Speaking Truth To Power
Join us at the 4th Annual MakeChange Awards as we celebrate the work of social impact leaders and organizations making a difference.
Our theme this year, "Speaking Truth To Power: How To Be Values-Driven In Your Purpose And Be BOLD" will be held at the Skirball Cultural Center where the limited time exhibition "Notorious RGB: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg" is currently being shown.
Late Registration begins 1/16/19. Student / Young Professional and Group discount rates (>10 registrants) are now available. To request for group registration, email us >>
Our theme this year, "Speaking Truth To Power: How To Be Values-Driven In Your Purpose And Be BOLD" will be held at the Skirball Cultural Center where the limited time exhibition "Notorious RGB: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg" is currently being shown.
Late Registration begins 1/16/19. Student / Young Professional and Group discount rates (>10 registrants) are now available. To request for group registration, email us >>
Our Finalists
Impact of the Year (Presented by Net Impact Los Angeles)
Social Enterprise of the Year (Presented by Social Enterprise Alliance Los Angeles)
MakeChange of the Year (Presented by HappyCity Los Angeles)
Conscious Leadership of the Year (Presented by Conscious Capitalism Los Angeles)
Innovation of the Year (Presented by Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce)
People's Choice of the Year (Presented by Green Business Networking)
Our Speakers
Opening Keynote Speaker
Paul Yoo CEO, This Bar Saves Lives Paul Yoo grew up in Bolivia, where he first cultivated the desire to help children with public health and education. He went on to become an Intelligence Officer, a Strategy Consultant at McKinsey, and the Head of Business Development for The Honest Company before joining This Bar Saves Lives as CEO. He earned his BA from Stanford with top honors in Political Science in International Security and his JD from Harvard Law School. |
Closing Keynote Speaker
Beth Doane Managing Partner, Main & Rose Beth is an entrepreneur, journalist, and author, named by Inc Magazine as one of the top branding experts in the world. As managing partner of Main & Rose, an award-winning, female-led strategic branding agency with a focus on social impact, she advises top Fortune 500 companies, celebrities, non-profits, and executives. She has spoken about shifting media and philanthropy landscapes to audiences at Google, Harvard, Capitol Hill and more. |
Special Guest Speaker
Sashee Chandran
Founder & CEO, Tea Drops
Sashee Chandran is Founder and CEO at Tea Drops. Tea Drops is a California based, innovative tea company, manufacturing organic, dissolvable teas. Before founding Tea Drops, she worked in Silicon Valley leading digital marketing and marketing research campaigns for Fortune 100 brands. Tea Drops has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Oprah Magazine. Tea Drops is proud to be a woman and minority-owned company.
Sashee Chandran
Founder & CEO, Tea Drops
Sashee Chandran is Founder and CEO at Tea Drops. Tea Drops is a California based, innovative tea company, manufacturing organic, dissolvable teas. Before founding Tea Drops, she worked in Silicon Valley leading digital marketing and marketing research campaigns for Fortune 100 brands. Tea Drops has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Oprah Magazine. Tea Drops is proud to be a woman and minority-owned company.
Our Entertainment Guest
Chris Lyric
OUTCAST Entertainment
Chris Lyric is a singer-songwriter-producer from Chicago, IL. He's been featured on Comedy Central, he's graced the stage of Carnegie Hall, has performed for Chris Tucker, Bobby Brown, Lela Hathaway, Jesse Jackson Sr, LA Marathon, as well as being featured on a live concert broadcasted across; Japan, Europe, and the UK. Now Chris Lyric has founded Outcast Entertainment to be a beacon for the independent artist and a support system for youth in arts.
OUTCAST Entertainment
Chris Lyric is a singer-songwriter-producer from Chicago, IL. He's been featured on Comedy Central, he's graced the stage of Carnegie Hall, has performed for Chris Tucker, Bobby Brown, Lela Hathaway, Jesse Jackson Sr, LA Marathon, as well as being featured on a live concert broadcasted across; Japan, Europe, and the UK. Now Chris Lyric has founded Outcast Entertainment to be a beacon for the independent artist and a support system for youth in arts.
