About Us:
Our New Brand
Our New Brand
We believe that....
Community can change the world.
The first Summit company to be launched in 2007/8 was?
Summit Series, an events company that started with a ski trip to Utah
Describe 2 attributes that define Summit Fellows
1. Innovative Approach
2. Tipping Point/Ready to Scale
3. Social mission-focused
4. Proven track record
The Impact Lab we are about to launch is____. The focus more specifically is ______ and our main partner is ______
Flamingo
Our Mission is...
To steward resources and relationships for global change leaders, so that together we can create a regenerative and equitable future.
Summit Impact was launched on this date
Aug 18, 2020
Name our four current Fellows and what they do (1 sentence each)
Artie Gonzales - changing hearts and minds through his storytelling platform, Lessons from a Lifer
Cristine DeBerry - supporting progressive leaders and public education about justice through her organization, the Prosecutors Alliance
Pete White - working on decriminalizing poverty by providing housing solutions through EcoHood, within LA CAN
Mike de la Rocha - working on Homes Not Prisons campaign with his organization, Revolve Impact
Name the 4 Program Elements within an Impact Lab
1. Events and Gatherings
2. Ongoing curated connections
3. Quarterly Projects
4. Monthly Check Ins
Manifesting, generating, there's nothing she can't do.
Jamelia
Complete this phrase:Make No Small Plans, Take Action,
Live Your Biggest Impact
Shira's prior role at Summit was _______. She was inspired to launch Summit Impact because ________
Director of Programming
Because over the years she became passionate about creating amazing social impact focused sessions like mainstage talks on Criminal Justice with Harry Belafonte, John Legend, and Bryan Stevenson, or talks on climate change with Al Gore and Jayden Smith, but after building so much engagement at the events, she kept asking What Now? How can we take advantage of the energy and creativity of the Summit community, and convert it to year-round action?
The first Summit Fellowship Program was launched by _____ in the year ____ with a cohort of ___ Fellows
Gabe; 2018; 40
(20 of whom became senior fellows in the 2019 cohort of 81)
Community members can get involved in Impact Labs through...
1. Join mailing list for specific lab to receive regular updates
2. You can attend events that feature Fellows, showcase the lab's work, and have embedded community calls to action
3. We'll tag you into curated teams when your expertise is a match for quarterly projects
If you do this with every call, you will be in Shira's good books for life.
Create and share an agenda, ideally with time stamps, ideally with an external version pasted in the cal invite and then also dropped in the chat.
Cultivate Innovative Leadership
Curate Trusted Connections
Orchestrate Collaboration
We chose to do our first lab on the topic of Criminal Justice because______. And this is how we will choose our next set of labs in the years ahead.
1. Opportunistic donor interest combined with extensive Summit history of featuring criminal justice through programming, volunteer experiences, jail and prison visits, and strong community leaders.
2. A combination of opportunities to partner with values-aligned funders and to activate around the topics most important to the summit community like environment and mental health
Name 3 Fellows from our 81-Fellow 2019 Cohort and 1 sentence on what they do
Jordan - LGBTQ via VideoOut
Merideth - homelessness via Caridad
Alex - empowering young people via Ones Up
Define the five structural elements of an Impact Lab:
1. Focused Topic
2. Cohort of 6-8 Fellows
3. Leadership Council of 8-10 Supporters
4. Network of Community Activators
5. Year-round Program
It might just be her favorite thing in the world, but this word lost Shira her pride in a competitive setting.
Ocean
Name four members of our board of directors
Christina Sass, Jeff Rosenthal, Greg Hoffman, Arlan Hamilton, Heather Hartnett, Hank Willis Thomas, Cristiana Falcone, Chante Harris
Name 2 Summit Impact speakers who have guided our thinking as a community, and why.
Examples:
Eric Berlow - complexity scientist who taught us the significance of visualizing entire fields and creating opportunities for collaboration
Rebecca Walker & Lily Diamond - taught us the power of storytelling in community context, and how our stories connect us through shared, universal experiences as the root of our identities
Name 3 ways we have evolved our Fellowship program when converting to Impact Labs, based on community feedback and our new vision
1. Topic-focused cohorts
2. Regular Check Ins with every Fellow to provide accountability & progress tracking (as opposed to mentor responsibility)
3. Concrete objectives and quarterly projects
The first Summit Impact Lab is____. The three overarching goals of the lab are______
The Criminal Justice Lab
1. Shift narratives
2. Support progressive leadership
3. Bring innovative solutions to life
These two unsung heroes with obnoxiously similar names were the backbone of Summit's programming from the past six years and two of the most influential creators of social impact at Summit.
Cat Levin and Cari Levison