After a successful first VC Virtual Roundtable, Raju Rishi (General Partner at RRE Ventures), Ian Sigalow (Co-Founder and Partner at Greycroft), and Andrew Cleland (Managing Director at Comcast Ventures) are coming back to revisit the themes previously discussed, such as the immediate and longstanding impact of the current health crisis on venture backed businesses, and give us more insight into what investing changes and trends to expect in the future. 

A "few to many" interactive virtual conference, there will be 20 to 30 minutes of discussion between panelists followed by 30 to 40 minutes of Q&A from our virtual audience. 

We will be holding a small virtual gathering for open conversation and learnings surrounding recent protests of police brutality and systemic racism. 

Topics will focus on things like:

>How is your leadership team communicating with Staff?

>What resources are you sharing with employees? 

>Employee Donation Matching

>How is your Org supporting its POC employees during this time?

> Plans for long-term anti-racist corporate policy-making

Join Niamh Hughes, Head of Communications at Shutterstock, Esther-Mireya Tejeda, Senior VP, Head of Corporate Communications & PR at Entercom, Christopher Cashman, Head of Communications at Columbia University, and Jennifer MacDonald, Director of Communications, Americas at LEGO Group, for a virtual discussion about lessons learned while communicating throughout the pandemic. This conversation is particularly timely and impactful as many companies are electing to participate in the national dialogue of racial inequity. 

This is an interactive "few to many" session. There will be 25 minutes of topical discussion between panelists (moderated by David Olk) followed by 30 minutes of Q&A from our virtual audience.

Topics we will focus on:

> Strategies in managing internal and external communications throughout this crisis

> Keeping audiences engaged (when engagement has become tougher) 

> Internal and cultural communication best practices while working remotely

We will be holding 10 person virtual gatherings for open conversation and discovery. Grab a drink and discuss your challenges with other members of the Voray Sales Enablement Community.

Topics will focus on things like:

> how are we all doing 

> the impact on day to day

> how we are handling unpredictability 

> how to keep your sales team motivated 

> how we can help each other

Join Kiran Hebbar, CFO at mParticle, and other finance leaders for an informal discussion around how we are all approaching scenario planning right now.

In addition to sharing your own challenges, Hitesh from Deloitte will share insights based on what he is seeing in the marketplace.

Join Lauren Farber, Head of Business Enablement at Hulu, Meredith Ian, Head of Global Sales Training at Spotify, and Whitney Sieck, Director of Revenue Enablement at Greenhouse, for a virtual roundtable to discuss how to support sales teams during these challenging times.

A "few to many" virtual conference, there will be 30 minutes of specific virtual discussion between panelists followed by 30 minutes of Q&A from our virtual audience.

Topics will focus on things like:
> How is the sales enablement role functioning when sales are generally down during this time
> Cost-cutting measures:  where do we start?

> Strategies in keeping the sales team engaged and motivated
> Adjusting sales enablement tools to the current needs 
> Efficiently reshaping the sales methodology and setting realistic goals  

We will be holding 10 person virtual gatherings for open conversation and discovery. Grab a drink and discuss your challenges with other members of the Voray Chief of Staff Community. 

Topics will focus on things like:

> how are we all doing 

> the impact on day to day

> impact on business

> what we are doing to manage team morale and culture

> what's next with team outing/activities budgets

> thinking about training calendars and budgets impact

> how we can help each other

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

• Capacity is 10 people for each one. Or else it will be hard to really have a discussion. Don't worry, the session will be moderated by a community member (or yours truly). If we have 20 people registered, we will break the groups up into groups of 10. 
• BYOB. We are going to start with a virtual toast! Club soda is fine, but why not.  
• Put your Video on. You don't have to wear pants, but let us see your face. (Wear pants. You know who you are. Zach) 
• Completely private and not recorded. We will take notes of (nonconfidential learnings) and provide back to the group afterward
• We will solicit questions and topics prior to each session
• Please do not sign up and then no show

Join Raju Rishi (General Partner at RRE Ventures), Ian Sigalow (Co-Founder and Partner at Greycroft), and Andrew Cleland (Managing Director at Comcast Ventures) to discuss the immediate and longstanding impact of the current health crisis on venture backed businesses. We will touch on how they are investing, what the future holds for venture backed innovation, and what they are telling their portfolio companies generally.

A "few to many" interactive virtual conference, there will be 20 to 30 minutes of discussion between panelists followed by 30 to 40 minutes of Q&A from our virtual audience. 

Join us for a conversation with "Gotham Gal" Joanne Wilson followed by a good amount of interactive audience Q&A.  With the pandemic taking over every thing in our lives, Joanne will provide her insights on Shysters, the future of (angel) investing, trends she is seeing at her companies, and how to get through this time no matter what role you are in professionally or personally.

Joanne Wilson has had many careers. She started out in retail, eventually moving to the wholesale arena. She then transitioned to the media side of the technology world, before once again reinventing herself as an investor.

She is currently an active angel investor with a portfolio of over 130 companies

such as Just Works, Stock Twits, Mexicue, Food52, Sweeten, Vengo, Flip, Clutter, and Parachute Home. She has been involved in numerous real estate transactions from beginning to end and continues to make investments in that world. She is also an investor in a few restaurants in the New York area.

In addition to these endeavors, Joanne has been involved in various education projects and has served as chairperson at Hot Bread Kitchen, a non-profit committed to increasing access to the culinary industry for woman and minorityentrepreneurs. She currently sits on the board of The Highline and is the co-chair of Path Forward.

Joanne has maintained her very popular blog, www.gothamgal.com for over 13 years and has released over 125 episodes of her podcast, "Positively Gotham Gal". She loves to bake, cook, throw a good party, travel, read, collect art, do the crossword and stay on top of what's happening around the globe and in NYC.

Her most successful venture is being married to her best friend, Fred and raising their three kids- Jessica, Emily and Josh.

So join us for a fun convo and we hope everyone is faring okay.

Join Laudine Vallarta (Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Etsy), L. David Kingsley (SVP & Chief People Officer at Vlocity), and John Bongiorno (Vice President of Talent Acquisition at ViacomCBS), and other People leaders for a virtual roundtable to discuss what's going on with people (from hiring, retaining, and day to day culture) during the pandemic

A "few to many" virtual conference, there will be 30 minutes of specific virtual discussion between panelists followed by 30 minutes of Q&A from our virtual audience.

Topics will focus on things like:

>  Strategies in keeping employees engaged and motivated
>  How to overcome the current challenges in hiring the right talent and training remote workers 
>  How are you answering tough questions and handling current concerns?
>  Important HR initiatives to implement during this crisis