is spearheading outreach & relationship management to corporate partners such as Viacom, MTV, and GLG to build Catchafire’s newest business vertical. Previously Priyanka has led the Account Management Team at Catchafire managing a portfolio of over 2000 social enterprises. We live in a world that works most smoothly when people collaborate and find balance with one another. That balance within your project relies heavily on building a team of people who understand their responsibilities and are assigned tasks that best fit their strengths and talents. Delegates will consider how to assess and evaluate the success of the team they are working with and how to use that feedback to work towards making the group more cohesive or productive.

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Briar Goldberg is a public speaking and communications expert and is currently the Director of Feedback at Quantified Impressions, the leading global provider or personal and professional communication analytics. Briar specializes in applying metrics and science to her communications coaching and training and has coached professionals in the private, non-profit and public sectors. Noteworthy clients have included Fortune 500 executives, TED presenters, Silicon Valley technology giants, venture backed start-ups, investment banking and legal GLOBAL professionals, city police departments, and international non-governmental

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Workshops organizations. Briar also teachers communications with Stanford University’s continuing education department and formerly taught at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Briar’s work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, ABC news, and the Huffington Post. Her expertise in communications began in the field of immigration law, where she successfully represented hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers before the Department of Homeland Security. Money may not prevent a project from being a success, but it sure makes it a lot easier! But how do you get people to invest in your story or your project? Potential investors are busy individuals who receive countless proposals from competing projects. How can you stand out? The success of your project hinges upon your ability to clearly and concisely communicate your ideas. This workshop will address the challenge of pitching your project to maximize impact in a limited timeframe. Delegates will learn how to highlight the most important points of their work in an effective, persuasive manner. They will be introduced to the basics of pitching—the who, where, why, and how—and will learn the best practices for getting what they want out of their pitch and how to identify the right opportunities for a pitch. At the end of this workshop, delegates will have the opportunity to refine and practice their pitch and find out if they have what it takes to stand out!

Put a Label in on it: Branding and the Social Enterprise | 202B Northwestern Room Mark Drozd’s agency Simple Truth helps clients discover what’s at their core and activate it in compelling ways. Mark is a writer, design thinker and communication strategist. His specialty is working with brands to find and articulate their unique voice. He was previously an integrated marketing creative director with Foote, Cone & Belding, in Chicago, New York and London. Mark has cultivated the brand voice for Wendy’s, Ace Hardware, Chicago History Museum, Citibank, Sunrise Senior Living, Sunkist, Bermuda Tourism, United Airlines and several non-profit organizations. Mark is active in the Chicago creative community, serving on boards with AIGA, the professional association for design, and EPIC, the creative resource for needy non-profit groups. In a world surrounded by branded products, identifiers that set a project apart in the minds of the public are necessary for an organization to succeed. How do you communicate what your organization represents? How do you raise awareness of the issues you are combatting? This workshop centers on the steps required to form an organization’s brand. A two-pronged approach will tackle the basics of branding at both the micro-level (word-ofmouth, face-to-face, etc.) and macro-level (utilizing the internet, radio, etc.). This workshop will also focus on how to achieve the “cool” factor in non-profit branding and how to turn customers into brand and issue advocates. Delegates should aim to leave this workshop with a solid name for their organization or project, a list of main objectives, and the ability to communicate a story that ties it all together.

Business Planning for Social Entrepreneurs | 203 Lake Room Akifumi (Aki) Kita most recently worked as a management consultant with BCG in Boston staffed on over 10 projects across 8 industries and as a volunteer consultant with TechnoServe working in Zambia and Malawi. Outside of these experiences, he has also worked on a rural market access strategy in India, rural development program redesign in Mexico, and a job creation strategy for Afghanistan. Stacy Klingbeil is the Executive Education Program Assistant at the Segal Design Institute. She has brought a design-thinking perspective to social impact start-ups and enterprises in Chicago, Beijing and Bwana to help them empathize and integrate design thinking into their business model. She is excited to teach a design studio course in the summer to high-school students with the Center for Talent Development and will become a Design for America Fellow in the fall. A big question when aspiring to implement a project is where to start. Delegates will first learn the foundation and components of a well-developed business plan as a decision-making tool and will then use these new skills to develop a plan specific to the goals and values of their projects. They will walk away with the beginnings of a business plan tailored to their project to implement once they return.

