Keynote: 2025 Clarence B. Jones Impact Award Winner El Tímpano, a civic media organization created with and for immigrants who face systemic barriers to information, civic participation, and representation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In 2025, The Communications Network annual conference took place in Denver, Colorado. Relive the energy of ComNet25! ComNet — the annual conference of The Communications Network — is the premier global leadership gathering for foundations and nonprofit leaders committed to building a better world through the smart and deliberate use of strategic communications. Join 1,000 of your colleagues from influential and consequential organizations around the world to connect, learn, and share at ComNet26 San Diego, learn more and register here: https://www.comnet26sd.org/ See what else we're up to: https://www.comnetwork.org/

Keynote: Future Caucus and Diane Yentel, President and CEO of National Council of Nonprofit by The Communications Network

Keynote: Jonathan Capehart, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and Author Discussion moderated by Anusha Alikhan, Wikimedia Foundation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In 2025, The Communications Network annual conference took place in Denver, Colorado. Relive the energy of ComNet25! ComNet — the annual conference of The Communications Network — is the premier global leadership gathering for foundations and nonprofit leaders committed to building a better world through the smart and deliberate use of strategic communications. Join 1,000 of your colleagues from influential and consequential organizations around the world to connect, learn, and share at ComNet26 San Diego, learn more and register here: https://www.comnet26sd.org/ See what else we're up to: https://www.comnetwork.org/

Keynote: Meeting the Moment Join us for two TED-style talks that will explore perceptions, misconceptions, and how we build shared moments in today’s seemingly divisive times. You’ll hear from Stephen Hawkins, More in Common and Ashlin Malouf, Othering & Belonging Institute Kristen Mack, MacArthur Foundation, will kick things off. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In 2025, The Communications Network annual conference took place in Denver, Colorado. Relive the energy of ComNet25! ComNet — the annual conference of The Communications Network — is the premier global leadership gathering for foundations and nonprofit leaders committed to building a better world through the smart and deliberate use of strategic communications. Join 1,000 of your colleagues from influential and consequential organizations around the world to connect, learn, and share at ComNet26 San Diego, learn more and register here: https://www.comnet26sd.org/ See what else we're up to: https://www.comnetwork.org/

The California Endowment is the 2024 Clarence B. Jones Impact Award winner. Learn from their case study keynote. Sarah Reyes and Marisol Aviña present on The California Endowment’s #Health4All campaign, which created an inclusive health system that did not discriminate or exclude Californians based on immigration status.

Sree is an award-winning expert and scholar in digital communications and the CEO of Digimentors. He is the former Chief Digital Officer for New York City, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Columbia University. He explores the importance of attention, your digital and physical footprint, and the future of comms.

Ebony Reed is the Chief Strategy Officer of The Marshall Project, and coauthor of Fifteen Cents on the Dollar: How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap. She joins us to explore the power of unexpected connections, generosity, and gratitude. Lightning Leadership Speakers: Anusha Alikhan, Wikimedia Foundation Daphne Moore, Walton Family Foundation Latia Henderson, RootED Denver Eric Brown, Brownbridge Strategies NaTika Rowles, Black Community Fund

Jonah Berger is a Wharton School professor and internationally bestselling author of Magic Words, Contagious, Invisible Influence, and The Catalyst. He shares the power of language to influence and engage, the brain science behind understanding, and how communications and network building can help you achieve durable change.

LaTosha Brown, visionary thought leader, cultural activist and artist, connector and co-founder of Black Voters Matter, will share the value of organizing and communicating through relationships, the power of community building, the impact of deep listening, and strategies for bringing people together to deliver change.

Whistleblower Aid has been named the sixth winner of the Clarence B. Jones Impact Award, an honor from The Communications Network that recognizes and celebrates the impact of transformative communications campaigns in the social sector. They join Truth Initiative, Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, A Step Ahead Chattanooga, United We Dream, and Innocence Project as #JonesAward recipients for their work to empower whistleblowers and shift public narratives in favor of accountability.

Judy Belk and Richard Tate, the former and current CEOs of the California Wellness Foundation, are communicators whose careers have led them to the corner office. Each will make the case for communications as a leadership task and an indispensable tool for transformation. They will offer best practices for how to follow your values, integrate communications inside your organization, and describe why we must all dedicate ourselves to developing our communications chops to grow and tap into leadership skills.