Trista Harris | Speaker Profile
Trista Harris is a philanthropic futurist and nationally known as a passionate advocate for leaders in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. Trista’s work has been covered by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Forbes, CNN, the New York Times, and numerous social sector blogs. She is also the author of How to Become a Nonprofit Rockstar and FutureGood. She is the President of FutureGood, a consultancy focused on helping visionaries build a better future.
Featured keynote topics
Navigating Uncertainty and Emerging Stronger: A Fundraiser’s Guide to the Future
When faced with a pandemic and racial reckoning, the world shifted, changing long-held policies, social norms, and philanthropic practices that had been thought of as immovable. How do we take that same spirit of change into the future and help ensure that our organizations aren’t left behind? Join Trista Harris to learn where current trends are headed and how we can build the future we want to see for ourselves, our sector, and our communities.
When faced with a pandemic and racial reckoning, the world shifted, changing long-held policies, social norms, and philanthropic practices that had been thought of as immovable. How do we take that same spirit of change into the future and help ensure that our organizations aren’t left behind? Join Trista Harris to learn where current trends are headed and how we can build the future we want to see for ourselves, our sector, and our communities.
Being a Future Focused Leader Now
When faced with a pandemic, the world shifted, changing long-held policies, social norms, and practices that had been thought of as immovable. How do we take that same spirit of change into the future and help ensure that communities in need aren’t left behind? Join Trista Harris to learn where current trends are headed and how we can build the future we want to see for ourselves, our sector, and our communities.
When faced with a pandemic, the world shifted, changing long-held policies, social norms, and practices that had been thought of as immovable. How do we take that same spirit of change into the future and help ensure that communities in need aren’t left behind? Join Trista Harris to learn where current trends are headed and how we can build the future we want to see for ourselves, our sector, and our communities.
The Future Started Yesterday
An increasing rate of change makes the already challenging work of doing good even more difficult. We are all trying to make the world a better place but are often using yesterday’s information to do so. What if we could predict the future and prepare for the coming realities that will impact our clients and our communities? Join Trista Harris as she takes us on an interactive journey where she’ll uncover tools to create the future.
An increasing rate of change makes the already challenging work of doing good even more difficult. We are all trying to make the world a better place but are often using yesterday’s information to do so. What if we could predict the future and prepare for the coming realities that will impact our clients and our communities? Join Trista Harris as she takes us on an interactive journey where she’ll uncover tools to create the future.
There are Black People in the Future
When faced with racial reckoning, the world shifted, changing long-held policies, social norms, and grantmaking practices that had been thought of as immovable. How do we take that same spirit of change and let it bring us to a more beautiful and equitable future? Join Trista Harris as she takes us on an interactive journey where she’ll uncover tools to create the future.
The Future of Good and You
Humans are wired to help each other. The problem is that society’s challenges are becoming more complicated, and an increasing rate of change is accelerating those challenges. It would be easy to become overwhelmed with the 24-hour news cycle of despair and do nothing. What we have to remember is that we create the future by the choices that we make today.
Workshop profile
Trista offers innovative workshops, including Using Future Thinking to Drive Strategic Planning.
In this interactive workshop, Trista will teach participants how to:
- Develop a strategic planning process that starts with the development of your foundation’s ideal future.
- Understand where your future vision lives in your current organizational reality.
- Develop a two-curve framework in your own strategic planning process. The first curve identifies how you have done your work in the past and what practices will remain in the future. The second curve describes the transformation that you will undertake to achieve your ideal future vision. Participants will develop an example two-curve framework during the session.
Speaker background
Trista Harris has spent her whole career dedicated to the social sector, starting with a job as a summer parks assistant at the age of 15. Before starting FutureGood, Trista was President of the Minnesota Council on Foundations, a vibrant community of grantmakers who award more than $1.5 billion annually. Prior to joining MCF in 2013, she was executive director of the Headwaters Foundation for Justice in Minneapolis, and she previously served as program officer at the St. Paul Foundation.
Trista has been certified in strategic foresight by Oxford University, earned her Master of Public Policy degree from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, and her Bachelor of Arts from Howard University. She is a board member for the Association of Black Foundation Executives. Trista served on the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee and the Governor’s Council on Law Enforcement and Community Relations, which was convened after the shooting of Philando Castile. She is a passionate national advocate for the social sector using the tools of futurism to solve our communities’ most pressing challenges.
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Organizations and event organizers can confidently hire this speaker to conduct keynotes and workshops about future trends across a diverse range of topics and in the following formats:
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| Advisory calls | Discussion with your executives to answer specific questions on a topic, project or subject of choice. |
| Executive coaching | One-to-one coaching and mentoring session between an executive and the selected speaker. Topics are mutually agreed upon. |
| Topic presentation (Internal) | A presentation for your internal team based on a mutually agreed topic with content supplied by the speaker. This format is designed specifically for internal team meetings. Maximum 25 participants. |
| Webinar presentation (Internal) | Webinar presentation for your team members on a mutually agreed topic, including question time. Internal replay rights included. Maximum 100 participants. |
| Webinar presentation (External) | Webinar presentation for your team and external attendees on a mutually agreed topic. Question time and external replay rights included. Maximum 500 participants. |
| Event keynote presentation | Keynote or speaking engagement for your corporate event. Topic and content can be customized to event themes. Includes one-on-one question time and participation in other event sessions if required. |
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