SELECTED VIDEOS AND TESTIMONIALS

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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2023

• November 7, 2023 (author talk): Ending Homelessness in America, at the Commonwealth Club (San Francisco)

• September 8, 2023 (panel): Putting It Into Practice: Innovative Strategies for Tackling Homelessness and Poverty, at the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy Annual Conference and Alumni Gathering (Berkeley, CA)

• July 15, 2023 (panel): Panel on Guaranteed Basic Income / Homelessness, at the Presidential Leadership Scholars West Coast alumni gathering (San Francisco, CA)

• April 10, 2023 (guest speaker): My Journey as a Social Entrepreneur, at Stanford Graduate School of Business’ Social Innovation Practicum (Stanford, CA)

• April 6, 2023 (lecture): How Students Can Help End Homelessness, at Encinal Junior & Senior High School (Alameda, CA)

• January 30, 2023 (lecture): My Journey as a Social Entrepreneur Tackling Homelessness, at UC Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

2022

• November 17, 2022 (talk): Miracle Messages, at the Leadership SF session on inequality. (San Francisco, CA)

• November 17, 2022 (talk): How Nonprofits and Business Districts Can Help End Homelessness, at the Downtown SF Partnership Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA)

• October 30, 2022 (keynote): Rotary helped end polio. We can help end homelessness, too, at the Rotary International District 5160 Conference (Monterey, CA)

• October 18, 2022 (talk): Innovation in Ending Homelessness, at ADE Implementer’s Day at Olin College (digital)

• October 11, 2022 (talk): Miracle Messages, at the UNITE! event by Full Circle Fund (San Francisco, CA)

• April 19, 2022 (keynote): “Rotary helped end polio. We can help end homelessness, too” at the Super 680 6-Club Rotary Dinner (San Ramon, CA)

• April 12, 2022 (talk): Community Spotlight: Miracle Money, at the Guaranteed Income Community of Practice (digital)

• April 4, 2022 (lecture): My Journey as a Social Entrepreneur Tackling Homelessness, at UC Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

• March 15, 2022 (lecture): Tackling homelessness through innovation, at Sonoma State University (digital)

• February 19, 2022 (talk): What happened when a nonprofit started giving unhoused individuals a guaranteed income of $500 a month?, at BBYO’s 98th International Convention (Baltimore, MD)

2021

• December 13, 2021 (panel moderator): A Data- and Human-Centered Conversation on Addressing Homelessness, at the TOP Summit by the United States Census Bureau (digital)

• November 16, 2021 (talk): Mapping Miracle Messages’ Impact Across the United States, at Mapbox (digital)

• November 2, 2021 (panel): The What and Why of Basic Income Pilots, at the Strategies to Advance Economic Inclusion by the SF Human Rights Commission (San Francisco, CA)

• October 27, 2021 (lecture): Unleashing (and Finding) Your Inner Activist, at UC Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

• September 25, 2021 (opening speaker) at the Basic Income March, headlined by Andrew Yang (Mountain View, CA)

• September 20, 2021 (panel moderator): Impact Campaign: Homelessness Round Table, at Lemonade (digital)

• August 30, 2021 (talk): Steps Everyone Can Take to End Homelessness, at the Commonwealth Club (San Francisco)

• August 14, 2021 (talk): Relational Poverty is Poverty: Living the Gospel Through Relationships, at Passion Talks (digital)

• August 5, 2021 (panel): Homelessness in SF: Fight Relational Poverty with Miracle Messages, at TogetherSF (digital)

• July 26, 2021 (panel): Families & Homelessness, at Bombas (digital)

• May 21, 2021 (talk): On Innovation, at the DePaul University Business Council on Homelessness (digital)

• May 20, 2021 (closing plenary): “Innovative uses of tech to tackle homelessness,” at Homeless Link (digital)

• April 20, 2021 (panel): Enhancing Housing First Through Social Capital, at HF Partners Conference (digital)

• April 16, 2021 (talk): How Tech + Humanity Can Help End Homelessness, at TEDxFoggyBottom (digital)

• April 10, 2021 (talk): How to be compassion on the streets, at RUBI__GLOW at Mt. Rubidoux SDA (digital)

• March 29, 2021 (lecture): My unlikely path to activism, at UC Berkeley (digital)

• March 25, 2021 (fireside chat): Love thy neighbor, at FaithTech Silicon Valley March Meetup (digital)

• March 22, 2021 (talk): Relational poverty, homelessness, and you, at Discovery Church (CO) (digital)

2020

• December 8, 2020 (talk): Ending Relational Poverty on the Streets, at the SF Human Rights Commission

