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Imagining the Future of Company Culture - Bright Funds, Dropbox, the Svetshop
Date and time
Location
Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
505 Howard Street Plaza Level Plaza Level San Francisco, CA 94105Description
Join us for
Imagining the Future
of Company Culture
with
Svetlana Saitsky, Professional Coach | Storyteller
Ty Walrod, Co-founder and CEO, Bright Funds
Joe Wheeler, Corporate Social Responsibility Associate, Dropbox
Culture is critical to a company's success and can be the difference between thriving and just plain surviving. It affects everything from the ability to recruit and retain talent to public perception, customer satisfaction and the bottom line.
This session will address the changing landscape of company culture and provide real-world examples and tips from a panel of experts.
Topics include:
- What creates true company culture (snacks & yoga classes don't count!)
- Conscious businesses that serves a higher purpose
- How to recruit people who will work well together and foster great company culture
- Strategies to achieve your vision for company culture
OUR SPEAKERS
Svetlana Saitsky is a professional storyteller, artist and coach. She has worked with Delivering Happiness, Google, Apple, lululemon, Great Place To Work Institute, and Socially Superlative among others. Her writing has been featured in publications such as theExaminer.com, The Huffington Post and Delivering Happiness. For the last decade, Svetlana has been researching the science of happiness, inspiration, and ultimately, transformation. After interviewing hundreds of CEOs, musicians, actors, politicians, and leaders from all walks of life, her first book is set to be published in 2017.
Svetlana's work for Google X was featured in USA TODAY and currently, she is coaching and consulting clients in the areas of company culture-building, content, and brand strategy. As the Head of Storytelling for YouCaring.com, her mission is to create a world where no one faces hardship alone. What fascinates and inspires Svetlana is the human ability to overcome, and become who we came here to be.
Ty Walrod is the CEO and Co-Founder of Bright Funds, a technology platform unlocking the multi-billion dollar market for individual and workplace giving. Bright Funds is built for a new generation of savvy donors who want a simple and rewarding way to give back. He serves on the boards of directors of Sustainable Silicon Valley and Startup & Tech Mixer and is an active member of Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Founders Network.
Prior to Bright Funds, Walrod co-founded OutServe, a global nonprofit organization that united thousands of LGBT service members and worked to build an environment of respect and integrity in the U.S. Armed Services. He started his career in venture capital, private equity and technology audit at Deloitte, followed by his work as senior business analyst at Coverity. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Washburn University, where he was awarded the Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award in April of 2016.
Joe Wheeler is a Corporate Social Responsibility Associate at Dropbox.
Joe Wheeler led the creation of "Dropbox for Good" (DfG) in 2013. To date, the program has contributed millions of dollars to organizations supporting technology education, local poverty eradication, and digital rights. There are DfG chapters in San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, New York, Dublin, Sydney, Tokyo, and Herzliya. Through DfG, employees have volunteered more than 4,000 hours of their time and donated over 25,000 terabytes of free Dropbox space to nonprofits all over the world.
The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a San Francisco-based non-profit that provides aspiring and current entrepreneurs with access to quality resources, including mentors, training, and networking.