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Collaborative
Event Summary
- Event: Collaborative (GoFundMe’s annual flagship conference)
- Dates: May 5–7, 2026
- Location: Convene, Chicago, IL
- Audience: ~650 nonprofit professionals and executives; includes a half‑day Executive Summit for C‑suite attendees.
- Program Structure: Three external keynote slots (high‑level, broadly resonant), general sessions, panel discussions (moderated by GoFundMe with industry experts/customers), and Executive Summit facilitation.
- Budget Guidance: ~$100,000 total for keynote speakers, typically split across three “big names” (flexible allocation, e.g., one higher‑fee anchor at ~$60k plus two at lower fees).
- Content Priorities: Innovative, cutting‑edge speakers outside the typical nonprofit circuit; balance between AI integration and preserving human touch in donor experiences; community, connection, and practical inspiration.
- Selection Process: Brooke Burkhardt compiles recommendations and presents to leadership for final decisions; early planning now with detailed theme and packaging expected in fall 2025.
Founder, Pencils of Promise & Climate Club — turning bold ideas into measurable impact
Adam Braun is a 3x award-winning entrepreneur, New York Times & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and a world-renowned keynote speaker on leadership and innovation. His talks have been watched more than 3 million times, and the businesses he has founded and led have raised over $100MM by leveraging his unique, teachable framework - Build For Where The World Is Headed.
As CEO of Clarasight, a technology company focused on company sustainability whose clients represent more than $1T in market capitalization and Chairman of Pencils of Promise, the organization he started with $25 that has built more than 600 schools around the world, his talks are rooted in the authentic first-hand lessons learned through successes and struggles in building pioneering companies with acclaimed leaders at the frontlines of industry innovation.
His journey has taken him to 75 countries to identify how the world's best leaders navigate uncertainty to shape the future, and by distilling these universal learnings he has been featured as a speaker at The White House, Stanford and Harvard Business Schools, and countless Fortune 500 companies, industry associations and universities.
His book, The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change, is an international bestseller that reached the #1 spot on What Corporate America Is Reading. He has also been named to Business Insider’s 40 Under 40, Wired’s 50 People Who Will Change the World, and is the recipient of the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award as well as the United States' most prestigious award for public service, the Jefferson Award.
Adam Braun has delivered numerous keynote talks to the world's leading organizations, including Microsoft, Spotify, Meta, Google, and Coca-Cola. His first-hand experience taught him how to help organizations navigate change, discover emerging trends, and take action to reach new heights. Being featured in numerous publications, including Forbes, shows Adam's credibility and skill in effectively navigating uncertainty and improving problem-solving skills to achieve greater breakthroughs. As a visionary leader, Adam can teach your team members to adapt to challenging situations, take calculated risks, and transform vision into results. If you want to be an award-winning organization, add Adam to your speaker list or book now.
Speaker Fee - $25,000, plus $2,500 travel buyout (air and hotel). In addition, Organizer to provide all event city expenses including ground and meals.
Speaker Highlights
Adam Braun Keynote Speaker Demo Reel - https://vimeo.com/1082876886?share=copy
Speaker Website - https://www.adambraun.com/
Why Adam is a fit for GoFundMe’s Collaborative
- Actionable growth playbooks: From a $25 “idea” to a global movement—clear steps from spark to scale.
- Partnership fluency: Corporate collaboration without compromising values; great for GoFundMe ecosystem partners.
- Executive Summit savvy: Strategy, metrics, and capacity planning that leadership can implement immediately.
- Tech-curious, human-centered: Frames AI and data as tools to deepen—not replace—donor relationships.
Suggested Topic
Build For Where The World Is Headed
How The Best Leaders Navigate Uncertainty To Shape The Future
How do the world’s most successful leaders navigate uncertainty in a rapidly changing world? Through a teachable four-step framework, Adam Braun shows you how great companies anticipate tomorrow’s reality, today. In this call-to-action of a talk, Braun shares enlightening examples of how others have navigated through unprecedented rates of change to find enduring success, the emerging trends that will shape where we’re headed next, and how to embolden your team to take the concrete actions that will unlock their next big breakthrough.
Drawing from two decades of research and first-hand experiences that come to life in this riveting talk, Braun will have you on the edge of your seat and ready to take action so that you too are prepared for where the world is headed next.
