Keynote Speaker
Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director, Google.org
Dr. Brilliant shared his wisdom on becoming an agent of change:
"Instead of conforming to the values of corporate America, your generation can reform corporate America. You are social change agents. Let me repeat that. Simply by being here tonight, you're a change agent. And you and I owe a great debt of gratitude to those change agents who came before us. The Steve Jobs, Pierre and Pam Omidyar, Mark Benioff of Salesforce.com, Bill Hambrecht, Larry Page, Sergey Brin. And so many others.
"Today you're in an historic place at an historic time...You can be a venture capitalist and an adventure capitalist. You can be an entrepreneur and a social entrepreneur. And because you're part of Full Circle Fund, you know that what goes around, comes around. And you have found a way to do this all at the same time. And it's a damn good thing. It's a really good thing that you're an agent of change because, lord knows, we need changes. And we need you as change agents."
 Listen to Dr. Brilliant's entire keynote speech - click here to download. Thanks to MobileCast Media for donating their excellent podcasting services for the Forum.
You can also watch an CBS5/KPIX interview of Dr. Brilliant about Google.org that was filmed at the Forum. Click here to watch.
Full Impact Award Winners
The first set of Full Impact Awards were presented to our "Agents of Change" panelists, who took the stage in secret agent disguise. They discussed how each of their organizations are achieving social impact in a fun talk show format hosted by Full Circle Fund member, Steven Lurie.
Listen to the panel presentation - click here to download.
In Technology:
Dwayne Jones is Director of Mayor Newsom's Communities of Opportunities (COO) program. COO is an innovative cross-sector partnership that comprehensively addresses the interconnected challenges facing those San Francisco neighborhoods in need of the most help by bringing companies and foundations together with 13 city agencies. The 2005 COO pilot brought city services to Bayview Hunters Point, including: a new community center at the Alice Griffith housing project, employment opportunities, a popular summer program for kids, and the distribution of affordable laptops that came with wireless access, content and practical training. COO's "place-based" approach is instrumental in healing a community as a whole by unleashing the full potential of individuals and families living in the neighborhood.
In Housing:
Salvador Menjivar, the Executive Director of Hamilton Family Center, has guided the agency through a strategic reorganization and expansion of services to drastically increase its ability to serve the homeless. By consolidating two shelter programs into one building in July 2006, Hamilton realized a budget savings of more than $500,000. With the support of Mayor Newsom and the Human Services agency, Hamilton has reallocated this surplus to launch First Avenues - Housing Solutions for Families, a pioneering program to end family homelessness in San Francisco. By using creative tactics - such as loans to families in danger of eviction and temporary rental subsidies - the program motivates families to leave shelters and increase their earning potential.
In Education:
Dom Summa is Assistant Executive Director of California Teachers Association (CTA), which represents more than 340,000 education professionals in the state. As head of CTA's Negotiations and Organizational Development Department, Dom provides staff support for the collective bargaining efforts of about 1,000 local chapters and affiliates. In 2006, Dom's department took on one more responsibility: to identify and support a small number of districts as they implement locally negotiated pilot projects on new approaches to teacher compensation. This innovative project, conducted under the auspices of the CTA's Educational Change Workgroup, is of decisive importance to the future of the teaching profession and the quality of education in California.
Exemplary LeadershipMary Huss: While the San Francisco Business Times has always donated a generous $100,000+ in advertising to Bay Area nonprofits each year, under Mary Huss' leadership as publisher, the paper has made an exceptional commitment to the community. In 2001, the San Francisco Business Times launched the annual Corporate Philanthropy Awards - as both a special publication and an event - which ranks corporate contributions to Bay Area causes and recognizes corporate giving that goes beyond writing a check. Additionally, the San Francisco Business Times has nonprofit beat; regularly features a "Nonprofit Executive Profile" and a nonprofit column; and publishes the Executive Giving Guide and a special Nonprofit Report. These endeavors have raised the bar on corporate giving and increased the recognition of the accomplishments of the nonprofit sector.
Craig Newmark: Back in the early dot-com heyday of 1995, Craig launched craigslist, a non-commercial community service website that includes classifieds and discussion forums. Craigslist is a remarkable internet phenomenon that focuses on helping people meet basic needs - such as finding housing and jobs - based on a culture of trust. Craig is also involved with a number of community efforts, such as the Mideast peace movement and new forms of media such as participatory journalism. In 2000, Craig started the Craigslist Foundation, which provides free and low-cost education relevant to nonprofit professionals and social entrepreneurs in order to provide knowledge, resources and visibility to the next generation of community leaders.
SF Connect Team: San Francisco Connect - a.k.a. "SF Connect" - is a truly innovative partnership between a city, its residents, and its public, private and nonprofit sectors. A newly formed nonprofit inspired by the success of Project Homeless Connect, SF Connect mobilizes individuals and organizations across the private, public and nonprofit sectors on the issues of homelessness, environment, youth and families, and technology access. By focusing the efforts of citizens and companies towards common goals, SF Connect finds effective solutions to complex problems and gives communities a way to collectively build a stronger San Francisco.
Full Circle Fund Outstanding MemberHow do we begin to describe the energy, passion and guidance Dave McClure has brought to Full Circle Fund in 2006? As a serial entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley high-tech industry for over 17 years, Dave is familiar with the challenges of innovation, rapid growth and bold ideas. To this end, he set out to support FCF - both in capacity building efforts as well as at a grantee team level - as we've transformed into a much larger organization with greater opportunities for community impact. Dave boasts that his most notable contributions have been to recruit other talented professionals to the FCF team, cultivating each of them to be community leaders and unleashing their full potential. Thank you Dave for all you've done and all you do to inspire others and to help Full Circle Fund achieve its vision.
During his acceptance speech, Dave recommended three books to inspire Forum attendees to take action.
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Host Committee
Mayor Gavin Newsom
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Anna Alioto
Daniel Ben-Horin, CompuMentor
Gwyneth Borden, IBM Corporation
Eleanor Clement Glass, Philanthropy Incubator
Matt Cohler, Facebook
Don Davis, Uncorked Events
Suzanne DiBianca, Salesforce.com Foundation
Gary Fazzino, Hewlett-Packard Company
Ken Fromm, Loomia
Kelly Grimes
Linda Gruber, Gruber Family Foundation
Carl Guardino, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Maria Hermanussen Marcus, Charity Connect
Hala Hijazi, Professionals VIP
Catherine Hutton, BizWorld Foundation
Dwayne Jones, Office of the Mayor of San Francisco
Colin Lacon, Northern California Grantmakers
Carol Lamont, The San Francisco Foundation
Ron Longinotti, CBS 5
Charles Marsala, Mayor of Atherton, CA
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Justin Martinkovic, Martinkovic Milford
Claire McAuliffe, HODGE / NIEDERER / CARIANI
Andrew Mercy, AngelPoints
Jillian Misrack, AOL
Jeffrey Pollock, Pollock Financial Group
Rae Richman, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Brian Rogers, Rogers Family Foundation
Alec Ross, One Economy Corporation
Tod Sacerdoti, POSTroller
Deva Santiago
Lionel Shaw, The Shaw Fund
Diane Solinger, Entrepreneurs Foundation
Dianne Spaulding, Non-Profit Housing Association
Jonathan Speed, Uncorked, Inc.
Marya Stark, Emerge America
Everett Thompson, PACE
Julie Trell, Salesforce.com Foundation
Nate Valentine, Vintage 415
Vicky Veenker, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Teola Young, American Association of Advancement of Science
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