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name: Derrick Feldmann
about: Derrick Feldmann is a sought-after speaker, researcher and advisor for causeand corporate social responsibility engagement. He is the lead researcher andcreator of the Millennial Impact Project, a multi-year study of how the nextgeneration supports causes. The annual Millennial Impact Report is citedregularly by such outlets as Forbes, TIME, Wall Street Journal and FastCompany.The report launches each year at MCON, a national conference Derrick createdand produces that draws more than 15,000 attendees online from for- and nonprofitorganizations across the world. MCON explores the question of whetherand how organizations are taking advantage of today’s heightened interest incauses to build movements.Derrick is president of Achieve, a creativ Derrick Feldmann is a sought-after speaker, researcher and advisor for causeand corporate social responsibility engagement. He is the lead researcher andcreator of the Millennial Impact Project, a multi-year study of how the nextgeneration supports causes. The annual Millennial Impact Report is citedregularly by such outlets as Forbes, TIME, Wall Street Journal and FastCompany.The report launches each year at MCON, a national conference Derrick createdand produces that draws more than 15,000 attendees online from for- and nonprofitorganizations across the world. MCON explores the question of whetherand how organizations are taking advantage of today’s heightened interest incauses to build movements.Derrick is president of Achieve, a creative research and campaigns agencybased in Indianapolis and West Palm Beach. Derrick founded Achieve to helpcauses and companies address their most pressing issues as an advisory,through audience research (internal and external), and with data-drivenawareness/fundraising campaigns.Derrick is a co-author of the book Cause for Change: The Why and How ofNonprofit Millennial Engagement and the upcoming title, Social Movements ForGood: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change.Derrick is a regular contributor to Philanthropy News Digest and the HuffingtonPost IMPACT channel. He is on the Leadership Faculty of the Points of LightCorporate Institute and a guest lecturer for the School of Public andEnvironmental Affairs at Indiana University.Derrick received an undergraduate degree from Southeast Missouri StateUniversity and a graduate degree from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy atIndiana University. He went on to lead national fundraising efforts for TheLEAGUE and Learning to Give before founding Achieve in 2008. ...more