Audience Takeaways:
- Learn the science of how organizations and individuals best navigate change
- Discover how to make bold, calculated decisions to enhance trust and success
- Remove fear and restore a sense of optimism in your people
- Define a course of action rooted in anticipation of what’s next
The Mindset of Compounding Greatness
The Five Essentials That Drive Repeatable Success
What’s the difference between a one-time success and those that build a culture that produces an enduring legacy?
In this keynote, NY Times bestselling author and award-winning entrepreneur Adam Braun shares the five keys that the most successful teams in the world have imbued into their mentality and processes to create repeatable, resounding successes that power year-over-year growth and evolution.
Through engaging storytelling filled with simple memorable phrases and proven frameworks that teams can start implementing right away in their daily rhythms and habits, Braun elevates not just every attendee’s intentions, but inspires and enables teams to immediately convert their boldest aspirations into the small calculated bets that will drive your most powerful ambitions to become reality.
Audience Takeaways:
- Learn how to instill a mindset of compounding greatness within teams, focusing on incremental improvements that drive sustained success
- Gain tools to enhance daily routines and processes that support individuals to navigate change and achieve consistent peak performance
- Develop your tangible steps to convert ambitious goals into practical actions with every team member contributing to compounding successes
Ordinary Person, Extraordinary Change
How Every Person Has The Power to Affect The Masses
Most people believe one person can’t make a difference. Adam Braun proves otherwise by captivating audiences with his story of being an ordinary person, creating extraordinary change — something he believes everyone can do. In this inspirational presentation, Braun shares his journey from an ordinary intern to becoming a 3x entrepreneur starting organizations that have raised over $100M and impacted millions of lives.
Rooted in a compelling round-the-world story with humorous twists and turns, Braun anchors this speech around several key learnings that can serve as guideposts when facing the most challenging moments in our careers and lives.
Audience Takeaways:
- How to discover your next big idea
- Tactical steps to turn that big idea into action
- Best practices to engage those around you to build a movement
- Lessons to convert inspiration into enduring growth
Highlights
- Authentic Storyteller who shares his journey from corporate life to founding Pencils of Promise, inspiring audiences with real stories of personal and professional transformation
- Offers actionable lessons on leadership, innovation, and taking strategic risks from his experience as a successful entrepreneur
- Emphasizes the importance of creating bold aspirations, motivating teams to innovate for both profit and a greater purpose
- Delivers an engaging presentation style and fresh perspectives on current trends like digital leadership and the future of work making his keynotes compelling and actionable
“In the case of Adam’s keynote address, “perfect” is applicable... humble, intelligent, purposeful, kind, and disarmingly humorous.” - Chair, All Bonaventure Read, St. Bonaventure University
“The best speaker I've ever seen in the history of our company's offsite events.” - General Counsel, Coca-Cola HBC
"Adam was a perfect fit for our corporate 100th anniversary event. His manner and talk aligned with our company's purpose and sustainable growth strategy. He affected the audience and underscored our key message so well." - Phoenix Contact USA, Inc.
"Hi Adam, I can’t count how many people have stopped me throughout the day to share how impactful they found your keynote and subsequent session. We are incredibly grateful to you for sharing your thoughtful insights, wisdom, and perspectives. I couldn’t help notice that the conversations held all throughout the afternoon among our members were focused on action - your message was clearly uplifting, empowering, and already making a difference! With profound appreciation for you, your work, and your impact on our world." - MASBO
Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author & Future-of-Work Leader — champion of a human-centered economy in the age of AI.
Andrew Yang is the co-founder of the Forward Party, a new independent political movement dedicated to restoring the promise of US democracy. A Democratic presidential candidate in 2020, he is the founder of Humanity Forward and Venture for America. His New York Times bestseller The War on Normal People helped introduce the idea of universal basic income into the political mainstream, and his most recent book, Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy, became a national bestseller. He is also co-author of the political thriller The Last Election.
After being a corporate lawyer for five short months, joining a few start-ups, and even launching his own company, Andrew eventually became CEO of an education company that became #1 in the country. He then started a national entrepreneurship non-profit, Venture for America, which worked to empower thousands of young entrepreneurs to bring economic dynamism to cities like Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, Birmingham, St. Louis, and others around the country. Leading the organization to become a national multi-million dollar charity, Andrew was named a Presidential Ambassador of Entrepreneurship by the White House under the Obama administration and a Champion of Change for his leadership.
After seeing the devastation that automation and the fourth industrial revolution were doing to the American workforce, Andrew decided to run for President in late 2017. Initially dubbed a "longer than long shot" candidate by The New York Times, Andrew's grassroots support, known as the “Yang Gang,” propelled him to seven Democratic primary debates, outpolling and outlasting six senators, four governors, three members of congress, two mayors, and one secretary.
