My Bio

Scott Henderson, MBA
Scott helps brands, causes, and startups reach new markets using emerging media and collaborative social initiatives.

With a penchant for befriending people from different backgrounds, Scott helps cross-pollinate ideas and foster important connections for his clients. His ability to create meaningful relationships has been the key to his career, which includes forays as an interactive agency executive, major gift fundraiser, foundation executive, and magazine editor.

As a son and grandson of psychiatrists, he’s been intrigued by the human mind since he was young.  Mixing theory and practice, he applies time-tested human behavior principles to create effective online/offline initiatives. He has led shifts for a variety of organizations, including Procter & Gamble, UNICEF, Tyson Foods, Startup America Partnership, Aetna, and the United Nations. Recent examples of his work  include 7billionactions.org, Startup America Partnership and WeCanEndThis.com.

Scott is a regular keynote speaker and has been featured on BusinessWeek.com, Mashable.com, Reuters, MIT Sloan Management Review online, and Harvard Business Review online for his innovations and insights. In addition to blogging at Rally the Cause, he is a contributor to Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Profit and Purpose blog and Mashable. He is also a member of the SXSW Interactive Festival advisory board and co-leads the Social Entrepreneur working group for the NASA Human Health and Performance Center.A proud Nebraska native, Scott now lives with his wife, Jen, and son, Ethan, along the North Shore of Boston. He holds a B.A. in International Affairs and German from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and M.B.A. from the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Scott publishes NewEmpireBuilders.com, a collaborative media property where you can discover the people and ideas shifting how the world works to make it better.  He tweets at @scottyhendo and you can find his company website at CauseShift.com.