The Cause Conference is all about connecting business leaders that are addressing the biggest challenges our city face. This annual gathering is the launch point for collaboration between for-profits, non-profits, social enterprises, B-Corp businesses, impact investors, philanthropists, and more. Together we can do so much more than any of us can alone!

Top 10 Reasons To Attend (and Support) this Conference

1. Spend a day focused on how to make our region a better place for our families, our employees, our customers, our friends, and our community members.
2. Learn key ways to develop social impact programs that increase ROI while also enhancing employee and customer satisfaction.
3. Meet fellow San Diego business, nonprofit and education professionals who are doing quite well and doing good for our region.
4. Explore what local causes are most aligned with your company’s values and how to use the strength of the for-profit engine for social good.
5. Our San Diego region is facing unprecedented challenges that need a holistic, combined effort approach that requires all hands on deck to include for-profit, nonprofit, government, and academia.  Our sessions teach examples of private-public partnerships that are strategic, measured, and vital to improving our quality of life.
6. Take-home toolkits, playbooks, actionable steps, and more that you can implement right after the conference in your workplace or community group.
7. Sharp Prebys Innovation and Education Center is a beautiful, brand-new facility in San Diego that is the perfect place for learning, networking, and finding new solutions for today’s biggest problems.
8. The event venue is centrally located right off I-163 AND has ample free parking!!
9. Customers and Employees are demanding, more than ever, that businesses do more than make a profit and expend natural resources.  Come out to meet several purpose-driven businesses, from large to small, who see the ROSI – Return on Social Investment – through employee productivity, customer loyalty, and more.
10. Our Keynote Speakers and Session Presenters are dynamite, are walking the walk, and will inspire you to look beyond the daily hustle to realize every organization can do something to help improve humanity and our earth.

The Cause Conference is partnered with and cross-promoted by many of the largest marketing, PR, and nonprofit associations in San Diego County. 

In-kind donations and sponsorships are being sought for attendee gift bags (350), VIP gifts for speakers, presenters, and sponsors (50), as well as happy hour/closing party prizes. Receive promotion on our website and social media channels while also reaching 350 professionals and community advocates in tangible ways.

Join us in doing more to support the economic and social health of the San Diego region!