Saturday 11/12

Kevin Danaher
Global Exchange
Green Festival

Tex Dworkin
Global Exchange

10:30 AM
A Map For Developing Your Green Career

Kevin Danaher and Tex Dworkin

As natural resources get depleted, the most rewarding careers will be those that make more money by saving nature than by destroying it. Are you searching for your dream green job, but unsure what you're searching for? Come hear the facts of the green economy and be led through a hands-on exercise that will help guide you to a fulfilling vocation.

San Francisco Green Drinks
The Green Jobs Network
San Francisco Eco Tuesday

11:30 AM
Bay Area Green Networking Session

Join us as we bring together sustainable thinkers and leaders at the Green Festival's Bay Area Green Networking Session! Meet people from all around the San Francisco Bay Area who are bringing green into their careers and business.

Graciela Tiscareño-Sato Gracefully Global Group, LLC

1:00 PM
Entrepreneurial Successes in the Green Economy: Role Models and Innovations from the Latino Community

Graciela Tiscareño-Sato

See who is creating real innovation and new green careers. This session is for anyone interested in how green companies and organizations are created by courageous change agents, with actionable inspiration to create your own company.

Joey Shepp
Earthsite

2:00 PM
Social Media for Good

Social Media principles align perfectly with Sustainable Business principles. In this presentation, learn an overview of social media marketing strategy, how it is changing the game of marketing and how Sustainable Business is perfectly positioned to take advantage of this disruptive technology.

Green America's
Green Business Network: Maren Maier,
Director, Standards and
Seal of Approval

3:00 pm
GreenGain: A Green Business Certification and More!

Maren Maier

Are you GOLD, SILVER, or BRONZE? Join Maren Maier for insights into GreenGain, a new tiered certification assessment and online learning tool for businesses, developed from Green America’s 28 years of experience. It also serves as the sustainability officer you never hired with hundreds of green projects included!

Bill Peterson
New Resource Bank

4:00 pm
Making Your Green Business Bankable: The Bulletproof Loan Request

Bill Peterson

Green business entrepreneurs face a multitude of challenges transforming their vision into reality, not the least of which is the ability to obtain bank debt. Why is getting a loan nearly impossible? How can I make my loan request bulletproof? Bill Peterson will walk you to the other side of the desk and discuss the key ingredients of a successful financing proposal.

 
David Barrett
AudioAcrobat®

5:00 PM
The Green Media Way: Grow Visibility & Leads Using Audio & Video

David Barrett

Learn how to harness the power of web-based tools and social media to increase brand-awareness, cultivate organic discussion and excite newcomers. Barrett will share  his knowledge derived from his experience in working with AudioAcrobat®, a web-based audio/video/podcasting solution providing streaming/downloadable content to the world since 2004, which will focus on creating high quality audio/video content, making sure your message is reaching the right audience, and how to nurture the online relationships which naturally ‘sprout up’ along the way.

Sunday 11/13

10:30 AM
Women in Green Careers: Tips from Trailblazers

Jeanine Cotter, Yvette Ervin, Bernee Lee, Marianela Mendoza, Yin L. Yin

Women are playing a vital role in the rapidly expanding green economy. From entrepreneurs and designers to policy experts and clean energy professionals, women are doing it all. Come learn from their stories.

1:00 PM
Green Policy in California and Its Effects on Local Business

Green Chamber of Commerce: Moderator Risa De Ferrari; Panelists: Dermot Hikisch and Simon Mui

California has always been a leader in environmental policy. This panel will discuss how California’s legislature is shaping environmental policies and how they will affect the business landscape and the nation. Some of the topics to be covered will include: San Francisco's Yellow Page Ordinance, CA Clean Car Campaign and B Corp Legislation.

Esther Park
RSF Social Finance 

2:00 PM
Tapping into Mission Driven Capital

Join us as Esther Park, Director of Lending at RSF Social Finance chats with a values-inspired investor and a high impact social entrepreneur. Discover why and how they choose to invest in businesses. The panel will examine how to foster community, enliven the spirit, and further personal mission though financial investments.

Jason Li
iReTron

3:00 PM
The Youth Revolution: Saving the Planet Through Business

Jason Li

Come and get inspired. High school sophomore Jason Li is the new face of eco-prenuer success. Sparked by an economics teacher, he co-founded iReTron.com. Learn how he has turned a passion for the environment into a business model.

Leonard Adler
Green Jobs Network

4:00 PM
Tips for Your Green Job Search

Leonard Adler

This session will provide practical tips for job seekers who are interested in finding jobs related to social or environmental responsibility. Areas covered will include using specialty job boards, tapping into the "hidden green job market" and identifying sources of future green jobs.