• November 18, 2020 (panel): Homelessness in 2020, at Unsheltered In Place by Generosity NYC (digital)

• October 29, 2020 (lecture): Homelessness in California, at the University of Southern California (digital)

• October 17, 2020 (panel): Homelessness in SF, at World Economic Forum YGL/GS symposium (digital)

• September 25, 2020 (talk): Homelessness: Before, During, and After COVID-19, at Dialpad (digital)

• September 25, 2020 (talk): Homelessness and COVID-19, at the Presidential Leadership Scholars (digital)

• September 12, 2020 (talk): Is Homelessness Solvable?, at CARE24.Global (digital)

• August 4, 2020 (talk): Miracle Friends, at the Rotary Club of Livermore Valley (digital)

• May 22, 2020 (talk): My story, at Humanity’s Team (digital)

• May 22, 2020 (talk): On humanity, at the Knight Hennessy Scholars Program at Stanford University (digital)

• May 3, 2020 (sermon): Be a Seeker, Not Ashamed, at St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, Pleasanton, CA (digital)

• April 30, 2020 (talk): Miracle Messages, at the Rotary Club of San Ramon (digital)

• March 30, 2020 (lecture): My unlikely path to activism, at UC Berkeley (digital)

• February 28, 2020 (sermon): The Great Commandment: A Field Guide, at William Jessup Univ (Rocklin, CA)

• January 16, 2020 (talk): Miracle Messages, at the Dept. of Health Services Learning Collab. (Los Angeles, CA)

2019

• November 21, 2019 (keynote): Bringing Home the Homeless, at Metro Ministries (Corpus Christi, TX)

• October 9, 2019 (talk): My Journey of Faith, at the New Canaan Society - East Bay (Diablo, CA)

• October 1, 2019 (talk): Miracle Messages, at the Danville Sycamore Valley Rotary Club (Danville, CA)

• August 13, 2019 (keynote): Rebuilding the Social Home, at the AASC annual conference (Denver, CO)

• July 16, 2019 (talk): Breaking down invisible walls, with technology and humanity, at Munch Tech (Germany)

• July 13, 2019 (interview): Rebuilding Social Support Systems for the Homeless, at Awakin Calls (digital)

• July 11, 2019 (keynote): Tech for good: reuniting loved ones, at 1E9 the_conference (Munich, Germany)

• June 27, 2019 (talk): Who is my family?, at the Presidential Leadership Scholars graduation (Dallas, TX)

• April 18, 2019 (talk): Using tech to tackle homelessness, at Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA)

• April 17, 2019 (lecture): My unlikely path to activism, at UC Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

• April 16, 2019 (lecture): My unlikely path to activism, at Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)

• April 10, 2019 (panel): Social entrepreneurship, at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business (Berkeley, CA)

• March 8-17, 2019 (panel): Technology to Support Homeless Residents, at South by Southwest (Austin, TX)

• February 22, 2019 (panel): The Family Option?, at the NAEH National Conference (San Diego, CA)

• January 29, 2019 (panel): Entrepreneurship + Faith, with 4Word and NCS at Trulia, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)

2018

• December 11, 2018 (talk): Miracle Messages and CSR, at NextDoor (San Francisco, CA)

• December 7, 2018 (keynote): Being Human, at Conference Board’s Innovation Master Class (Xerox PARC)

• November 29, 2018 (talk): Miracle Messages, at Unilever/Edelman (New York City, NY)

• November 28, 2018 (talk): Miracle Messages, at Zumper (San Francisco, CA)

• October 12, 2018 (talk): TBD, at Alternative Dispute Resolution X by PCRC (Belmont, CA)

• August 8, 2018 (talk): A humane (and effective) approach to ending homelessness, USICH (Washington, DC)

• July 12, 2018 (talk): Using Human-Centered Design to End Homelessness, Capital One (San Francisco, CA)

• July 5, 2018 (talk): Ending homelessness, US Dept Housing & Urban Development (Washington, DC)

• June 27, 2018 (talk): Social Capital / Homelessness, US Dept Health & Human Services (Washington, DC)

• June 22, 2018 (panel): Homelessness in LA, with Deputy Mayor Shockley, at Occidental (Los Angeles, CA)

• May 4, 2018 (talk): On God and working with the homeless, at New Canaan Society (Menlo Park, CA)

• May 9, 2018 (workshop): Love and Perception, at Opportunity Collaboration - USA (Port St. Lucie, FL)

• April 12, 2018 (talk): How we might use blockchain for ending homelessness, at ConsenSys (virtual)

