Join us for a Celebration of Kindness!
Touch-A-Life Foundation is excited to invite you to join our World Kindness Day celebrations with a one-day virtual event to promote kindness. We hope that you are inspired, informed and entertained with our variety of panels, performances and special guests! Register the whole family for free today!
TAL World Kindness Day 2020 - Speakers
TAL World Kindness Day features an all-star lineup of speakers, panelists and performers to inform, inspire and entertain you as we celebrate World Kindness Day!
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Tej Gundavelli
Founder & CEO
Touch-A-Life Foundation -
Veena Gundavelli
Founder & CEO
Emagia Corporation -
K. S. Chithra
Indian playback singer -
Sunitha Upadrasta
Indian playback singer, Brand Ambassador
Touch-A-Life Foundation -
Prabhu Goel
Founder
Foundation for Excellence (FFE) -
Michael Lloyd-White
Founder World Kindness Australia
CEO World Kindness USA -
Bill Ottman
CEO and Co-Founder
Minds -
K. I. Varaprasad Reddy
Chairman
Shanta Biotechnics -
Rafiq Dossani
Economist & Educationist
RAND Corporation -
DR. R.N. Singh
Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon & Consultant, Anup Institute of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation (AIOR) -
Moses Kusasira
CEO & Co-founder
Social Media Gateways, Inc. -
Brett Tearney
VP Product Strategy
Oracle -
Michael Buckley
CEO & Co-Founder
Cadence Minu Shukla
Founder
Sai Arts Studios-
Ravi Puli
Founder, President & CEO
International Solutions Group (ISG) -
Mark Harding
CTO
Minds -
Anu Shukla
Program Manager, Global Digital Finance Transformation
Chevron -
Mohit Kumar Tornala
Technology Lead
Fiserv -
Missy Kaut
Senior Instructor
University of Colorado Denver Business School -
Alakh Verma
CEO
Centriqe Inc -
Joanne Walters
Director of Human Resources,
AAC, Author at LinkedIn -
Manuel Serapio
Director MBA Program
UC Denver -
Shekhar Prabhakar
Co-Founder & CEO
Hasiru Dala -
Meghana Reddy
Rhythmic Gymnast -
Kavita Verma
Global - Strategic Alliances
Solix Technologies -
Roopa Sunku
Sr.Director, HCM Fusion Development
Oracle -
Pradeep Kondiparthi
Sr. Actor, Writer, Anchor -
Sailaja Kiran
M.D. Margadarsi Chit Fund Ltd
Ramoji Group -
Ramadevi Kanneganti
Founder & President
Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of India -
Ben Collier
Co-Founder
The FarmLink Project -
Reza B'Far
Vice President of Development
Oracle -
James Kanoff
Co-Founder
The FarmLink Project -
Alexandria Garry
Marketing
Touch-A-Life Foundation -
Valoree Sherwood
Tiebeam Ventures, Inc -
Raj Asava
Co-Founder
HungerMitao -
Aradhana (Anna) Asava
Co-Founder
HungerMitao -
Venkat Ram
Engineering
Touch-A-Life Foundation -
Kavita Sidnal
Touch-A-Life Foundation -
Priyanka Chaudhari
Product Marketing
Touch-A-Life Foundation -
Anil Kumar M
Product Marketing
Touch-A-Life Foundation -
Kiran Prabha
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Sai Madhav Burra
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Lakshmi Bhupal
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Balabhadrapatruni Ramani
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Whitney Griffith
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Founder at ImpactWhit -
Christopher Salem
Executive Coach
CRS Group Holdings LLC -
Roger Royse
Partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP -
Vanita Patel
Board Member
Girls Inc. -
Mary Beth Riley
Principal
Notre Dame High School, San Jose -
Radhika Adhikari
Founder & Art Director
TaalSur Dance Academy -
Manasa Gadepalli
TAL World Kindness Day 2020 - Agenda
TAL World Kindness Day is a one-day virtual conference to celebrate World Kindness Day on November 13. The Conference focus: Inform, Inspire and Entertain guests while promoting the power of kindness and giving a platform to discuss causes impacting our communities.
This conference is free to attend and will feature panel discussions, performances, TAL Hero Awards and presentations, and exhibition booths for nonprofits and organizations looking to promote ways to spread kindness and make the world a better place.
