Accelerating Tech for Good and Women Leaders

Shannon Farley is cofounder and Executive Director of Fast Forward, the first accelerator exclusively for tech nonprofits. Shannon is an experienced social entrepreneur. She was the founding Executive Director of Spark, the world’s largest network of Millennial philanthropists. Spark has the distinction of being the only women’s organization in the world with 50% male members. Prior to joining Spark, Shannon co-founded The W. Haywood Burns Institute, a MacArthur Award-winning juvenile justice reform organization.

Shannon has been awarded the New Leader’s Council “Top 40 under 40 Award”, The Aspen Institute’s Ideas Scholar Fellowship, and The Women’s Funding Network’s Changing the Face of Philanthropy Award. Under her leadership, Spark won the 2010 Outstanding Foundation Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals and served in the Inaugural Congressional Conference on Philanthropy and Innovation.

Shannon holds a BA in American Studies from Georgetown University and an MS in Gender and Social Policy from the London School of Economics.

Videos
     

Talk Ideas




Fear-based Learning: A Guide to Social Entrepreneurship




New Rules: Advice I Wish I Heard at Women's Leadership Conferences




Philanthropy for Engineers




Software for Social Good: A look at new business models that can change the world

Past and Upcoming Gigs

Date:
March 2015

Center for Social Innovation

Stanford GSB
Date:
March 2015

Gathering of Leaders

New Profit
Date:
November 2014

Lean Launch Pad

UC Berkeley Haas
Date:
November 2014

Social Innovation Summit

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Date:
June 2014

Renaissance Weekend

Monterey
Date:
April 2014

Girls Who Tech Annual Conference

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