So What The Heck is This Thing? 🤔

ImpactUp is a quarterly gathering powered by the We Are For Good Community of changemakers.

Here, we believe Community is Everything. And, through the power of collective, we fundamentally shift the sector - for good. So ImpactUp was designed to do just that.

By day, ImpactUp is a virtual experience for changemakers to gather for big idea-sharing, inspiration + One Good Thing case studies + stories. We gather virtually to listen, learn, share + begin to shift.

By night, the We Are For Good Community organizes local ImpactUp meetups in cities across the US + the world to activate around the day’s conversations. We’re moving from conversation to activation - together. 

Some core tenets:
✅ one day.
✅ one theme.
✅ one bigger convo. 
✅ to activate the one.
✅ building an Impact Uprising.

Did we mention it’s FREE? Accessibility + belonging FTW 🙌

What’s the Goal / Focus? 🔍

Each ImpactUp gathering focuses on one day of conversations + convening curated around ONE topic that’s shifting the needle toward change - activated at the grassroots level. 

October’s Theme: PAUSE (see the lineup here!)

• Aligned with World Mental Health Day, ImpactUp is gathering for a collective pause to reflect + recalibrate. It’s a place to talk openly about our mental health as nonprofit + social impact leaders. And in the power of community - to lean into change, together.

• To share practical ways to combat our burnout, manage overwhelm + inspire new, sustainable pathways as whole leaders.

• To get re-connected + re-energized + re-centered.

• To learn + practice the integration of mindful practices into our everyday by grounding + centering our values into our work.

You Mentioned Local Meetups - connect me 👫

Local gatherings are popping up all the time over here. Check out our Local Meetups page, and find one near you.

No Local Meetup near you? Join us at the Virtual Meetup or we’d love it if you are interested in hosting one in your area. Nothing fancy - just grab a restaurant or coffee shop table, invite a few friends, and we’ll give you a playbook to continue conversations. Our hosts add their own local flavor to make each gathering unique - while centering our shared values. Where two are gathered - we can start a conversation of intention. Let’s go!

How Can I Get Involved 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

Aww, super kind of you. Lots of options to lean in!

1. Register for the daytime virtual event! (did we mention enough that it’s free?)

2. Find a local meetup to join that evening. 

3. Invite a friend! Movements are powered best when one trusted friend invites another in. This is how the ripple spreads.

4. Want to go all-in on community together? We’d love for you join us as an Impact Uprising member. (join a value-aligned community of changemakers who learn + grow + connect in community all the time, and get all-access to each season’s ImpactUp + We Are For Good content + so much more!)

Is this another basic nonprofit conference? 

Nothing hashtag basic about this gathering.

This is a different kind of professional development experience:

• one track for all attendees / less overwhelm

• content + experience centering taking care of the whole human in this work - not just the work itself (deep breaths welcomed!)

• all speakers are PAID for their time + expertise!

• conversations, content + convening are curated around one guided topic to inspire collective action

• virtual + local community building all powered by boots-on-the-ground believers - to build an Impact Uprising.

What to Expect

• 🥹Damn inspiring keynotes

• 💪The State of Impact Uprising with Jon + Becky, We Are For Good Co-founders 

• 🔧Tools + Case Studies + Activation Playbook

• 🤩Panel Discussions from deeply good humans

• 🧘Convos + Exercises to support your wellness + well-being

• 👫Evening community meet-up with local friends 

• 👕🧢Swag for dayyyyzzzz

• 🫶Belonging, safety, help, support, levity, JOY 

Beyond the Gathering

ImpactUp isn’t a one-and-done event. In fact, we host these gatherings each season (aka quarter!) on the second or third Thursday of the month (expected schedule: July 11, 2024 /Oct 10, 2024 /Jan 2025 /Apr 2025) and hyperfocus on moving the needle on one particular issue in the sector- all with community voice baked into its core. Follow us on your social channels (our faves are LinkedIn + Instagram!) or join our FREE Community to stay in the know.

Wrap it Up with a Bow, Please ⏳

ImpactUp is a social uprising aimed to engage every person in the generative act of philanthropy + generosity.

We believe this movement’s conversations and collective action can lead to evolution + growth + expansion + healing + sunsetting old beliefs + discovery of new ideas + embracing risk and innovation concurrently + finding joy / fulfillment along the way.  

These stories are the ones the world needs to hear. 

We can’t wait to hear yours. 

Got More Questions? 

We’ve got ya, friend. Reach out to us here and we’ll get you sorted out (maybe even get you dang excited too!).