With a vision to rewrite the rules of the United States economy through a “Freedom Dividend” of $1,000 a month for every American adult, Andrew’s movement around Universal Basic Income and Cash Relief engaged over 3 million combined social media followers, raised nearly $40 million dollars in an average of $35 increments, and become one of the most exciting stories in the 2020 race., According to CNN, Andrew Yang’s campaign "didn't just make history... [it] unquestionably put a sizable dent in the future as well."
As an activist, Andrew has turned his movement into a political reality, launching a non-profit, Humanity Forward, that has successfully lobbied Congress to bring billions of dollars in cash relief and stimulus checks to millions of Americans in need.
Andrew is the author of three books, including his newest work, Forward, outlining the problems in our broken system and a way forward to prevent the decline of American Democracy. He currently lives in Manhattan with his wife Evelyn and two boys, is an avid basketball fan, a commentator on CNN, and host of a weekly podcast, Forward.
Speaking Fee - $45,000, plus First Class Travel and Expenses, plus Hotel for up to 2 nights.
Speaker Highlights
Why US Politics Is Broken — and How To Fix It | Andrew Yang | TED - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ws3w_ZOmhI
The Flawed Metrics of Non-Profits - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Fr8DdCMQQ
How we set up non-profits to fail - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJmrqUpweU4
Speaker Website - https://www.andrewyang.com/blog
Why Andrew is a fit for GoFundMe’s Collaborative
- AI + human touch, decoded: Clear frameworks for harnessing AI while strengthening trust, dignity, and access—core to donor and community relationships.
- Cross-sector credibility: Founder/operator who translates macro trends into executive decision paths for nonprofits, brands, and platforms.
- Action beyond ideas: Concrete policy-informed tactics (safety nets, reskilling, data rights) that leaders can adapt to nonprofit realities.
- Fresh, non-circuit voice: A recognizable, media-savvy perspective that elevates mainstage buzz and press value.
Conversation Topic
The Human-Centered Economy: Building a Future That Works for Everyone
In this thought-provoking conversation, Andrew Yang explores how exponential technologies, including AI, automation, and data, are transforming the economy faster than our systems can adapt. Drawing from his groundbreaking presidential campaign, bestselling books, and policy work with Humanity Forward, Yang makes a compelling case for a reimagined economy that places people at the center —not corporations or algorithms.
Yang outlines the urgent need to rethink traditional economic models, offering bold, actionable solutions like Universal Basic Income, data as a property right, and a modern safety net to support workers in the age of disruption. With his signature blend of optimism, practicality, and empathy, Yang empowers audiences to embrace innovation while ensuring that progress is inclusive, sustainable, and deeply human.
Whether speaking to corporate leaders, technologists, policymakers, or students, Yang’s message resonates as a roadmap for how we can thrive in the future of work.
Highlights
- Founder: Venture for America; Humanity Forward (advanced cash-relief policies).
- Bestselling author; popularized UBI in mainstream discourse.
- Recognized by the Obama White House as a Champion of Change & Presidential Ambassador for Entrepreneurship.
- Media-savvy communicator who connects complex tech shifts to human outcomes.
"Andrew brought thoughtful insight and context to the time we're in. A very inspirational event all together. We've received nothing but positive responses from those attendees" - UC San Diego
"The event was a major success on our end and there has been lots of positive feedback, so thank you and many thanks to Andrew" - St. Olaf College
Keynote Pianist, Business Leader & Author — applying the habits of virtuoso musicians to leadership, collaboration, and performance.
In 2014, Felipe combined his business experience with his passion for music and began his speaking career full time. He has gained worldwide recognition, inspiring audiences on five continents and in 33 countries with his dazzling musical interpretation of the traits that define a virtuoso. Charismatically commanding the audience from his grand piano, Felipe’s presentations are fun, interactive, and deliver great content in both English and Spanish. The author of two books on exceptional performance, Felipe uses his music and business insights to help unleash the individual and collective virtuosity in organizations.
Born in Colombia, Felipe began playing piano at the age of four. He came from a musical family – there was always music in the house. After graduating Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Felipe pursued a career in business, becoming known for his strategic vision and ability to innovate across diverse industries.
