“Jean is one of these wonderful speakers, that when she speaks the room automatically quiets. You instantly feel her dedication, empathy, and deep knowledge on all things related to visionary impact. She presents groundbreaking, exciting ways and thoughts on how we can possibly make the world a better place.”
Ulrich Irgens, YPO
“Your presentation shed light on some of the critical issues that both funders and the scientific community are facing in their efforts to establish successful partnerships and collectives. It was evident from the discussion that there is no single solution, but rather multiple approaches that funders can adopt. I regret that our time was limited, as our members had numerous questions to ask.”
Elizabeth Weiss, Director of Philanthropic Advising, Science Philanthropy Alliance
“Thank you so much for the wonderful conversation on Saturday! The group kept coming back to insights you had shared – and the busting of the myth of the superhero provided a subject for great conversations.”
Janet Jobson, CEO of The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation
“Our members were so inspired and appreciative of your time, thoughtfulness, and big ideas! I believe the breakout had a capacity of 60, and we had over 130 in the room!”
David Dietz, Director of Impact Initiatives at NEXUS
“What a talk! Our audience absolutely loved it. It was the rarest combination of powerful storytelling and practical wisdom, expertly delivered with authenticity and grace. Thank you. Thank you.”
Susan David, PH.D. Psychologist & Cofounder, Institute of Coaching
“Thank you, Jean, for facilitating such an important discussion this morning. The opportunity to strengthen our impact through strategic partnerships and unlocking our collective intelligence as partners is inspiring…and we can do it. As leaders, we are accountable for driving sustainable change and you provided a constructive way to do this.”
Louise Eyres, Chief Marketing Officer of Vanguard Australia
“Your ability drawing on human connected tissue and communicating complex human interactions captivated our cohort and provided valuable knowledge and inspiration. The depth of your knowledge and the examples you shared added tremendous value to the session and left a lasting impact on our fellows.”
Roosevelt Giles, President & CEO, EndPoint Ventures, LLC
“Jean is an accessible, deeply knowledgeable and thoughtful speaker who provided powerful stories of relationships that have changed the world, weaving values of togetherness, partnership, collaboration and friendship as central tenets of this collective work.”
Aimée Christensen, Founder & Curator, Sun Valley Forum on Resilience and Founder & CEO, Christensen Global
“Thank you for sharing your time and insights with the Social Capital community. It is incredibly valuable to hear and learn from leaders in the field.
Alison Canavan, Social Capital Partnerships
Your panel was personally inspiring, and I hope we have the opportunity to cross paths again in the future.”
“Wow, Jean was so utterly inspiring – made me think about how I need to sustain and leverage my global connections and potential for partnerships – and how I can bring systems change thinking to my leadership at every opportunity.”
Global Leaders/Common Purpose attendees
“Time well spent. Looking forward to reading the book.”
The Governance Institute
“Powerful presentation, and very knowledgeable and compassionate presenter who inspires us to think, dream, partner to achieve something bigger. Well done!,”
The Governance Institute
“We cannot thank you enough for your contribution to Social Capital 2022. You were my MVP in most quotable. I closed out the conference quoting you saying “if you want to go fast and far, go together.” We’ve received so much positive feedback already about you.”
Paula Berezin, Social Capital Partnerships
“The way Jean was able to tie her work and research into what we are trying to accomplish in our community with Women’s Giving Fund was meaningful and inspired more than 20 attendees to donate to our cause and become a part of the community of women+ supporting one another in Park City.”
Rebecca Blanchette, Park City Community Foundation
“Thank you for sharing your thoughts and beautiful book. Love the words of wisdom about partnerships – shared passions and better together.”
The Governance Institute
“It was a terrific conversation and engaged the attendees really well. Fantastic.”
Kitty Northrop, Park City Community Foundation
“Jean has a quiet calm that is also a force. She led us through a journey that inspired our audience to consider what opportunities they had to build and deepen partnerships and got us curious to ask: ‘What opportunities are we leaving on the table that could be game changers?'”
Abby Schwalb, Vice President of Programs, Conscious Capitalism
“Our eyes were opened to the power each of us has to connect with others and create positive impact in the world.”
“We haven’t stopped talking about it.”
Alexandra and Karina of Meld Studios
