Cause San Diego

08/03/2023

24 hours left! Early bird pricing closes tomorrow!

Register for the 25th Annual Cause Conference at the link in our bio!

08/03/2023

Thank you to John Lee and for their support that allows us to bring our San Diego community together to inspire change. ⁣⁣
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Check out their new location in Scripps Ranch for your next meeting!

03/05/2023

Introducing our Founder, Parker Pike. 💛

In September of 1998 over 100 nonprofit leaders gathered in the training facility of the center.

The inspiration and need for the conference came out of frustration from corporate leaders such as from and . She met Parker Pike in early 1998 and expressed her company's concern that too many nonprofits did not know how to best present their story, their impact and their outcomes when presenting funding proposals.

The Cause Marketing Conference, with as the fiscal agent and engine that provided volunteers, marketing outreach and media connections.

In 2011 the event was renamed the Cause Conference to reflect a wider need in the social sector to go beyond just marketing best practices and embrace many other business management skills.

This also established that both nonprofits and for-profits are businesses, and the many topics presented at the conference applied to all organizations.

Fast forward to 2020, COVID-19 hit and the Cause Conference pivoted. The AMA gave Parker the rights to find a new host and fiscal agent for future Cause Conferences.

A few weeks later, and by good fortune, Parker attended the annual Partner event for SD Social Venture Partners and met Jennifer Barnes, CEO of . Jennifer also held a board position with the in San Diego which has just opened their event and networking space . Our local embraced the event to help companies learn more about social impact. Larry Kesslin, our Chief Connector, was the Partnership Ambassador for the BBB and knew a wide circle of executives and senior leaders in the region. A collaboration was born and new resources infused into the Cause Conference. The stage was set for building a new vision for the Cause Conference the coming year and future.

This became Cause San Diego.

During the past 24 years, over 7,200 executives have attended the Cause Conference and have been inspired by nearly 1,000 speakers.

Thanks to Parker, none of this would be possible! Thank you, Parker!

03/01/2023

A HUGE thank you to and our dear friend and Cause team volunteer and leader for our fantastic team bonding volunteer day last Friday.

Interfaith Community Services is a nonprofit based in San Diego, CA. Our organization provides food, housing, employment, treatment and other emergency resources for local people in crisis.

We had a great time making PB&Js and packing lunches. 🥜🍇

We are so impressed with your organization and all the great work you do!

Looking forward to our next team volunteer day event.

02/13/2023

If you are a purpose driven business leader, you won’t want to miss the Winter Social 4 Impact hosted by Cause San Diego. It doesn’t matter if you work for a for-profit, non-profit, social enterprise, the government or you are part of higher education, you’re welcome to join us!

Born out of the 25-year-old Cause Conference, Cause San Diego is a new social impact accelerator. In 2022 Cause San Diego hosted two collaborative events that brought together over 500 for-profit and nonprofit organizations, educators and government leaders to learn new insights and establish new partnerships to better tackle our region’s biggest issues.

As a continuation of our efforts, Cause San Diego is scheduled to host its first annual “Winter Social 4 Impact,” on March 7 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Junior Achievement of San Diego County, located at 4756 Mission Gorge Place in San Diego. Tickets are $39 and available for purchase here: https://lnkd.in/gNzSMeya

Net proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Cause San Diego Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships to college students who use their business and marketing skills to help nonprofits thrive.

Winter Social 4 Impact will be set in the simulated McGrath Family BizTown at the Capdevilla Gillespie Center for Junior Achievement facility, where students learn how to operate a city. Attendees will enjoy appetizers, drinks, networking and giving back. Get your tickets now!

Join me at the Winter Social 4 Impact