At Compass Group, the world’s largest food-catering company, Felipe served as the Managing Director for the operation in Colombia. There he led initiatives that not only tripled the division’s revenue but also increased operating profits by 130% through keen strategic acquisitions and a focus on operational improvements and innovation. He later served as the Innovation and International Business Development Director for Latin America.
Felipe led the launch of Farmacity in Colombia, establishing it rapidly as a dominant force in the pharmacy retail sector by opening 12 stores in just 20 months and positioning the brand as a leader in the market. He co-founded Azurian, a pioneering internet consulting firm in Latin America, guiding its expansion into seven countries and driving its rise as a significant regional consultancy firm. Beyond his corporate success, Felipe founded Allegro, a non-profit organization that brings therapeutic live music to hospital settings like ICUs, delivery rooms, and cancer treatment areas.
Combining his corporate and entrepreneurial experience with his passion for music is Felipe’s greatest joy. He has a gift for empowering individuals and organizations to transform their behaviors, embrace risk, learn from failure, and achieve mastery.
Felipe has spoken at prestigious management and leadership conferences around the world, including TED, the Global Peter Drucker Forum, WOBI, the Oslo Business Forum, the World Business Forum, and many more. He has appeared at over 1,000 presentations for corporate, association, and global leadership events and consistently delivers unforgettable experiences that leave lasting impact.
Felipe’s first book, published in 2019 is Attitude-E, a bestseller that introduces a powerful framework for success through an entrepreneurial mindset, anchored in six levers: Envision, Energy, Endurance, Ensemble, Elasticity, and Engagement. His second book, Bitacora De Una Pandemia En Quince Conversaciones, was published in Spanish in 2020 and is a collection of conversations he had during the pandemic with a number of thought leaders in different fields. Felipe is now writing his third book, Virtuoso.
Felipe currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his family and holds an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland, where he also completed a program on Leading Digital Business Transformation.
Speaking Fee - $33,000 plus hotel for up to two (2) nights, onsite meals, event city ground transportation (for distances over 30-miles), and grand piano rental.
Speaker Highlights
FELIPE GOMEZ: The Secret to Great Performance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g97ODujX638&t=1s
FELIPE GOMEZ: Do It With Passion and Love - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0BGIMv4i5I&t=55s
Speaker Website - https://www.felipegomez.com/
Why Felipe is a fit for GoFundMe’s Collaborative
- Human connection at scale: Live music + story creates a shared, memorable experience that strengthens community—perfect for a giving-focused conference.
- Actionable performance frameworks: Converts inspiration into specific practices any resource-constrained nonprofit team can adopt.
- Executive Summit + mainstage dual fit: Elevates leadership mindsets while delighting general session attendees with a unique format.
- Listening & empathy: His “Beauty of Listening” module maps directly to donor care, board alignment, and cross-functional collaboration.
Suggested Topic
The Virtuoso Code: Mastering a Mindset for Extraordinary Performance
To be a virtuoso musician is to create magic for audiences. How do they do it – time and time again? Keynote pianist Felipe Gomez unpacks the habits of virtuoso musicians that can be applied to elevate performance in every aspect of business and life. He weaves magical piano performance with business insights and masterful storytelling to inspire audiences to embrace the three essential pillars of a virtuoso: Method, Attitude, and Passion. Felipe draws on his passion for business and love of music to take audiences on an immersive, multi-sensory musical journey – from Mozart to Coldplay – revealing, through music, how to unlock extraordinary results. After experiencing this fun, one-of-a-kind keynote, people are inspired with a new attitude to tackle their business and personal challenges like a true virtuoso.
Key Takeaways:
- Mastery Through Method: Achieve operational excellence through consistency, discipline, and virtues like perseverance and rigor.
- Connecting Through Empathy: Foster collaboration and trust by embracing humility, service, and meaningful relationships.
- Inspiring Through Passion: Drive innovation and inspire teams by challenging boundaries with courage and love.
- Leadership as Human Art: Balance method, attitude, and passion to create authentic, emotionally resonant leadership in a tech-driven world.
Highlights
- Performed/spoken in 33 countries; immersive, music-powered keynotes.
- Author of two books on exceptional performance and leadership.
- Known for interactive segments (e.g., “Beauty of Listening”) that teams can implement immediately.
