EFG2025 Speaker Resources

Welcome to the EFG2025 Speaker Resource Hub!

We’re so excited to have you as part of our speaker lineup. This page is your one-stop shop for all the information and resources you need to prepare for a successful and engaging presentation at the Engage for Good Conference in front of 700+ diverse corporate social impact leaders.

HIGH-LEVEL TIMELINE

REGISTRATION

Use this link to register for the conference. If you’re eligible for a discount code, Meredith Lakis (meredith@engageforgood.com) sent it via email. Please contact her if you need her to resend it.

Our registration system requires each attendee to have an account. To check if you have an account in our system, enter your email address in the Existing Member portion of the form and click ‘Forgot Password.’ If you do NOT already have an account, you will need to create one as a new user.

Please Note: Each person has to register using their own username and password (including creating it if they don’t have one) or the person who wants to register them has to have the username and password of the person being registered.

If you have any registration issues, please email Linda Garcia.

Cost to Attend

Nonprofit Speakers: We’re thrilled to cover the registration cost for all access passes to speakers from nonprofit organizations.

Corporate Speakers: We offer a 50% discount to corporate speakers. The discounted price is $1,495 for an all-access pass, which is a $1,400 discount from our standard $2,895.*

CATS (Consultant, Agency, Tech Platform & Service Providers) Speakers: The cost of a conference pass, or all-access pass, at current pricing at the time that you register.*

*Corporate & CATS speakers are required to purchase a conference pass, even if they can only attend their speaking session. This ensures access to the venue, meals, and conference resources. We encourage you to attend the full conference to maximize networking and learning opportunities!

The all-access pass includes access to the Engage for Good Conference, Halo Awards Gala, a pre-conference session, and 2025 Main Stage Video Library Access

Conference Room Block

Please use this link to access the conference hotel room block and reserve your room. If you run into any issues, please let Linda Garcia know.

CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

At Engage for Good, we believe in collaborative content creation. As a speaker, you’ll partner with our team to develop a session that is engaging, informative, and aligned with the conference’s goals, conference track, and your expertise. Here’s what you can expect:

Initial Brainstorming: Once you’ve accepted your invitation, we’ll schedule a call to brainstorm ideas and discuss your session’s goals and key takeaways.
Content Outline: We’ll work together to create an outline of your session, ensuring a clear structure and logical flow.
Feedback & Refinement: You’ll turn that outline into a deck, and we’ll provide feedback and guidance throughout the content development process, helping you refine your message and ensure it resonates with our audience. This will also include group coaching from a professional speaking coach.
Final Deck Submission: You’ll submit your final presentation deck by March 25, 2025, allowing time for review, making any necessary adjustments, and final practice with your co-presenters.

Our goal is to support you in creating a presentation that showcases your expertise, inspires our audience, and contributes to the overall success of EFG2025!

SESSION OVERVIEW

We pride ourselves on being a conference that shares a treasure trove of strategies, frameworks, and actionable insights that attendees can immediately implement to achieve greater impact, and you are a vital part of making this a reality.

EFG attendees span different issues and cause areas–from hunger to DEI, animal rights to education, and everything in between–so we ask speakers to share learnings, frameworks, and key takeaways that can be applied to other organizations, regardless of cause area. A strong emphasis should be placed on your process–as opposed to just results–to demonstrate how others can replicate your success and learnings. With our theme being Partnerships for Collective Impact, we are especially interested in showcasing how cross-team and sector collaboration can lead to impactful outcomes.

*All sessions will include an EFG2025-branded slide deck.*

Breakout Sessions

This is an engaging 60-minute presentation with interactive elements that provide attendees with actionable insights and inspire them to implement new ideas. The 1-hour slot must include 15 minutes of Q&A.

We strongly advise that you include an interactive (show of hands, poll, etc.) or discussion component into your session, and we will be looking for directions for that activity in your presentation.

Keynote Sessions

Keynote sessions should be inspirational and provide inside knowledge, lessons learned, and/or timely data.

We will coordinate an on-site A/V run-through with you prior to your keynote address to ensure all looks as you expect and so that you may familiarize yourself with the set-up.

Pre-Conference Summits

You will work closely with us and fellow summit leaders to create content that blends well with the collegial nature of these gatherings.

Workshop Sessions

Workshop sessions should provide in-depth, hands-on learning with concrete takeaways for attendees. These highly interactive 90-minute sessions might include activities like group discussions, worksheet completion, or plan development.

PRESENTATIONS

Templates
The conference presentation template is available for download via Dropbox.

Submitting your Presentations
Presentations are due March 21. Please clearly name your presentation (Speaker/ Company – Session Title) and upload it to the “EFG2025 Speaker Decks” Dropbox folder.

Are You Planning To Use Video?
If you plan to use videos, you’ll need to embed your videos into your slide deck. Recommended formats are .avi, .mp4 or .mov. Sorry, no internet video will be permitted due to low quality and buffering challenges. If you are a main stage speaker, we’ll require the video file in addition to having it embedded in your deck.

EFG'S FIVE KEY TIPS FOR ENSURING YOUR PRESENTATION IS A SUCCESS

Ensure your session is cause-agnostic, meaning it will be valuable to attendees regardless of their specific cause area. Your cause(s) can be examples or case studies, but the session should be broad enough that the best practices and key takeaways are helpful regardless of whether an attendee’s cause area is education, veterans, LGBTQ+, or something else.
Share the “how.” Don’t just share *that* you did something; share how you did it, including successes and challenges you experienced along the way so attendees can replicate parts of your processes & success.
Engage your audience – use polls, encourage raised hands, and facilitate Q&A. Engage them within the first five minutes and link that engagement to the session’s topic.
While it’s important to share about your organization, keep it brief – think of it as an elevator pitch. The majority of your presentation should focus on the topic we discussed, trends, best practices, lessons learned, and practical insights.

DRESS CODE

The dress code for EFG2025 is business casual. For The Halos Gala, the dress code is business chic. We encourage you to wear whatever makes you feel fun, comfortable, fabulous, and golden! The average high temperature in Palm Springs in April is around 77°F, while the lows typically drop to about 48°F.

PROMOTIONAL GRAPHICS

We’d love for you to share the news that you’re a speaker. We’ve put together a plethora of resources in our “Speakers Share Toolkit | EFG2025.”

The toolkit gives you access to:

Ready-to-go graphics
Key dates and details
Engage for Good’s social media handles
Suggested social media copy

WHOVA

The Whova App is your hub to connect with other attendees, interact with community boards, and explore all EFG2025 has to offer. We will share the link to the app with you once it’s launched. Stay tuned!

MEET YOUR CONFERENCE TEAM

Muneer Panjwani, CEO

Oversees the Engage for Good team and main stage sessions.

Annie Ashwell, Head of Events and Community

Contact Annie with general questions about the conference.

Faye McCray, Interim Head of Digital Media and Content

Contact Faye with questions on content and marketing.

Meredith Lakis, Events and Community Manager

Contact Meredith with questions on speaker logistics, activation, and AV.

Linda Garcia, Events Coordinator

Contact Linda with questions on Whova content, volunteers, registration, and invoices.

Clarissa Brown, Content & Marketing Associate

Contact Clarissa with questions on partner activation and content marketing.

Serina Khan, Head of Partnerships

Contact Serina with questions about partnerships.