xChange with Will Hutton
In our January xChange Paul Skinner, founder of MarketingKind, will interview Will Hutton, political economist, author, think tank and academic leader and columnist, to explore his latest book This Time No Mistakes.
Coffee with a Cause with Appt Health
In our January 16th Coffee with a Cause Alan Thompson, a founding member of MarketingKind and former CEO of NRS Healthcare, will host the session and lead us in supporting Appt Health, a preventative health social enterprise.
Digital Fireside with Lotte Jones from The News Movement
In our February 5th Digital Fireside Tom Hadley, founder of Exodus 25, will interview Lotte Jones, Chief Commercial Officer of The News Movement (TNM), to explore the future of media.
You're MarketingKind with Jonathan Gabay
In our December 11th You’re MarketingKind gathering Jonathan Gabay, brand strategy expert, speaker and author, will lead a discussion on creating brand trust in an AI world.
xChange with Dennis Yi Tenen
A robot walks into a bar: storytelling in the age of AI with Dennis Yi Tennen
In our December xChange Paul Skinner, founder of MarketingKind, will interview Dennis Yi Tennen, author of Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write, to explore storytelling in the age of AI.
You're MarketingKind with Kate Goldman-Toomey
In our November 21st You’re MarketingKind gathering Kate Goldman-Toomey, Executive Director of Partnerships at Open Planet, will lead a discussion on how we can better empower climate story-telling through film.
Coffee with a Cause with Oasis Trust
On October 24th MarketingKind members will come together to support the Oasis Trust, which provides exceptional learning at the heart of the community.
Caroline Taylor, OBE, former CMO of IBM Global Markets, is chair of the board for Oasis Community Learning charity and she will lead the Coffee with a Cause session.
You're MarketingKind with Neil Davidson
In our October 16th You’re MarketingKind gathering Neil Davidson, CEO of HeyHuman, will lead a group discussion on generative AI and creativity and how AI is impacting the creative process in agencies.
xChange with Malka Older
In our October 10th xChange Paul Skinner, founder of MarketingKind, will interview Malka Older, award-winning novelist, academic and aid worker, to explore how we can narrate our way to a safer and more humanitarian future.
You're MarketingKind with Shana Gavron on the business of biodiversity
In our September 25th You’re MarketingKind gathering Shana Gavron, CEO of Endangered Wildlife OU, will lead a group discussion on the business of biodiversity.
xChange with Lord Deben and Mike Berners-Lee
In our September xChange Paul Skinner, founder of MarketingKind, will interview Lord Deben and Mike Berners-Lee to explore how we can encourage greater truthfulness in public discourse. This event will take place in London with the option of joining via Zoom.
Coffee with a Cause with the Centre for Homelessness Impact
In our September 4th Coffee with a Cause we will work with Dr Ligia Teixeira, CEO of the Centre for Homelessness Impact, to support their work championing the creation and use of better evidence for a world without homelessness.
You're MarketingKind with Paul and Anna
Our August You’re MarketingKind gathering will be even more informal than usual. It will be an opportunity to come together and explore what we would like to do together as a community in the coming year.
Coffee with a Cause with Global Legal Action Network
In our July 18th Coffee with a Cause we will work with Dr Gearóid Ó Cuinn, Director of the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), on a brand and website review to support their work challenging powerful actors involved in human rights violations and systemic injustice.
You're MarketingKind with Kian Bakhtiari
In our July 10th You’re MarketingKind gathering Kian Bakhtiari, founder of The People, will lead a discussion on the power of collective imagination.
xChange with Jon Miller
In our July xChange Caroline Bates, Founding Partner of Citizen Good, will interview Jon Miller, author of The Activist Leader: A New Mindset for Doing Business to explore how we can all use an activist mindset to make businesses a force for good.
Coffee with a Cause with Greener and Cleaner
In our June 26th Coffee with a Cause we will work with Parisa Wright, founder and CEO of Greener and Cleaner, to help grow their charity and their pioneering Hub. The Hub is a community space based in The Glades shopping centre in Bromley where they inspire people to make sustainable changes
xChange with Manda Scott
In our June 18th xChange Paul Skinner, founder of MarketingKind, will interview Manda Scott, former Scottish veterinary surgeon who is now a bestselling novelist, blogger, columnist and occasional broadcaster, to discuss how we can narrate our way through our current polycrisis landscape to a more sustainable future.
