2007 Gathering of Leaders
Although a major snowstorm cut the 2007 Gathering short by one day, it didn't stop participants from working together to catalyze human, financial and political capital for individual organizations and the broader nonprofit sector. Nearly 150 people traveled to Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York, for the third annual Gathering of Leaders.
Keynote speaker Jeffrey Swartz, CEO of The Timberland Company, set the tone for the week when he said, "Building extraordinary and powerful social change programs is necessary but not sufficient...We are missing the holistic solution." Swartz called for integrated, creative approaches to building the capacity of organizations to create great impact, and he urged participants to re-imagine what's possible.
Working on the challenge of human capital management, social entrepreneurs Jon Schnur, New Leaders for New Schools, and Wendy Kopp, Teach For America, shared their experiences and lessons learned in identifying, recruiting, managing, and retaining talent in a session moderated by the Monitor Group's Jim Cutler.
Jean Martin of the Corporate Executive Board then delivered a riveting data-rich, solutions-focused presentation on evolving talent management in support of growth. Discussion generated insights about the scope and nature of the talent management challenge, and ideas for how individual organizations and the broader social sector can more effectively and efficiently develop human capital practices in support of growth.
Additional program highlights included:
A panel on demystifying politics for social entrepreneurs, and social entrepreneurship for policymakers
The debut of America Forward: Invent, Invest, Involve the briefing book designed for candidates and policymakers at all levels of government
A presentation by Tom Sheridan of The Sheridan Group and Scott Hatch of Capitol Management Initiatives, who together created Bono's DATA campaign, about leveraging social entrepreneurship for transformative change leading up to the 2008 elections
A session exploring the idea for a $1 billion social investment fund
Other speakers included former Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, the Kennedy School's David Gergen and Stephen Goldsmith, and former Virginia Governor Mark Warner.
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