Social Good Summit 2016 saw its biggest global audience yet
“We set out to start a conversation, and with the power of your voices, we've started a movement."
These words from Mashable founder and CEO Pete Cashmore not only helped kick off the seventh-annual Social Good Summit on Sept. 18, but they remained a common thread throughout the summit's two days, both onstage and online.
With discussions ranging from the global refugee crisis to #BlackLivesMatter, the call to participate in the social good conversation and amplify the voices of others was heard loud and clear.
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Through the power of the social good community, the hashtag #2030NOW garnered more than 1.8 billion impressions over the course of the summit's two days. The Social Good Summit was attended by 1,800 people in New York City, with more than 100,000 people watching the global broadcast live and in the following days. This year's summit not only drew in speakers from across the globe, but was live streamed into seven different languages.
The hashtag #2030NOW garnered more than 1.8 billion impressions on social over the Summit's two days.
In addition to an already stellar lineup of speakers, both days of the Social Good Summit featured a number of special guests. On the opening day, a surprise appearance by Yiech Pur Biel and Yusra Mardini of the Olympic Refugee Team ignited a message of hope that resonated throughout the following sessions. The final day featured the unveiling of the U.N.'s 17 Young Leaders, who were selected from more than 18,000 nominations. And introducing her husband's Cancer Moonshot address, Dr. Jill Biden addressed the crowd and also participated in her first-ever Facebook Live.
Below, you can check out this year's Social Good Summit highlights as they played out online. To watch the full sessions, visit livestream.com/mashable.
Read more of Mashable's coverage here, and visit the Mashable Social Good Facebook page to see some of this year's speakers featured on Facebook Live.
Opening Ceremony
A Conversation with Chelsea Handler
The Refugee Agenda: Where We Are and Where We're Going
Bad Weather: The Human Cost of Climate Change
The Universal Pursuit Toward Health and Well-Being
Power Players: Women and Global Leadership
Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship
The Connected Generation: The Leaders of 2030
For the Kids, By the Kids
The Identity of a Refugee
Access to Education: Paving the Road Home
Crowd-Solving: How Collaboration Inspired Innovation
Valen's Reef: Community-Led Conservation
Superbugs and the Threat to Antibiotics
The Future of Fuel: The Exploration to Change the World
The Role of LGBTQ in the Media: Shaping the Equality Narrative
The Aurora Prize: Building a Better Future
Address From David Nabarro, Special Adviser to the U.N. Secretary-General
American Leadership with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
Digital in the Eye of the Campaign
Lauch of the Sustainable Development Goals App
"One for All": Turning Activism Into Action
Open Government: A Grassroots Effort
#BlackLivesMatter: Turning a Hashtag Into a Call-to-Action
A Conversation With Ambassador Samantha Power
+SocialGood Connectors
World Cup: Global Goals Edition
The People's Report Card
Cody Simpson and His Fight for Ocean Preservation
Launch of U.N. Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals
Oceans Matter
Connecting the Dots: Indigenous Peoples, Forests and Climate Change
Rising Up
Revolutionary Women
Vice President Joe Biden's Cancer Moonshot Address
Memory Banda: Leading Like a Girl
Pandemic Preparedness
A Conversation With Apple's Lisa Jackson
For Kids, Play Is Serious
Media: What Sells, What Solves
Stigma: The Achilles Heel of the AIDS Epidemic
Creating Access Through Investment
Future and Hope
Creating a #LearningGeneration
Innovation: When Is It Effective, and Who Decides?
A Conversation With the World Food Programme's Ertharin Cousin
Cyber Civic Engagement
A Conversation With Demi Lovato
To Be Heard
Global Meetups
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