"I had the opportunity to attend one of the best business presentations I have ever seen. Felipe Gomez is the real deal. Great takeaways" - Pro Team Leader, Home Depot
"Outstanding, the messages are so powerful and so relevant and delivered in such a wonderful way" - Amazon
Emmy & 4× James Beard Award-Winning Chef, Cultural Anthropologist & Global Humanitarian, Goodwill Ambassador to the U.N. World Food Programme, International Rescue Committee & The Nature Conservancy
Andrew Zimmern is an Emmy and four-time James Beard Award-winning television host, chef, writer, and cultural anthropologist whose career has been devoted to exploring and celebrating human connection through food. Best known as the creator and host of the Bizarre Foods franchise, What’s Eating America, The Zimmern List, and Family Dinner, Andrew has spent decades proving that food can be a powerful force for cultural understanding and social change.
As the founder and CEO of Intuitive Content, a multiple-award-winning production company, and Passport Hospitality, a restaurant and food-service development firm, Andrew brings together storytelling, sustainability, and innovation to transform how we think about what we eat and how it connects us to one another.
A tireless advocate for global food equity, Andrew serves as a Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations World Food Programme, the International Rescue Committee, and The Nature Conservancy, and sits on boards for The Giving Kitchen, EXPLR Media, and other philanthropic organizations. He has spoken at Google, SXSW, TIME 100, The Welcome Conference, and numerous global forums on the intersection of food, culture, leadership, and resilience.
Speaking Fee - $45,000 speaking fee, plus unrestricted first-class roundtrip airfare, professional ground transportation in home and event city, first class hotel accommodations, meals, and incidentals for two (2).
Speaker Highlights
How 30 seconds of clarity saved my life | Andrew Zimmern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq0MrCCAQWU
Speaker Website - https://andrewzimmern.com/philanthropy/
Why Andrew is a fit for GoFundMe’s Collaborative
- Global citizenship through giving: Zimmern’s humanitarian activism aligns directly with GoFundMe’s mission to turn compassion into tangible community impact.
- Food as a vehicle for connection: His storytelling bridges divides, revealing how shared meals can foster empathy and belonging — perfectly resonant with a conference built on generosity and human touch.
- Sustainability & systems change: Connects local nonprofit action to the global food-justice movement, showing how community organizations can drive systemic impact.
- Authentic voice of resilience: His personal story of addiction, recovery, and reinvention brings credibility and heart — a masterclass in purpose-driven transformation.
- Dynamic mainstage presence: A seasoned television host and speaker, Zimmern blends humor, honesty, and insight to captivate audiences from executive summits to general sessions.
Suggested Topic -
How Stories from the Table Can Transform Communities and the World
World-renowned chef and cultural anthropologist Andrew Zimmern has traveled to over 100 countries uncovering the universal truth that food is more than nourishment — it’s a language of connection, empathy, and change. Through vivid stories from the frontlines of global kitchens and humanitarian efforts, Andrew demonstrates how acts of sharing, sustainability, and inclusion can address issues of hunger, equity, and belonging.
Audiences leave inspired to see their own work — whether in nonprofits, philanthropy, or corporate citizenship — as part of a larger ecosystem of impact.
Key Audience Takeaways
- How food systems mirror human systems — and what leaders can learn about empathy, adaptability, and inclusion.
- Real-world strategies for sustainability and community partnership that drive measurable outcomes.
- Storytelling frameworks that connect donors and communities through shared purpose.
- A new lens for viewing generosity — one meal, one story, one promise at a time.
The Adventure of Recovery
Stay far away from what William James called the evil of "contempt prior to investigation". ANDREW ZIMMERN has used this motto as a bedrock of both his personal and professional life. While most people know him as the host of his own wildly popular TV show, they might not know that he is also a survivor of drug addiction, alcoholism, and homelessness.
Now in his 21st year of sobriety, his inspiring and funny story is a prescription for hope that can be applied to anyone regardless of their life situation. Zimmern grew up on the upper east side of NYC, was a daily drug user from the age of 15, and lay dying in a hospital bed at age 21 of acute alcohol poisoning. He continued to abuse drugs and booze for another 10 years before going homeless and off the grid in 1990. Drinking himself to death in a flop house hotel in January of 1992, he had a life-changing experience that saw him check into rehab, sober up, and stay clean. Devoting himself to helping others, his life changed, and his show Bizarre Foods is a direct result of his channeling that life choice, telling his stories through food and travel adventures.
Zimmern combines his personal and professional stories in an audio and video presentation detailing his fall and rise, his experiences in recovery, and how those lessons have informed his life as a husband, adoptive father and activist for the social issues he holds dearest. Zimmern believes that the best way to change the world is to share a meal with a stranger and his family, telling stories from the fringe as you seek to learn about the world and yourself in the global classroom of the traveler's universe. His funny and inspiring message spans both the personal and the professional, and he gladly exemplifies the necessity for a public face to be put on the private hell of addiction.
