Globinar Virtual League of Global Non-Profits: Beyond Boundaries: Redefining Impact, Innovation, and Sustainability in the World of Impact

Global Chamber® Virtual League of Global Non-Profits
Beyond Boundaries: Redefining Impact, Innovation, and Sustainability in the World of Impact

• Friday, June 13th at 8am PT / 11am ET / 3pm Accra / 4pm London / 5pm CET/ 6pm Tel Aviv + Kiev + Nairobi / 7pm Dubai / 8:30pm Mumbai / 11pm Singapore
• Saturday, June 14th at 12am Seoul + Tokyo / 1am Sydney 
  

The global nonprofit sector is at a critical inflection point. Traditional funding channels continue to shift, government partnerships evolve, and new, innovative solutions to global problems demand unprecedented collaboration and creative thinking.

In this special edition of Global Chamber’s quarterly League of Global Nonprofits, we’re exploring how nonprofit leaders and social innovators are redefining what it means to create sustainable impact.

Join us for insightful conversations with two visionary changemakers who represent distinct but complementary approaches to driving meaningful change on a global scale.

Key Themes:

✅ Cross-Sector Collaboration:
Explore how nonprofits can effectively partner with governments, corporations, and academia to scale innovative solutions.

✅ Innovative Funding & Sustainability:
Discover strategies for nonprofits to leverage diverse funding streams—including government partnerships, corporate social responsibility, and nontraditional revenue generation.

✅ Systems Change Through Innovation:
Understand how innovative technologies and approaches can reshape entire systems—transforming environmental remediation, community safety, leadership development, and organizational resilience. 

✅ Leveraging Humor, Humanity & Hope in Leadership:
Learn how integrating empathy, humor, and authentic human connection into nonprofit leadership can enhance resilience, innovation, and long-term impact.

Event Objectives & Benefits:

• Gain a clear understanding of current global funding dynamics and future trends affecting the nonprofit landscape.
• Learn actionable strategies for creating innovative, cross-sector partnerships that drive sustainability and resilience.
• Be inspired by real-world examples of transformative leadership, technological innovation, and systemic impact.
• Discover unconventional yet powerful approaches to enhance leadership effectiveness and team resilience in nonprofits through empathy and humor.
• Engage directly with global thought leaders, expanding your network and exchanging ideas with nonprofit and social-impact peers around the world. 

Who Should Attend?

• Nonprofit leaders and executives seeking innovative funding and partnership strategies.
• Business leaders interested in impactful, cross-sector collaborations.
• Government representatives exploring effective partnerships with NGOs.
• Changemakers, social entrepreneurs, and innovators interested in sustainability, resilience, and systems transformation.

Speakers:

Courtney Bickert - Senior Consultant at DRiWaterstone Human Capital: Experts in Nonprofit and Social Impact Executive Search

Courtney Bickert is a global leader with over 30 years of experience in international development and foreign affairs. She has served in executive leadership positions in large international organizations and has led partnerships with government and multilateral agencies, corporations, foundations, and nonprofits.

Courtney’s leadership spans sectors including public health, economic inclusion, agriculture, water, human rights, and more in both developed and developing economies. She has built and managed over 20 global teams and raised over $100M for nonprofit organizations.

In addition to her professional achievements, Courtney is also a stand-up comic with training from Second City, DC Improv, London Comedy Institute, and The American Comedy Institute.

She holds an MBA/MPP from The University of Chicago.

Valentine Nzengung, PhD - Founder, CEO & CTO of MuniRem Environmental

Dr. Nzengung has extensive project development experience ranging from conception, design, monitoring, evaluation and analysis of environmental remediation systems.  He provides technical expertise and direction for environmental consulting projects.  He pioneered the development of multiple high-end environmental green sustainable remediation technologies that have been demonstrated as successful.

Dr. Nzengung graduated Cum Laude from Georgia State University with a degree in Geology. Subsequently he earned both his Ph.D. in Environmental Geochemistry and M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. Until 2023 he was Professor of Environmental Geochemistry at the University of Georgia.

Dr. Nzengung is widely published and has spoken at several global conferences and is active in a number of academic research projects in the field of environmental remediation.

Further details of his academic and MuniRem Environmental activities are on his page at UGA.

He previously combined his academic work with running MuniRem Environmental but since late 2023 works full time at the company. He continues to research improved methods for the destruction of energetics and other contaminants. He is directly involved in the assessment and planning of our projects including frequently being on-site. In his role as CTO, he has addressed a variety of governmental agencies, including the congressional committee looking into alternatives to Open Burn/Open Detonation for destruction of munitions.