A Guide to Shift 2022 for B Corps
Join These Conversations for Positive Social and Environmental Impact
We are bringing back Shift again this year! We are grateful to B Lab U.S. & Canada for their continued partnership and to the Certified B Corporation community for being such an active part of the event. Over 500 members of the B Corp community were part of Shift 2021.
Shift 2022 will kick off with a series of free Shift Conversations sessions. B Corp leaders should consider joining the conversation happening on May 5: Why We Need to RESET Leadership to RESET Our Economic System. This session will be hosted by Imperative 21 and will feature leaders from B Lab U.S. & Canada and the B Team. Register to attend the conversation series here.
Each day of the Shift main event, set for May 18–20, will feature panels curated by Shift’s partner organizations, including Impact Entrepreneur, Zebras Unite, and B Lab U.S. & Canada. B Lab’s featured panel, Business for Good: Speaking Up For Systems Change, will take place on the third day of Shift 2022. Use the B Corp community discount code BCORP20 to save 20% on your main event ticket.
Continue reading to learn more about the themes and agenda for this year’s event.
Themes of Shift 2022
For Shift 2022 we want to build on the conversations we had last year and continue to hone in on specific ways we can respond to the needs of this moment in time. Content presented at Shift 2022 will focus on Leadership and Professional Development, Supporting Social Ventures and Organizations, and Supporting the Social Impact Ecosystem.
The themes for this year’s event are:
- Racial and Economic Justice
- Conscious Leadership
- Regenerative Business Models and Investing
- Equitable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
- For-Profit / Nonprofit Collaboration
- Community Ownership
Learn more about the themes here.
Shift 2022 Agenda — First 25 Sessions Announced!
We’ve curated a variety of sessions that are likely to be valuable for B Corp community members. Here is a day-by-day preview of the full agenda:
Day 1: Wednesday, May 18: Leadership and Culture
- Opening Keynote: Lynn Johnson from Hella Social Impact and Jorge Méndez from Seed Spot
- Featured Panel: Filling the Leadership Gap in the Impact Economy presented by Impact Entrepreneur
Panels
- Why Calm Companies are Better for Workers presented by Calm Company Fund
- From the Trenches: The Challenges and Triumphs of Cooperative Leadership presented by Start.coop
Workshops
- Being an Emotionally Healthy Leader presented by KOKORO
- Conscious Leadership: Leverage Your Purpose to Serve the World presented by Conscious Capitalism
- Networking for Racial Justice hosted by Hella Social Impact
Day 2: Thursday, May 19: Supporting Social Ventures
- Opening Keynote: Jessica Norwood from Runway and Randal Wyatt from Taking Ownership PDX
- Featured Panel: Shifting Capital to Shift Power: A Panel Discussion with the Members of the Inclusive Capital Collective presented by Zebras Unite
Panels
- The Marginalized Claiming Economic Power presented by Neighborhood Economics
- Creative Collaborations Between Impact Organizations presented by JB Media
- Getting Real About Community Ownership presented by The Center for Community Ownership
Workshops
- The Entrepreneur’s Dilemma: Pathways to Scale presented by Village Capital
- Unearth Regenerative Potential in Your Organization: A Collaborative Workshop presented by nRhythm and Buckminster Fuller Institute
- Scalability: Traction, Market Fits, and Bottlenecks presented by Seed Spot
Day 3: Friday, May 20: Supporting the Impact Ecosystem
- Opening Keynote: Melissa Bradley from 1863 Ventures and Tynesia Boyea-Robinson from CapEQ
- Featured Panel: Business for Good: Speaking Up For Systems Change presented by B Lab
Panels
- Modeling, Validating, and Valuing Your Impact presented by ImpactableX and 60 Decibels
- Regeneration: A Principle-Based Approach to Investment presented by nRhythm
- Using Disruption for Good? presented by JB Media and WeFunder
Workshops
- It’s Just Good Business: How to Respond to Customer Demand for Racial Equity presented by CapEQ
- A New Model to Increase Allocations to Emerging Diverse Managers — Shared Due Diligence presented by Impact Finance Center
- Impact + The Metaverse: Ethics and Techniques of Gamifying Global Goals presented by SVT Group
- Closing Networking Event
Register now to be part of these important conversations at Shift 2022.
B The Change gathers and shares the voices from within the movement of people using business as a force for good and the community of Certified B Corporations. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the nonprofit B Lab.