Our EmCee
EmCee
Baily Hancock
Collaboration Consultant, Baily Hancock
Baily Hancock is a Collaboration Consultant, Speaker, and Podcast Host who helps entrepreneurs gain credibility through collaboration and grow their business with partnerships. A natural-born connector and professional friend-maker, Baily has spent her life expanding and nurturing her network, priding herself on being only a few degrees of separation from just about anyone (including Kevin Bacon.)
Baily Hancock
Collaboration Consultant, Baily Hancock
Baily Hancock is a Collaboration Consultant, Speaker, and Podcast Host who helps entrepreneurs gain credibility through collaboration and grow their business with partnerships. A natural-born connector and professional friend-maker, Baily has spent her life expanding and nurturing her network, priding herself on being only a few degrees of separation from just about anyone (including Kevin Bacon.)
What Did You Do To MakeChange Today?
Recently we interviewed the 2018 honorees from the 3rd Annual MakeChange Awards ceremony. We loved their answers! Check out the article authored by our friends at Momentum Solutions!
People's Choice Of The Year
Voting is now CLOSED.
Voting Begins:
Friday, December 7 (12:00 PM PST)
Voting Ends:
Friday, December 14 (12:00 PM PST)
How do I vote for the People's Choice?
There is one (1) voting method to participate in this People's Choice: Twitter account holders may participate by posting, from their Twitter account ("Twitter ID"), a Twitter Message (a tweet) with the assigned hashtag corresponding to ONE of the organizations/companies they want to vote for. Retweets will be counted as a valid vote as long as you do not add a comment, which makes it a 'quote' not a 'retweet', and a 'quote' will not count as a valid vote.
Hashtags consist of #Vote plus the name of the company/organization, all as one word.
For more information on FAQs, click here >>
Voting Begins:
Friday, December 7 (12:00 PM PST)
Voting Ends:
Friday, December 14 (12:00 PM PST)
How do I vote for the People's Choice?
There is one (1) voting method to participate in this People's Choice: Twitter account holders may participate by posting, from their Twitter account ("Twitter ID"), a Twitter Message (a tweet) with the assigned hashtag corresponding to ONE of the organizations/companies they want to vote for. Retweets will be counted as a valid vote as long as you do not add a comment, which makes it a 'quote' not a 'retweet', and a 'quote' will not count as a valid vote.
Hashtags consist of #Vote plus the name of the company/organization, all as one word.
For more information on FAQs, click here >>
Award Categories
Nominations are now CLOSED.
Conscious Leadership Of The Year |
Social Enterprise Of The Year |
People's Choice Of The Year |
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This category recognizes businesses that engage in and support conscious leadership within their companies. They understand that the leader's role is to serve the purpose of the organization, to support the people within the organization and to create value for the all of the organization’s stakeholders. They cultivate a culture of trust and care, focusing on “we” rather than “me."
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This category recognizes enterprises that exist to address a social or environmental need, reinvesting profit or surplus from trade to achieve its social mission and those achieving the greatest impact while demonstrating excellence in all aspects of enterprise.
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This category recognizes the highest voted enterprise using one (1) voting method to participate via Twitter. Account holders may participate by posting, from their Twitter account ("Twitter ID"), a Twitter Message (a tweet) with the assigned hashtag corresponding to ONE of the nominees they want to vote for.
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MakeChange Of The Year |
Impact Of The Year |
Innovation Of The Year |
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This category recognizes enterprises that are drivers of a movement of people using business to elevate humanity. They consider the impact of their decisions based on their stakeholders, social responsibility, governance, worker well-being, and business model.
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This category recognizes enterprises addressing social challenges and those that best demonstrate the improvement made to the communities in which they operate. The organizations that have evidence of where they have embedded its principles into its objectives and achieved a positive and lasting social impact through partnerships, investments, probono work, and/or employee led initiatives will be recognized.
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This category recognizes all forms of successfully applied innovation, from new products and services to a culture of improvement, and celebrates the ideas that have had the greatest impact on an organization or industry. Organizations will be recognized for their demonstrated innovation and how that has developed and applied to improve its performance, operational effectiveness or customer engagement.
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