Lynn Price,  Social Entrepreneur, Speaker, and Author

 
Lynn Price is a social entrepreneur, speaker, and author - most recently featured on the front page of Denver Woman magazine and the National Speakers Association magazine.  She is the recipient of numerous national awards and accolades including the Points of Light President’s Service Award, presented to her by President Bill Clinton, Oprah’s Angel Network Use Your Life Award, L’eggs Women Who Shape Our World honor and Redbook Mothers and Shakers honor. Prior to founding Camp To Belong (dedicated to reuniting brothers and sisters placed in separate foster homes and other out-of-home care) in 1995, Lynn was a marketing and communications professional, helping launch the ESPN cable network and playing a key role in expanding cable programming for Group W Westinghouse Satellite Communications. She also founded the communications firm Price & Associates. An Ashoka Fellow and member of the National Speakers Association, Lynn currently lives in Denver with her family. Lynn is the author of Vision For A Change, A Social Entrepreneur's Insights From the Heart and Real Belonging, Give Siblings Their Right to Reunite.  Currently Lynn works with and speaks for entrepreneurial leaders who want to clarify their vision for a change and communicate effectively alongside a wealthy life.

Jim Stovall 

Jim Stovall is president of the Emmy Award-winning Narrative Television Network (NTN). He is also a National Olympic weightlifting champion and a highly sought after author and platform speaker. He is the author of the best selling book, The Ultimate Gift, which is now a major motion picture starring James Garner and Abigail Breslin. Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes magazine, says, “Jim Stovall is one of the most extraordinary men of our era.” For his work in making television accessible to our nation’s 13 million blind and visually impaired people, The President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity selected Stovall as the Entrepreneur of the Year. He was also chosen as the International Humanitarian of the Year, joining Jimmy Carter, Nancy Reagan and Mother Teresa as recipients of this honor.

Jon Duschinsky, Founder, bethechange consulting

Jon Duschinsky was founding member of the fundraising group Cascaid in the UK, before hopping on a boat and becoming an established fundraiser in France. A leading actor on the European fundraising stage, Jon has been a board member of the European Fundraising Association and both the Chair and Director of the French Institute of Fundraising. After launching the Ressources Non-Profit agency with the TBWA Group in 2006, Jon started bethechange to further his commitment to help NPOs develop and implement strategies for tomorrow’s fundraising challenges. Jon works hands-on advising NGOs, universities, schools, cultural organisations and research centres around the world - creating and delivering made to measure capacity building programmes of training and consultancy. He is a recognised speaker at high-profile international events and faculty at universities in Europe and the US, where he delivers training on inspiration, motivation and creativity in fundraising practice and theory.

Anthony Elischer, FInstF (Cert), Managing Director, Think Consulting Solutions 

Tony has more than 23 years hands-on experience in the not for profit sector globally, including several senior roles within charities. He has been a consultant for the last ten years working at the highest level across a wide range of causes and organizations and is the founder of THINK Consulting Solutions.

He is an internationally regarded expert on fundraising, having extensive experience of helping charities worldwide with strategy, fundraising, management and troubleshooting. In the last 12 months he has worked in over 20 countries.
 
Tony is an accomplished presenter, trainer and writer. His motivational style ensures that he presents sessions at all the leading fundraising conferences around the world each year. He writes extensively with regular columns in several magazines. Internationally, he is on the board of the Journal of Non-  profit and Voluntary Sector Marketing and is currently vice chair of the International Fundraising Congress. He is a Fellow of the UK’s Institute of Fundraising. 

Michael Johnston, President, HJC New Media 

Michael is an expert in fund raising and the use of the Internet by nonprofit agencies. Mike has worked with over a hundred nonprofit organizations ranging from third world development organizations, to hospitals, to peace and disarmament groups, in Canada, the US, and the UK. He gained considerable experience as a Senior Consultant and Director with Stephen Thomas Associates, one of the first fund raising firms in Canada to work exclusively with NGOs. He has been a past member of the Ethics Committee of the Canadian Society of Fund-Raising Executives (CSFRE) and was a volunteer fundraising leader with the United Way in its Management Assistance Program. Mike is also a past board member and current member of the National Society of Fundraising Executives (NSFRE) and sits on the NSFRE's Volunteer Online Council in Alexandria, Virginia. He has recently joined the Board of Directors of the U.S. based EPhilanthropy Foundation. Mike sits on the Executive Committee and is the Chair of the Product Development and Education Committee.

Simone Joyaux, President and Owner, Joyaux Associates

Simone P. Joyaux, ACFRE specializes in fund development, board and organizational development, management and strategic planning for all types and sizes of nonprofits. She presents worldwide, and serves as faculty for the Masters program in philanthropy and development at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Joyaux serves regularly on boards, founded the Women’s Fund of RI, and is a former chair of CFRE International. Her book Strategic Fund Development: Building Profitable Relationships That Last is a standard in the profession. Her new book, co-authored with Tom Ahern, Keep Your Donors: The Guide to Better Communications and Stronger Relationships, is receiving rave reviews. Joyaux has been honored as RI’s Outstanding Philanthropic Citizen and Outstanding Fundraising Executive. She and her life partner have bequeathed their entire estate to charity and give at least 10% of their income to charity annually.

Sean Triner, Co-founder, Pareto Fundraising

Sean Triner is co-founder, mentor and guiding light of the international Pareto Group of companies - Pareto Fundraising (in Australia, NZ and HK), Pareto Phone and Pareto Works. Sean has dedicated his career to developing, testing and refining fundraising strategies with some of the UK's most successful and influential charities. Pareto is one of the most influential not-for-profit marketing agencies in the world, earning praise from some of the biggest names in the business, including Mal Warwick, who wrote: "The results Sean Triner and his colleagues in Pareto Fundraising have been getting in Australia will shock the stuffing out of you - these young whippersnappers know a lot of stuff that has somehow eluded me all these years." Challenging, fun and always practical, Sean is an energetic speaker who leaves Masterclass attendees inspired, motivated and buzzing with brilliant ideas about how to take their fundraising to the next level. Sean has a strong presence on the international speaking circuit keeping audiences on their toes by presenting fresh and up-to-date material.

Mal Warwick, Chairman, Mal Warwick & Associates, Inc.

With Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, Mal is the co-author of Values-Driven Business: How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006). This newest of Mal's eighteen books reflects his long history promoting social and environmental responsibility in the nationwide business community.
With Cohen and others, he was a co-founder of Business for Social Responsibility in 1992 and served on its board during its inaugural year. In 2001, he was elected to the board of the Social Venture Network and has served as its Chair since 2002. Mal was a member of the Founding Advisory Board of the Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
Mal also serves on the boards of the Resource Alliance (London, UK), organizers of the annual International Fundraising Congress and of nonprofit capacity-building workshops throughout the Global South; Rural Education and Development (READ), a nonprofit organization that helps Asian villagers build libraries in their communities.  Mal is one of the pioneers in many of the direct response strategies and techniques we use today.