Elevating Impact 2020

The Edge Effect

In the overlapping space between two ecosystems, an abundance of nutrients and new life emerges. Inspired by this natural science phenomenon, the 2020 Elevating Impact Summit looked toward the peripheries of our practices for ingenuity and resilience.

Location: The Portland Armory

Date: February 7, 2020

Number of Attendees: 470

Weather: 54 degrees Fahrenheit and partly sunny

Videos

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Carolyn McKnight, Corey Pressman, Corey Pressman, Soobin Oh

At Portland State University's Elevating Impact Summit, speakers, performers, and interactive experiences celebrate entrepreneurship and innovation for positive social, environmental, and economic impact.

Network of Interdependence

Reyna Lopez

Developing trust, collaboration, and interdependence to create a network of Sister Organizations.

Meet the Artists

Invisible Thread, Portland Garment Factory, Mikele Schnitman, Olivia Guethling

"The Edge Effect", floor to ceiling fabric panels, lit by responsive projection mapping, make a tactile edge effect as guests move through and interact with the installation, was designed and produced for the Elevating Impact Summit by the immersive design studio Invisible Thread, the Portland Garment Factory, Mikele Schnitman (Art & Craft), and Creative Director Olivia Guethling.

Learning from Informal Entrepreneurs

Alexa Clay

Learning innovation from pirates, hackers, and other informal entrepreneurs.

Intrapreneur's Guide

Maggie De Pree

Intrapreneurs are drivers of change inside existing organizations, making business a force for good. Maggie De Pree talks through an Intrapreneur's Toolkit.

Performance

Casey Holzman

You & You - Contemporary dancer Casey Holzman takes guests on a journey of separation, connection, and transformation.

Social Innovation and the Census Panel

Shana Radford, Esperanza Tervalon-Garrett, Jack Miller

Counting the entire U.S. population is a vast and complex undertaking with important consequences for all of America. In this panel, two changemakers discuss their efforts to help the Census Bureau ensure that hard-to-count populations are included in the final tally. They will explore hos historic bias has shaped the way the Census is done, and how innovative practices are addressing the negative impact of those systemic inequities.

Stories of Impact Invention

Skyler Pearson, Hugh Neri, Blake Turner

Invent Oregon is a statewide competition for college and university students with ideas for inventions to address today's most pressing problems. During this session, Invent Oregon alumni tell real-life stories of impact invention.

Exploring Plan, Work, Education, and Society

Jill Vialet

Exploring the myth of opposites and how facilitating the simple act of play is changing work, education, and society.

Performance

Joe Kye

Violinist-looper, vocalist, and sound artist Joe Kye composes and performs real-time, on-stage musical interstitials, connecting each Elevating Impact Summit session with the next.