Highlights
- Emmy and 4× James Beard Award Winner; named one of AdWeek’s 50 Most Influential Voices in Food and Fast Company’s Top 30 Most Creative People in Business.
- Host of Bizarre Foods, What’s Eating America, The Zimmern List, and Family Dinner.
- Founder of Intuitive Content & Passport Hospitality; producer of PBS’s Hope in the Water (2025 Emmy & James Beard nominee).
- Goodwill Ambassador to U.N. World Food Programme & The Nature Conservancy; board member of The Giving Kitchen and EXPLR Media.
- Speaker at Google, SXSW, TIME 100, and The Welcome Conference; advisor to the White House Conference on Hunger & Nutrition.
“On behalf of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, we thank Andrew Zimmern for taking the time to join us and speak to our audience members. His insights into the impact of food in the US and around the world left a lasting impression on all attendees. We appreciated his ability to blend culinary expertise with a profound understanding of cultural nuance. His anecdotes and experiences shared during the event not only entertained but also educated us on the transformative power of food as a universal language." - World Affairs Council of Philadelphia
Founder, charity: water — building trust, brand, and donor love at scale.
Scott Harrison is the founder and CEO of charity: water Through radical transparency and innovative digital practices, charity: water has mobilized 1M+ supporters from 105 countries, raised over $400M, and funded clean water projects in 28 countries for over 10M people. Scott was recently named #10 in Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, and has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and by Forbes, Fortune and INC Magazines.
Scott spent almost 10 years as a nightclub promoter in New York City before leaving to volunteer on a hospital ship off the coast of Liberia, West Africa as a photojournalist. Returning home to New York City two years later, he founded the non-profit organization charity: water in 2006. Turning his full attention to the global water crisis and the world’s (then) 1.1 billion people without clean water to drink, he created public installations and innovative online fundraising platforms to spread international awareness of the issue. In 18 years, with the help of more than 1 million donors worldwide, charity: water has raised $1 billion and funded over 171,000 water projects in 29 countries. When completed, those projects will provide 19.2 million people with clean, safe drinking water.
Scott has been recognized on Fortune magazine’s list of 40 Under 40, Forbes’ Impact 30, Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, where he earned the #10 spot and he was the recipient of the Salute to Greatness Humanitarian Award from The King Center. Scott is also is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Thirst. Scott has shared stages with Presidents, Prime Ministers, and CEO’s. He’s spoken for brands like Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Pfizer, NBC Universal, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Deloitte and to tomorrow’s leaders at Stanford, Columbia, Duke, NYU and beyond.
Speaking Fee - TBD
Speaker Highlights
Scott Harrison's Mission to Eradicate the Global Water Crisis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4E1t2yIZlc
Speaker Website - https://www.charitywater.org/about/scott-harrison-story
Why Scott is a fit for GoFundMe’s Collaborative
- Philanthropy, but modern: Perfectly embodies “innovative + human” giving—transparent operations, brand storytelling, measurable impact.
- Donor experience masterclass: Practical frameworks for trust/retention (recurring programs, reporting cadence, field content).
- Executive + mainstage: Inspires the whole room while giving the C-suite concrete levers for growth without mission drift.
- Outside the usual circuit: A mainstream, founder voice with high credibility beyond nonprofit-insider events.
Suggested Topic
Reinventing Charity
Charity: water believes in inspiring generosity. They focus on the positive, tell stories about opportunity and always emphasize the hope more than the need. They work with incredible local partners around the globe to implement the water projects they fund, and their Water Programs team spends about 30% of their time in the field managing projects, building relationships with local teams and reporting back results to donors. Every time a project is completed, charity: water proves it using photos and GPS coordinates on Google Maps.
Through the use of innovative technology, charity: water has also developed remote sensors to monitor the functionality of their water projects. With the help of local leaders and trained mechanics, charity: water is not only working to bring clean water to communities in need, but is making sure it keeps flowing at projects around the world for years to come. This is all made possible by a small group of private donors who pay charity: water’s operating costs, allowing 100% of donations made to clean water to fund water projects for people in need.
Highlights
- Founder of charity: water; global brand recognized for transparency & innovation.
- Built one of the world’s most successful recurring donor programs in the sector.
- Advisor-level insights for executives on sustainable revenue and community building.