Derrick Feldmann is a sought-after speaker, researcher and advisor for cause
and corporate social responsibility engagement. He is the lead researcher and
creator of the Millennial Impact Project, a multi-year study of how the next
generation supports causes. The annual Millennial Impact Report is cited
regularly by such outlets as Forbes, TIME, Wall Street Journal and Fast
Company.

The report launches each year at MCON, a national conference Derrick created
and produces that draws more than 15,000 attendees online from for- and nonprofit
organizations across the world. MCON explores the question of whether
and how organizations are taking advantage of today’s heightened interest in
causes to build movements.

Derrick is president of Achieve, a creative research and campaigns agency
based in Indianapolis and West Palm Beach. Derrick founded Achieve to help
causes and companies address their most pressing issues as an advisory,
through audience research (internal and external), and with data-driven
awareness/fundraising campaigns.

Derrick is a co-author of the book Cause for Change: The Why and How of
Nonprofit Millennial Engagement and the upcoming title, Social Movements For
Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change.
Derrick is a regular contributor to Philanthropy News Digest and the Huffington
Post IMPACT channel. He is on the Leadership Faculty of the Points of Light
Corporate Institute and a guest lecturer for the School of Public and
Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
Derrick received an undergraduate degree from Southeast Missouri State
University and a graduate degree from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at
Indiana University. He went on to lead national fundraising efforts for The
LEAGUE and Learning to Give before founding Achieve in 2008.