Hollyhock’s renowned events help to resolve the leadership deficits of the modern world. These cross-sectoral and multi-generational gatherings work to support and catalyze progressive leaders through strengthening skills, expanding capacity, and building peer-to-peer networks and knowledge.
Tackling the largest issues of our time and promoting social and environmental justice requires that we come together to not only learn hard skills and share lessons, but also to rejuvenate our passions and recharge. Joining our conferences opens up access to like-minded networks and community that support one another throughout the year.
Past events include: Social Venture Institute, Activate: Digital Leadership, Creating a Climate for Change, and Run for Office
Events with Hollyhock Leadership Institute
AI for Flourishing: Weaving Wisdom & TechnologyOctober 19 - 23, 2025
“As we walk the tightrope of planetary-scale transformation, it’s becoming clear that we need to upgrade not just our technologies and infrastructures, but our ways of relating – to ourselves, to each other and to the living planet.” – Futurecraft AI for Flourishing is a gathering of technologists, practitioners, founders,…
Activate Alumni Session: Unpacking Power with Andrea ReimerOctober 25, 2025
At Activate 2025, Andrea Reimer’s Power Fundamentals session gave us a shared language to understand how power shapes our work, our relationships, and the change we seek to make in the world. Many alumni left wanting more space to process, practice, and deepen those insights. In this Activate alumni-only follow-up, Andrea will…
Activate Skills: Redefining Leadership for a New Era with Amanda LitmanNovember 19, 2025
Amanda Litman is the co-founder and executive director of Run for Something, which recruits and supports young, diverse progressives running for local office — since 2017, they’ve identified nearly 135,000 young people across the country who want to run. She’s also the author of the book, “Run for Something: A…
Social Venture Institute – Virtual 2026March 5 - 6, 2026
Get ready to feel replenished and energized; supported and seen; and above all, connected to yourself and other business leaders that know we need global transformation. Come create community in the potent, highly curated, and brave space of Social Venture Institute (SVI) Virtual. Share your real time business struggles, problem…
Activate 2026May 27 - 31, 2026
In this digital leadership training conference, we bring together the sharpest digital minds from political and advocacy campaigns, labour unions, creative agencies, and causes for four days of hard-skills training in digital leadership, strategy and tactics. Gain bold clarity on how to intelligently activate your organization from the inside, and…
Social Venture Institute 2026September 23 - 27, 2026
If you believe that business can (and should) be a catalyst for social and economic transformation, you belong at Social Venture Institute. Join Canada’s longest-running social enterprise gathering to find the inspiration, resources, and relationships you need to propel your mission forward. SVI is a five-day oceanside gathering of 100+…