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Workshops Knowing Your Community: Tools for Effective Program Development | 206 Arch Room Brandon Rivera-Melo is a recent Northwestern University graduate entering the field of humancentered design. His background in Biomedical Engineering, Psychology, Design, and Entrepreneurship have created a round skillset for this up-and-coming Design for America (DFA) Fellow. Brandon coordinated and led workshops at Northwestern University’s DFA Studio on various parts of the design process, including observation, interviewing, data synthesis, brainstorming among others. There are certain characteristics common to all successful projects, whether they exist in the sector of education, human development, public health, or any other area. What truly influences a successful project is its design: understanding the needs of the communities as well as the stakeholders is what ensures the implementation and later stages of a program run smoothly. In this workshop, delegates will first identify the various players associated with their projects and then consider their roles or stake within the scope of the project. Delegates will then analyze the needs of each player or stakeholder and brainstorm ways to align the goals and practices of their projects with these needs. This two-hour workshop will push delegates to critically examine the framework of their projects and its outcomes, making sure their goals align with the various needs at play. Delegates will work together and with the facilitator to workshop each other’s projects, designing or tweaking them to make them more implementable and effective.

Writing Effective Grant Proposals | 208 Armadillo Room Alexandra (Miller) Cesario attended Loyola University Chicago where she received degrees in Spanish and Communications. After college, Alex began working in development at a youth-media organization in the West Side neighborhood of North Lawndale. For the past year, she’s been working in fundraising at a community development organization called Breakthrough Urban Ministries. She currently serves as Breakthrough’s Associate Director of Development where she manages the grants portfolio, among other things. Coming up with an effective idea for a project can be difficult, but knowing how to market an idea after its creation takes just as much skill. Delegates will be taught what proposal readers are looking for and how to shape their project descriptions to fit these expectations. They will learn the best ways in which to streamline the presentations of their projects to efficiently and effectively communicate their current accomplishments and future goals.

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Outcomes Opportunities We are pleased to offer an inclusive partnership with the entire GES extended community through Ashoka Changemakers, a global community that connects social innovators by providing them with networks of resources, talent, and support. All delegates, staff, and alumni are required to participate in the GES Community Changeshop, an exclusive GES community that will allow all delegates and staff to network and track their growth. Delegates should take advantage of this unique opportunity by joining the online community. CrowdMed is revolutionizing healthcare by harnessing ‘the wisdom of crowds’ to help solve even the world’s most difficult medical cases quickly and accurately online. After 4 years of development and refinement, CrowdMed’s patented prediction market system can uncover insightful potential diagnoses to real-world medical cases that individual doctors may have missed. CrowdMed harnesses the collective intelligence of thousands of Medical Detectives to produce astonishingly accurate and insightful diagnostic suggestions. They are providing two delegates with a one-hour Skype mentorship sessions. Mentors will be able to offer unique insight into starting and scaling an organization. Global Momenta is a business and enterprise network focused on social change projects. To carry out its work, Global Momenta calls on a select international network of consultants and strategic partnerships. Its collective expertise is drawn from diverse fields including law, business, philanthropy, finance, social entrepreneurship, public policy, international relations, organizational management, media and the arts. Global Momenta and fastforward+ are offering two to four delegates a one-on-one consulting session about their project. These sessions can be conducted over Skype, or in person if possible. Delegates with their project in idea or implementation phase can apply for this Outcome. The staff at Global Momenta have a wealth of practical knowledge that they are excited to share with delegates and their projects. They can consult on the overall project, or more specific areas such as marketing, funding, and succeeding as a change enterprise. Global Volunteer Network (GVN) provides an ‘adult GES’ through their Be the Change Program. Be the Change is offered in New Zealand and Costa Rica. This program helps you transform your ideas into action. Whether you want a job where you are living your passion, or if you want to start something new, this program caters for people at both ends of the spectrum. Be prepared for a week like nothing you have experienced before. You will discover a group of likeminded individuals who will all be in your corner willing you to win. The workshops are flexible and the facilitators will focus each workshop on those skills that will most benefit the group as a whole.” One GES delegate will be selected for a “fast-tracked” application process through the initial round for the GVN program. Indiegogo is a popular crowdfunding website that allows people to donate easily. They are fixing the funding process by empowering people from all over the world to accomplish extraordinary things through their platform. You provide the passion, Indiegogo will provide industry leading tools and support to help you promote your campaign and raise funds quickly, easily and securely. They believe is that anyone, anywhere who is passionate and works hard should be able to raise money. They will be providing all the delegates with a Skype information session on best practices for crowdfunding. All delegates are highly encouraged to sign up for Indiegogo. One delegate’s project will be selected for amplification through GES social media. Their project and Indiegogo fundraising page will be shared on our Blog, Twitter, Facebook, and alumni community. Indiegogo may also provide additional mentoring and consulting for the selected delegate. Inspire, Inc is a national, non-profit consulting firm that brings strategic thinking and results-oriented analysis to the leaders of schools and youthfocused non-profits in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. Inspire is run entirely by volunteers, consisting of members of leading management consulting firms (Bain & Company, L.E.K. Consulting, and Parthenon Group) GLOBAL GLOBAL GLOBAL GLOBAL who have come together to leverage their skills for the betterment of their communities.

