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Marissa Sackler shares four ways nonprofits can tell compelling stories
Marissa Sackler is out to prove that “brand” isn’t a dirty word—at least not in the nonprofit community. In fact, the 33-year-old social good entrepreneur and founder of Beespace, a nonprofit incubator based in New York City, is trying to revolutionize the way nonprofits have traditionally approached their causes. Because really, when it comes down…
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Get to know the 15 Big Kansas City speakers
Next week, Big Kansas City will welcome a lineup of 15 speakers. Leaders from the tech, nonprofit, marketing, music, digital media and corporate sectors will fill two days with incredible insight for the conference’s attendees. With such a variety of backgrounds and all experiencing incredible success independently, this is surely one of the best lineups…
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Big Kansas City lineup finalized with addition of three more speakers
Technology, design, fashion and nonprofit – just a few of the industries represented by this year’s Big Kansas City speaker list. But you didn’t think we were done with our lineup yet, did you? Today marks the two week point from the Opening Party, and we have an exciting announcement. Here are three more leaders…
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Big KC: No internship needed, Kimber Lockhart sold Increo then grew Box
Most college juniors are happy with an unpaid internship related to their major. Free work for real-world experience is the status quo, and students will gladly gain that experience to jumpstart their career with the hopes of the big payoff long down the road.
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Big KC: Gary Shapiro champions tech through International CES, policy
Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), is one of the greatest champions for innovation in the U.S. Don’t believe me? CEA represents more than 2,000 American technology companies, addressing policy issues while also providing market research, training, education, industry promotion, standards development and more. Additionally, Shapiro and his team own,…
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Big KC: Meet Marc Hemeon, designer behind Google’s biggest projects
Since the 2011 acquisition, Hemeon has influenced some of Google’s largest projects to date and quickly became a sought-after designer. He led YouTube’s 2012 sitewide redesign. He has since worked on design for Chromecast, Google Analytics and Google X’s self driving car project. Just last month, Google Ventures named him Entrepreneur in Residence.
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Speaker Spotlight: Maxine Bédat, Zady co-founder
As a consumer, we often don’t think of our clothing as having a history. However, each shirt, jacket, dress and pair of shoes have a story. This story is written by the people who source the materials, assemble, package and ship each garment. Yet merely the label marking the country of origin is often as…
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Steve Case talk and $100K pitch competition added to Big KC lineup
Less than 10 weeks after successfully completing its first Rise of the Rest Tour, Revolution, in partnership with UP Global, Google for Entrepreneurs, Engine Advocacy and Startup Grind announced today the launch of a second to come in early October. Spearheaded by Revolution’s CEO Steve Case, the tour will seek to shine light on Midwest…
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Speaker Spotlight: Marissa Sackler, founder of Beespace
In November of 2013, Marissa Sackler decided to take a widely-used concept implemented by the tech industry and apply it in the nonprofit sector. She launched Beespace, an incubator for early stage nonprofits. Beespace hosts organizations that work to solve a wide variety of issues throughout the world from organ donation to education in low-income…
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Speaker Spotlight: Kimberly Bryant, founder of Black Girls Code
As Kimberly Bryant was seeking an education in technology, she made the quick realization that her background was not shared by her classmates. As an African-American women studying this field, she remembers feeling “culturally isolated.” Now 47, Bryant believes little has changed in the makeup of the tech industry. And it appears she’s right. Google…