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ComNet26 Keynote: Storytelling with National Geographic by The Communications Network

ComNet26 Keynote: The Power of Community by The Communications Network

ComNet26 Keynote: IllumiNative, 2026 Clarence B. Jones Impact Award Winner by The Communications Network

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.

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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

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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.

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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/

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.

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

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.