• March 27, 2018 (talk): #ChangeAgent – using technology for social good, at Twitter (San Francisco)

• March 20, 2018 (talk): Homelessness: What can we do?, at One Salon (San Francisco)

• March 4, 2018 (talk): Hacking Homelessness, at Democratizing Democracy virtual conference (virtual)

• February 12, 2018 (talk): My unlikely path to activism, guest lecture at UC Berkeley Haas (Berkeley, CA)

• February 6, 2018 (talk): How a bit of technology can change the world, at Barnabas (Danville, CA)

• January 26, 2018 (talk): Together in Faith, at the Southern Alameda Deanery (Healdsburg, CA)

• January 25, 2018 (talk): Want to end homelessness? End relational poverty, at Public Press (San Francisco)

• January 19, 2018 (talk): Reconnecting the displaced through social media, at Silicon Slopes (Salt Lake City)

• January 11, 2018 (talk): On God and working with the homeless, at New Canaan Society (San Francisco)

2017

• December 5, 2017 (talk): Miracle Messages, at Google (San Francisco)

• November 8, 2017 (talk): My unlikely path to activism, guest lecture at UC Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

• November 7, 2017 (talk): How to end homelessness, at the Rotary Club of Livermore Valley (Livermore, CA)

• October 5, 2017 (talk): How would Jesus use a smartphone?, at LIFT Ministries (Redwood City, CA)

• July 2, 2017 (sermon): How would Jesus use a smartphone?, at Canvas Church (San Francisco)

• May 30, 2017 (keynote): Make something people need, at DAHO.AM tech conference by Stylight (Munich)

• May 1, 2017 (talk): Miracle Messages, at ShelterTech (San Francisco)

• April 8, 2017 (keynote): How would Jesus use a smartphone?, at the Public Affairs Conference (Elsah, IL)

• April 2, 2017 (talk): The Miracle of a Story, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church (San Francisco)

• March 23, 2017 (panel): Homelessness in San Francisco, at the SF Friends School (San Francisco)

• March 2, 2017 (talk): How to use social media for social good, at The Conference Board (Washington, D.C.)

• February 22, 2017 (talk): How I found my passion and how you can too, at F***Up Night (San Francisco)

• January 17, 2017 (talk): Don't be a stranger, TED Talk at A Taste of TED, at TED (New York City)

• January 15, 2017 (talk): Learn to create miracles, featured talk at Peace Accelerators (New York City)

2016

• December 13, 2016 (talk): Don't be a stranger, TED Talk at TED (New York City)

• November 6, 2016 (panel): Roughly Speaking post-performance panel, at Tada Theater (New York City)

• July 1, 2016 (talk): End Homelessness w/ Technology?, at Singularity University GSP16 (NASA Ames)

• February 24, 2016 (talk): Miracle Messages, at the Rotary Club of SF Evening (San Francisco)

• January 28, 2016 (talk): Miracle Messages, at Shaping Davos (1/3 selected) at the d.school (Stanford, CA)

• January 13, 2016 (talk): Miracle Messages, at the Rotary Club of SF Chinatown (San Francisco)

• January 2, 2016 (talk): Miracle Messages, at the Saint Francis Homelessness Challenge (San Francisco)

2015

• December 8, 2015 (talk): Miracle Messages, at the Rotary Club in the Castro (San Francisco)

• November 15, 2015 (sermon): Miracle Messages in South Florida, at First Presbyterian (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)

• September 23, 2015 (panel): Kiva Bay Area Panel on Homelessness (San Francisco)

• June 7, 2015 (sermon): Walk with Jesus with your smartphone, at St. Clare's Church (Pleasanton, CA)

• May 28, 2015 (panel): Climate Reality Leadership Corps, at Orrick (San Francisco)

• May 20, 2015 (talk): What We Learned From Our Crowdfunding Campaign, at Indiegogo (San Francisco)

• May 9, 2015 (talk + reading): 500-Year Flood book talk, at New Bo Books Library (Cedar Rapids, IA)

• May 7, 2015 (panel): A Community Forum on Social Capital, with The Gazette & KCRG (Cedar Rapids, IA)

• May 7, 2015 (reading): 500-Year Flood book reading, with The Gazette & KCRG (Cedar Rapids, IA)

• May 2, 2015 (talk): 500-Year Flood book talk, at the Cornell College Library (Mt. Vernon, IA)

• April 30, 2015 (workshop): Sharing your story as a nonprofit, with Pathways to Housing PA (Philadelphia, PA)