You're MarketingKind with Philippa White
In our June 13th You’re MarketingKind gathering Philippa White, bestselling author of Return on Humanity: Leadership Lessons From All Corners of the World, will lead a discussion on the value of a more human approach to leadership.
Coffee with a Cause with Bank.Green
In our May 21st Coffee with a Cause we will work with Zak Gottlieb, co-founder of Bank.Green, to help grow their charity and influence more banks to support a sustainable future rather than continuing to fund fossil fuels.
Digital Fireside with Mark Evans
In our May 14th Digital Fireside Elaine Roberts, coach and strategic change consultant, will interview Mark Evans, former Managing Director of Marketing and Digital at Direct Line Group, to explore ‘life after the big job’.
You’re MarketingKind with Arunjay Katakam on inclusive economics
In our May 2nd You’re MarketingKind Arunjay Katakam, author of Generation Hope, will share how inclusive economics can help us all thrive.
xChange with Jonathon Porritt
In our April 23rd xChange Paul Skinner, founder of MarketingKind, will interview Sir Jonathon Porritt, CBE, eminent writer, broadcaster and campaigner on sustainable development, to explore how we can find hope in the climate emergency.
You're MarketingKind with Tam Hussey on creating sustainable behaviours
In our April You’re MarketingKind gathering Tam Hussey, founder of Halo by Design, will share her insights and lead a group discussion on how to effectively leverage marketing to close the sustainability ‘say-do’ gap.
xChange with Polly Mackenzie
In our March 12th xChange Paul Skinner, founder of MarketingKind, will interview Polly Mackenzie, Chief Social Purpose Officer of UAL. Together we will explore how we can mainstream social purpose in enterprise.
You're MarketingKind with Joe Kenner on open hiring
In our March 4th You’re MarketingKind gathering Joe Kenner, President and CEO of Greyston Bakery, will share how we can breakdown barriers to employment through open hiring.
Coffee with a Cause with SEDSConnective
In our February 26th Coffee with a Cause Lisa Basford, founder of Good Endeavours, will lead members in working with Jane Green, founder of SEDSConnective, to help to grow their charity to bring holistic support to neurodivergent people with complex health needs.
xChange with Gemma Butler and Michelle Carvill
In our February 13th xChange Caroline Taylor, OBE, former CMO of IBM Global Markets, will interview Michelle Carvill and Gemma Butler, hosts of the Can Marketing Save the Planet? podcast and authors of Sustainable Marketing, to discuss their new book and practical ways marketing can help save the planet.
You're MarketingKind with Kelly Pullen on community-led marketing
In our February 7th You’re MarketingKind Kelly Pullen, Head of Brand and Marketing at Severn Trent, will lead a group discussion on community-led marketing.
xChange with Gaia Vince
In our January 25th xChange Paul Skinner, founder of MarketingKind, will interview Gaia Vince, award-winning science journalist, author, broadcaster and speaker, on how we can migrate our way to a more sustainable future.
You're MarketingKind with Charlotte Hollins on community ownership
In our January 16th You’re MarketingKind Charlotte Hollins, manager of Fordhall Farm, will share her story and lead a group discussion on community ownership.
Digital Fireside with Solitaire Townsend
In our first gathering of 2024 Paul Skinner, founder of MarketingKind, will interview Solitaire Townsend, Co-founder of Futerra, to explore the leadership journey of a solutionist.
Coffee with a Cause with Pro Bono Economics
In our December Coffee with a Cause we’ll work with the leadership team of Pro Bono Economics on a rebrand for their charity that reflects all aspects of their work and that helps them achieve their aim to use economics to empower the social sector and to increase wellbeing across the UK.
Gatherings
Our unique formats are all designed to create tangible outcomes. Come prepared to change your perspective and the world around you for the better!
Our regular online events include xChanges that bring people together to change the story on important issues in 90 minutes around a useful theme, Coffee with a Cause sessions that provide the opportunity to change the world on your coffee break, and monthly Open Sessions to meet new members, share ideas and learn about upcoming activities.
Our Mission Possible projects make something extraordinary happen by creating marketing solutions to important problems in 6 hours and are available with the support of sponsors.