“I stand so solidly behind the theater as a model for us to have really hard conversations in the world. It’s like this safety net between us and what that conversation might look like. And maybe if we see enough of those stories, we’ll be brave enough to have the conversation in real life.” — Chad Swan-Badgero

“While there’s all these changes around you, there’s the patterns remain the same. I do think that as creators, if we’re able to take these modern tools and apply them rather than be kind of afraid of them and remain stagnant, and if we do so with the idea that the intent is to create meaningful connection between people (real people) that’s always going to win.” — David Norris

“What’s difficult in a modern corporate environment is not having an idea. It’s getting an idea through to implementation, through all of the corporate hoops and hurdles that have to be cleared.” — Susan Bartlett

“The reality is when you work with groups, every time you bring someone new into a group, you need to take that time to get to know people, and begin to look at ways in which we can build those levels of trust.” — Jody Horntvedt

“So many people join for the purpose of career development and career advancement, and yet it’s almost always in our surveys what members are least satisfied with.” – Rich Green

“The best hope that we have for holding our country and our democracy together is the relationships that we have with other people in our country. We can talk about what elected officials or the media should do, but we can actually do something about strengthening our connections with other people, and it will make a difference.” — Tania Israel, Ph.D.

“What is your objective in a nonprofit? Is it to win the argument or is it to get people involved? And I think that's where we need to drop down our ego a bit and listen more, get the community at each different level. If you invite them in to share their stories, people feel more included as well.” – Katherine Lacefield

“Strategy, it really is finding a critical mass and finding enough distributed leadership to say, Hey, there's a problem. What is the problem? How do we define that problem? And then how do we create some shared energy and urgency around that problem?” – James Young

“We see collaborations every day from things that are simple, like a shoe brand collaborating with a pop culture brand… We’re stronger together when we do it, but it has to be the right fit.” – Tim Whalen