​Esther Kim presenting at a consultant workshop, February 2018.  Photo courtesy of Umbrex

SELECT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS

Publications

• LinkedIn post: The Nonprofit/Business Jargon Decoder Ring; Profitability: Avoid This Common Mistake
• Blog:  So You Want to Start a Social Enterprise? and Sector Switching:  Making a Change for Good
• Article:  Identifying the Cost of Doing Good

• Tools:  Options for Capital for Social Enterprises,  Grid for Organizational Effectiveness and Learning, Social Enterprise Business Plan Template
• Report:  Assessment of Micro-Hydropower in the Nepal Himalaya

Press

• Featured as a social enterprise expert on MBC (Korean) documentary
• Featured in a Korea Times article about leadership in social enterprise and venture philanthropy

SELECT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Esther is an experienced public speaker, conference session panelist and moderator, workshop designer and facilitator.  Contact Esther if you would like her to help with your next gathering.  

Speaking Engagements

• Podcast interview:  Unleashed:  How to Thrive as an Independent Professional - episode on social sector consulting, July 24, 2017
• Panelist:  Social Enterprise Alliance Summit 15, September 18, 2015
• Lecturer:  Stanford Very Impactful People speaker series, May 12, 2015
• Panelist:  Yale Philanthropy Conference, February 13, 2015
• Keynote speaker:  Innovation Summit, Center for Nonprofit Innovation and Social Innovation, St. Cloud, MN
• Session designer for multiple conferences:  National Transitional Jobs Network, California Workforce Association, Social Enterprise Alliance
• Panelist:  Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Northern California Grantmakers, FSG/Stanford Social Innovation Review