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Outcomes Opportunities Outcomes Opportunities These volunteers organize into teams of roughly five members to provide targeted assistance to local non-profit organizations in addition to their day jobs. This year, Inspire, Inc. will provide one to two delegates with two oneon-one consulting sessions. Inspire, Inc consultants will have ten weeks after the Summit to schedule and hold the consultations. The consultations will take place via Skype or Google Hangout. Inspire Media is a student-run Northwestern organization that produces and funds socially-conscious media. They believe that all media platforms have the power to motivate and create social change. Their goals are to provoke discussion, engage audiences, and inspire action in the global community. Inspire Media is offering a video/media outcome. They will help several delegates create videos that highlight their individual projects. Delegates should supply some film or photos if they have them, or they will film the delegates during the summit. The videos will be short commercials or overviews of the particular project. These videos can be used for marketing and promotional purposes. Inspire Media will send the edited and completed videos to the delegates by June 1st. It is recommended that Delegates have footage or photos of your project that you can supply to the team. Delegates will also need to spend some time filming with the Inspire Media team. Mark is a student-run advertising agency on the campus of Northwestern University that is both a support and an outlet for creative expression. As a marketing agency for student groups, small businesses and non-profits, and entrepreneurs, Mark provides services that allow new brands, products, and services to make their mark on the business world. They also have experience generating awareness, creating PR buzz, and promoting events that our clients hope will make a mark on their communities. Working together in a projectbased, collaborative structure, Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s members use the organization as an outlet for creative expression and marketing knowledge. This year Mark will provide one marketing project/campaign for one delegate from the Global Engagement Summit. The Mark staff will work collaboratively with this delegate over the span of ten weeks. Mark excels at brand creation and logo design, event campaigns and outreach, multimedia content creation and guerrilla marketing strategies. The OpenShutter Project is a team within the Global Engagement community. They work to represent the mission of the GES through art. OpenShutter strives to move beyond simplistic narratives of people, problems, and places by creating immersive media environments based on the principles of responsible media creation. By increasing awareness of the world around us and transcending barriers of language, OpenShutter hopes to inspire positive social change. OpenShutter is hosting a show, (Re)define Modernity, during the summit. The photos from this event will be auctioned-off and a portion of the proceeds will be given as an outcome to a delegate whose project engages with media and/or the arts. In addition, updates and photos of the selected project will be features on the GES blog. Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations is a national organization of undergraduate student led consulting groups, dedicated to developing communities through pro-bono engagements with local nonprofits. Small teams at Northwestern apply their experience and objective analysis towards complex issues at a client nonprofit. The engagement allows students to gain professional skills and practical consulting experience. Simultaneously, the client gains a dedicated team that delivers professional solutions while they focus on serving the community. This year SCNO will provide one pro-bono project consultation over the span of ten weeks for one delegate from the Global Engagement Summit. The SCNO staff will work with this delegate to develop solutions to real problems through weekly Skype sessions. The type of delegate that should apply for this outcome should be a non-profit that is in a well-developed Mark Drozd, a good friend of GES, is a partner and executive creative director at Simple Truth. Simple Truth helps Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and non-profits get to core of what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all about, help them realize the power of it, and then translate that power into success. Simple Truth is offering two delegates three one-hour consultation sessions via phone, webex, or video calls. This consultation work will be in the arena of brand positioning, brand communication, and marketing planning. Simple Truth can help students firm up their brand (consulting on logos, tag lines and brand elements but not creating them). Simple Truth can also help delegates think about marketing their project in a strategic way. The purpose of Simple Truthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GES outcomes consultation is to mentor and tutor. They want to ensure the students learn through doing.

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What is OpenShutter? The OpenShutter Project creates an immersive art space devoted to showcasing works that go beyond simplistic narratives of people, problems, and places.