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Keynote
- Tej Gundavelli - Founder & CEO Touch-A-Life Foundation
- Prabhu Goel - Founder, Foundation for Excellence (FFE)
- Bill Ottman - CEO & Co-Founder Minds
- Michael Lloyd-White - Founder World Kindness Australia CEO World Kindness USA
- Rafiq Dossani - Economist & Educationist, RAND Corporation
- DR. R.N. Singh - Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon & Consultant, Anup Institute of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation (AIOR)
- Minu Shukla - Sai Arts Studios
- Radhika Adhikari - Founder & Art Director, TaalSur Dance Academy
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Ways to Inspire Kindness
- Moderator: PP Rao (KiranPrabha)
- Speaker: Sai Madhav Burra
- Speaker: Lakshmi Bhupal
- Speaker: Balabhadrapatruni Ramani
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Solving the Digital Divide with a Social Platform
- Speaker: Tej Gundavelli - Founder & CEO Touch-A-Life Foundation
- Speaker: Mark Harding - CTO Minds
- Speaker: Anu Shukla - Program Manager, Global Digital Finance Transformation, Chevron
- Speaker: Moses Kusasira - CEO & Co-founder, Social Media Gateways, Inc.
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Hunger in Emergencies
- Speaker: Ben Collier - Co-founderder, The FarmLink Project
- Speaker: James Kanoff - Co-Founder, The FarmLink Project
- Speaker: Raj Asava - Co-Founder at HungerMitao
- Speaker: Aradhana (Anna) Asava - Co-Founder at HungerMitao
- Moderator: Alexandria Garry - Marketing Coordinator at Touch-A-Life Foundation
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The Future of Giving: How Nonprofits can Leverage Digital Technology
- Moderator: Alexandria Garry - Marketing Coordinator at Touch-A-Life Foundation
- Tej Gundavelli - Founder & CEO Touch-A-Life Foundation
- Venkat - Engineering Touch-A-Life Foundation
- Anil - Product Marketing Touch-A-Life Foundation
- Priyanka - Product Marketing Touch-A-Life Foundation
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TALYouth: Empowering next generation and social entrepreneurism
- Speaker: K.I.Varaprasad Reddy - Founder of Shanta Biotech
- Speaker: Pradeep Kondiparthi - Sr. Actor, Writer, Anchor
- Speaker: Ravi Puli - Founder, President & CEO ISG
- Speaker: Valoree Sherwood - Tiebeam Ventures, Inc
- Speaker: Mohit Kumar Tornala - Technology Lead, Fiserv
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TALYouth: You(ths) Making an Impact!
- Speaker: Valoree Sherwood - Tiebeam Ventures, Inc
- Speaker: Kavita Verma - Global - Strategic Alliances, Solix Technologies
- Speaker: Kavita Sidnal - Touch-A-Life Foundation
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Empowering Women and Girls
- Speaker: Veena Gundavelli - Founder & CEO, Emagia
- Speaker: Vanitha Patel - Board Member, Girls Inc.
- Speaker: Mary Beth Riley - Principal, Notre Dame High School, San Jose
- Speaker: Whitney Griffith, Software Engineer at Microsoft & Founder at ImpactWhit
- Speaker: Meghana Reddy - Rhythmic Gymnast
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Women Empowerment and Impact on Society
- Speaker: Veena Gundavelli - Founder & CEO, Emagia
- Speaker: Sailaja Kiran - M.D. Margadarsi Chit Fund Ltd, Ramoji Group
- Moderator: Sunitha Upadrasta - Indian playback singer, Brand Ambassador, Touch-A-Life Foundation
- Speaker: K.Rama Devi - Founder & President, Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of India
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Harness the Power of Career Mentoring
- Roopa Sunku - Sr.Director, HCM Fusion Development
- Manuel Serapio - Director MBA Program, UC Denver
- Brett Tearney - VP Product Strategy, Oracle
- Shekhar Prabhakar -Co-Founder & CEO at Hasiru Dala
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Corporate Social Responsibility
- Reza B'Far - Vice President of Development at Oracle
- Missy Kaut - Senior Instructor, University of Colorado Denver Business School
- Alakh Verma - CEO, Centriqe Inc
- Joanne Walters - Director of Human Resources, AAC/Author at LinkedIn
- Priyanka Chaudhari - Product Marketing, Touch-A-Life Foundation
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Spreading Positivity with your beloved stars!
- Sunitha Upadrasta - Indian playback singer, Brand Ambassador, Touch-A-Life Foundation
- K. S. Chithra - Indian playback singer
*This agenda is subject to change
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