Paul Shoemaker
MBA
WA, US
Paul cares deeply about the future of our communities and companies and believes we are going to need leaders that think and act differently. Paul is ready to share a vital message with corporations, nonprofits, and associations to enable and empower more effective leaders, Rebuilders, for the decade ahead.
His message is for socially-conscious and civically-active leaders that are 1) already starting to redefine the leader they need to be for an unequal, siloed America, and 2) hungry for clarity, stories, and direction. Whether you are thinking about your individual leadership, the teams you are a part of, or your organization, his talk will provide perspective, inspiration, and a path forward.
Shoemaker is the Founding President of Social Venture Partners International—the first-of-its-kind and still-largest global network of thousands of social innovators, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and business leaders supporting social change agents in over 40 cities and 8 countries. He is a global thought leader and consultant on activating social change agents and increasing civic impact.
Shoemaker was twice named one of the "Top 50 Most Influential People in the Nonprofit Sector" by The Non-Profit Times. He was named "Philanthropist of the Year" by Future in Review. Awarded the Red-Winged Leadership Award by Seattle University. And in 2015, he received the Microsoft Alumni Integral Fellow Award, the only MSFT alum to ever be the sole recipient in a year of this prestigious award.
His career brings together a unique breadth and depth of experiences -
- Worked extensively across the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, i.e. he is truly cross-sector in a way that few leaders are
- Learned from and worked closely with a wide range of global CEO's, national social sector leaders, and local community activators
- Brought all of those career vectors together in Taking Charge of Change and his belief in Rebuilders as vital leaders for the '20s
- Authored Can't Not Do, about the compelling social drive that changes our world.
He has -
- Appeared on CNN, CBS w/ Richard Schlesinger, Rainmakers TV, Dent The Future, and at Town Hall Seattle w/ NFL All-Pro, Doug Baldwin
- Spoken at TEDx in 3 cities, at United Nations events, the Mashable Social Good Summit, Ignite Seattle, and the Social Innovation Summit,
- Written for Thrive Global, the Stanford Social Innovation Review and The Huffington Post, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, and the Puget Sound Business Journal.
And over the last 5 years, he has consulted with a wide range of private, nonprofit and public sector entities - the Ballmer Group, Raikes Foundation, Microsoft, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center, U.W. Medicine, MudBay, etc. - on a range of challenges from leadership development to business modeling to long-term strategy.
Paul cares deeply about the future of our communities and companies and believes we are going to need leaders that think and act differently. Paul is ready to share a vital message with corporations, nonprofits, and associations to enable and empower more effective leaders, Rebuilders, for the decade ahead.
His message is for socially-conscious and civically-active leaders that are 1) already starting to redefine the leader they need to be for an unequal, siloed America, and 2) hungry for clarity, stories, and direction. Whether you are thinking about your individual leadership, the teams you are a part of, or your organization, his talk will provide perspective, inspiration, and a path forward.
Shoemaker is the Founding President of Social Venture Partners International—the first-of-its-kind and still-largest global network of thousands of social innovators, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and business leaders supporting social change agents in over 40 cities and 8 countries. He is a global thought leader and consultant on activating social change agents and increasing civic impact.
Shoemaker was twice named one of the "Top 50 Most Influential People in the Nonprofit Sector" by The Non-Profit Times. He was named "Philanthropist of the Year" by Future in Review. Awarded the Red-Winged Leadership Award by Seattle University. And in 2015, he received the Microsoft Alumni Integral Fellow Award, the only MSFT alum to ever be the sole recipient in a year of this prestigious award.
His career brings together a unique breadth and depth of experiences -
- Worked extensively across the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, i.e. he is truly cross-sector in a way that few leaders are
- Learned from and worked closely with a wide range of global CEO's, national social sector leaders, and local community activators
- Brought all of those career vectors together in Taking Charge of Change and his belief in Rebuilders as vital leaders for the '20s
- Authored Can't Not Do, about the compelling social drive that changes our world.
He has -
- Appeared on CNN, CBS w/ Richard Schlesinger, Rainmakers TV, Dent The Future, and at Town Hall Seattle w/ NFL All-Pro, Doug Baldwin
- Spoken at TEDx in 3 cities, at United Nations events, the Mashable Social Good Summit, Ignite Seattle, and the Social Innovation Summit,
- Written for Thrive Global, the Stanford Social Innovation Review and The Huffington Post, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, and the Puget Sound Business Journal.
And over the last 5 years, he has consulted with a wide range of private, nonprofit and public sector entities - the Ballmer Group, Raikes Foundation, Microsoft, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center, U.W. Medicine, MudBay, etc. - on a range of challenges from leadership development to business modeling to long-term strategy.
Leading in Corporate America in the most Complex Decade in 100 Years
This program is perfect for:
- Corporate leaders trying to navigate their role in a world of stakeholder capitalism
- Civic leaders trying to understand how to best work across sectors to address hard social challenges
- Leaders looking to motivate their teams to be better and more holistic
The audience will leave with:
- A...
The 5 Vital Traits of the Heroes for the Future in Our Communities
This program is perfect for:
- Nonprofit and social sector leaders
- Public sector leaders
- Citizens that are active in their communities
The audience will leave with:
- The 5 vital traits change leaders use to solve big problems.
- Gain a deeper perspective from relevant research, data,...
The Decade of the Rebuilders
This program is perfect for:
- Civic leaders
- Socially-active citizens
- Leaders thinking about the challenges of the decade ahead in America
The audience will leave with:
- Learning the 5 vital traits change leaders use to solve big problems.
- Gaining perspective from relevant research, data,...
Reversing the 25-year Downward Path of Accelerating Inequity in America
This program is perfect for:
- Civic leaders
- Corporate leaders thinking about CSR and their role in the world
- Socially-conscious citizens
- People thinking holistically about the kind of leader they need to be for the decade ahead
The audience will leave with:
- A much deeper understanding of not just the scale...
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