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American Delegates Email

State

Alistair Murray

alistairmurray2016@u.northwestern.edu

Illinois

Allison Everett

ale253@nyu.edu

New York

Andy C. NG

andyng@nyu.edu

New York

Bryan Berger

bryanberger2016@u.northwestern.edu

Illinois

Caitlyn Davis

cdavis2@bennington.edu

Vermont

Christopher Wolff

cwolff@umich.edu

Michigan

Danielle DiPietro

ddipietr@tulane.edu

Louisiana

Derrius Quarles

dq@milliondollarscholar.com

Georgia

Elena Shulgina

elena.shulgina@uky.edu

Kentucky

Elizabeth Gomez

egomez4@jhu.edu

Maryland

Finn Woelm

finn.woelm@gmail.com

New Jersey

Jacob Sherman

jacobsherman2016@u.northwestern.edu

Illinois

Lydia Xiao

wenxinxio2016@u.northwestern.edu

Illinois

Magda Nazer

mnazer@middlebury.edu

Vermont

Navin Rahman

navin.rahman.06@gmail.com

Colorado

Paul-Miki Akpabile

pakpablie@gmail.com

Colorado

Rachel Star

rachelstar2015@u.northwestern.edu

Illinois

Rashan Smith

rsmith1@skidmore.edu

New York

Sophia Giberson

sophiabgiberson@gmail.com

Florida

Sumer Azam

sumer.azam@emory.edu

Georgia

Takalani Malivha

tmalivha@utexas.edu

Texas

Varshini Cherukupalli

varshini.c@gmail.com

Illinois

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International Delegates Name

Country

Alberta Pelino

alberta.pelino@gmail.com

Italy

Aminu Bonifacio

abcyeaigh@gmail.com

Ghana

Blessing Mene

iconofexecellence@gmail.com

Nigeria

Chutikan Vikitsreth

chutikan.viki@gmail.com

Thailand

Francis Aka

francis.aka@students.unilag.edu.eg

Nigeria

Guilherme Araujo

guihermhm.araujo@gmail.com

Brazil

Hyacinthe Mushumbamwiza

mushucinthe@gmail.com

Rwanda

Joaquin Klot

jk42@student.london.ac.uk

Uruguay

Marianna Ponte

mariannamiele@uoal.com.br

Brazil

Marvin Ngcongo

mnmarv05@gmail.com

South Africa

Nipuni Perera

np341@bath.ac.uk

United Kingdom

Rehman Siddiq

rehmansiddiq@gmail.com

Pakistan

Yang Yang

yyangag@stu.ust.hk

China

Yunyang Bai

jason_byy@126.com

China

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GES Staff Directors

Danya Sherbini

Nick Kazvini-Gore

Alumni Relations

Victoria Tannenbaum

Diana Balitaan

Rebekah Williams

Campus Relations

American Delegates Shreya Agarwal | Jessica Hoffen | Leila Sherbini Amanda Stephens | Forest Polchow

Max Heald | Sanchita Kanthadai | Yan Ng Connor Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe | Shoshi Shapiro | Eesha Zaheer American Delegates

Diego Henriquez-Garcia

Ari Sillman

Andrew Dain

Ryan Kenney

Community Development

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Kyle Allen-Niesen

Alexis Gable

Adarsh Shah

GES Staff Content

Delegate Development

Ariella Hoffman-Peterson | Medha Imam Aaron Loh | Rachel Markon | Tade Mengesha Elise Steinberger | David Tyson

Michelle Ki

Jocie Padgen

Tyler Dillon

Maia Nowack

Saya Jacob

Halima Nur

Finance

Surbhi Mahamwal

Nathaniel Ezolino

Nikhil Bhagwat

Sanya Mansoor

Anisa Mian

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Logistics

Yasmin Gore

Taejin Thomas

Caitlyn Wei

Tosten Burks

Joey Lautrup

Marcus Lee

Connor Tatooles

OpenShutter Diana Armacanqui | Nouha Bandoui | Jenna Frasier | Abdullah Memon | Emily Drewry

Kelsey Adams

Joni Cooper

Rida Malick

Outcomes Evie Atwater | Allie Baxter | Alex Gedalin | Jacob Humerick | Yeshi Xie

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Abby Gary

Karina Kedo

Life After the Summit The Global Engagement Summit is amazing, but it’s only the first step! Now that you’re a GES alum, you’re a permanent member of the global change community. Our Alumni Team will offer you the opportunity to connect with past, present and future members of GES through a range of exciting opportunities that will take place throughout the year.

Share Share your insight and experience with other members of the GES community. Working on an exciting project and blogging about it? Let us know, and we’ll help you spread that information among people with a wide range of social change interest and experience levels.

Connect Connect with the GES alumni community by staying in touch with the contacts you have made here and continuing the conversation. Read the alumni newsletter to get informed about the GES community.

Celebrate Celebrate the mission of GES by participating in the annual GES Day next winter. Send us your pictures and videos of everything you do to celebrate.

Shape Shape future summits by recruiting future delegates from people you know, work with, and respect. Each year we ask for recommendations from alumni for new applicants, and we take your input seriously. No one knows better than you what it takes to be a GES delegate. We also take facilitator recommendations!

Receive Receive GES outcomes opportunities open to alumni throughout the year.

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