Good Business Colorado Level Up Academy

Thursday, October 5th online and Friday, October 6th at the Lowry Conference Center - Light Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Onsite Parking is Free

The purpose of the Good Business Colorado Level Up Academy is to provide employers and entrepreneurs across Colorado with access to educational programming and connectivity with peers to support them on their journey to running better organizations.

Good Business Colorado exists to serve the companies that understand business success cannot be measured by profit alone and that true success means that our planet, communities, and bottom lines are all thriving. Many organizations excel in a particular area of their business – environmental sustainability, industry-leading workplace policies, or making unique and meaningful contributions to their communities – but no company is perfect. 

The GBC Level Up Academy programming aims to meet business and nonprofit leaders where they are, and provide access to educational programming, a peer community of practice, and wrap-around supports that enable organizations across the state to be even better – one innovation at a time! This is not a conference for hypotheticals and small talk, it’s a meeting of the minds for action-takers and doers!  The Level Up Academy will feature real business leaders, walking the talk and sharing how they’ve done it - the good, the bad, the ugly, and the lessons learned. 

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Who should attend the conference? 

The GBC Level Up Academy is a conference for business and nonprofit leaders looking to learn from their peers and adopt or refine business practices that better support their employees, increase community engagement, or improve their environmental impact. There will be over 60 workshops that fall within the following tracks:

• Management & Leadership Development
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Environmental Impact
• Health & Wellness
• Strategic Planning, Legal & Finance
• Branding & Marketing

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Featured Events

Policy Pitch Fest: Both days of the conference will close out with a Policy Pitch Fest where teams present to legislators an idea for a bill to benefit values-driven businesses.

Nonprofit Exhibition Fair: Curated by Lighthouse, a collection of outstanding nonprofit organizations will showcase their work and offer connection and collaboration opportunities.

The People Behind the Event:

Conference Coordinator
Sydney Jackson-Clarkson, Citrine Unlimited 

The Organizing Committee
Benita Samuels, Visibility Solutions
Berenice Garcia Tellez, Monarca Group
Mackenzie Langley, Lighthouse
Ousman Ba, African Leadership Group
Rachel Kois, Simple Switch
Tes Cohen, Transformative Gatherings

Host Organizations:
African Leadership Group
The Alliance Center
Asian Chamber of Commerce
B Local Colorado
B Side Capital
Black Business Initiative
CEDS Finance
Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce
Downtown Colorado Inc.
Downtown Development Authority (Fort Collins)
Energize Colorado
Greeley Downtown Development Authority
Local First
Metro DEEP
Partnership for Community Action
Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center
Rocky Mountain Micro Finance Institute
Signal Tech Coalition
SistahBiz
Small Business Majority
Startup Colorado
Sustainable Living Association
The Latino Chamber of Boulder County
The Wezesha Dada Center
World Trace Center Denver
YouthBiz

Event Background and Context

We reached out to the GBC community to get ideas for our 2023 educational programming, with the thought that we would do a 2nd annual “Helping Good Businesses Be Better Lunch & Learn Series.” We were thrilled to receive over 70 ideas for educational workshops, and the GBC Educational Programming Committee decided rather than try and narrow down to 10 proposals, we’ll host a conference to allow many more people to bring their educational programming to life.