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General Session Speakers Join us for exciting general sessions, with keynote speakers chosen for their ability and experience to motivate, inspire and encourage you. Enjoy and benefit from keynote addresses designed to open the ends of your thinking about what is possible for you and your organization. The addresses will offer discussions of a broad range of topics, including leadership, crisis management, change management, and the ability of the individual to change the world. They will complement the educational tracks, offering a broader view to contrast with the practice-specific sessions. Supported by the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy.
Desperate for a change and facing spiritual bankruptcy, Scott signed on to volunteer as photojournalist to Mercy Ships, a humanitarian organization that offered free medical care for the world's poorest nations. In his two years working with Mercy Ships, he realized that 80 percent of the diseases they encountered were attributable to unsafe water and poor sanitation. Scott was deeply affected by his experiences on the ship, and founded charity: water in 2006 to begin making a difference to the billion people in the world who do not have access to clean drinking water. His highly successful PR and social media tactics have in the past gripped the media and helped to propel his charity into one of the most-recognized charities in the USA. For Scott, charity is practical. It's sometimes easy, more often inconvenient, but always necessary. It's the ability to use one's position of influence, relative wealth and power to affect lives for the better. To date, charity: water has raised nearly $10 million US dollars for the charitable efforts.
Each is a rock star: Al Pittampali wrote the rule-breaking Read This Before Our Next Meeting and will change the way you connect—and rid you of those boring meetings! Bestselling author and guru Liz Wiseman will bring out greatness in your leadership at work, at home, and help you bring out more from your team! And serially successful entrepreneur, philanthropist and author of what the Wall Street Journal called one of the best business books of all time, Norm Brodsky will give you deep, powerful insight into the minds of your supporters and future donors. Bring out your best and expand your possibilities with the stars of The NextGen:Charity Experience@AFP!
PLUS: High-level and high-octane Skill Sessions with: Eric Saperston ("Live in Wonder" (see his talk))—Wonderful Conversations: Learn to talk and connect deeply with important people Yael Cohen (F*ck Cancer founder)—Shock and Action: Learn to reach the youth and get them to act. Ari Teman (Comedian/JCorps/NextGen:Charity/NextGen:Health founder)—Human Sacrifice + Ten Rules of Giving a Great Pitch. Two sessions: Learn why people give/act/share your cause. Learn to pitch. See some NextGen:Charity Videos: Neil Strauss: Seducing Your Donors, lessons from the worlds #1 Pickup Artist Dave Levin: Teaching Kids Character, insight from the cofounder of KIPP Schools Aria Finger: Reaching kids with Mobile, from the COO of DoSomething.org
Born in Brantford, Ontario, Gretzky works with several charities to advance causes across North America. He established the Wayne Gretzky Foundation in 2007 to help disadvantaged young people throughout North America participate in hockey. He serves as Honorary Chairman of Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities in Canada, and is an Athlete Ambassador and Honorary Member of the Board of Trustees of Right to Play, an athlete driven humanitarian organization that uses sports to enhance child development in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the world. Gretzky also is a participant in “Hands That Shape Humanity,” a project for the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre.
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One of Fortunes 2011 top 40 Under 40, Scott Harrison was a nightclub promoter when he wondered what the exact opposite of his life would look like. Self-described as the most selfish, sycophantic and miserable human being, he languished in the New York City party lifestyle before a trip to Uruguay opened his eyes to the spiritual crisis he faced. 
Wayne Gretzky, nicknamed "The Great One,” is widely considered to be the greatest professional ice hockey player of all-time. He is the leading point-scorer in National Hockey League history, as well as the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season—a feat he accomplished four times. Following his successful career on the ice, Gretzky was Head Coach and Director of Operations for the Phoenix Coyotes from 2005 to 2009.
