Acts of Humanity The Power of Purposeful Events
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Scott Schenker has spent his career making events memorable, meaningful, and magical, beginning with two of the world’s foremost event planning firms, Jack Morton and George P. Johnson, where he worked across clients, industries, and continents to deliver amazing experiences that were as good for participants as for the organizations responsible for the gatherings. He moved to the corporate side as global head of events at technology powerhouses SAP, Microsoft, and ServiceNow. He is opinionated, generous, and—with a master’s degree in business and an interest in anthropology—is committed to every client’s, every participant’s, and now every reader’s success. He is the world’s grumpiest man when he hears the words “early bird discount” (see Essay 4.8 | Scarcity). Bryan Rutberg is a Hippie—he believes in the power of love, even in business. He’s also an MBA—he believes in missions, markets, and profit. At HP, McKinsey & Company, and Microsoft, he enjoyed success in sales, managing global partnerships, and building productive and mutually beneficial relationships with top executives. LOVE and PROFIT enhance each other when the Hippie and the MBA become one. Bryan believes that when you show the love, customers respond and become your secret weapon for increasing retention, referrals, and revenue.Acts of Humanity The Power of Purposeful Events
Gatherings shape belief, form relationships, and influence how people understand themselves and one another. Across business, culture, and civic life, moments of coming together carry meaning that outlasts the moment itself.
Acts of Humanity explores what becomes possible when gatherings are approached as intentional acts—designed for meaning, responsibility, and consequence. Drawing on anthropology, psychology, decades of lived practice, and conversations with leading voices, this insightful resource positions gatherings as one of humankind’s most powerful instruments for building belief, community, culture, and commerce.
Across twenty-three interconnected essays, Acts of Humanity moves between ideas and lived experience: how Kairos moments stand apart from ordinary time; why rituals anchor memory and identity; how belief emerges as a uniquely human force; and why certain gatherings feel like thresholds—brief openings where something lasting takes shape. Along the way, stories surface—unexpected, human, and sometimes joyful—from a sales team singing together to moments of trust formed simply by sharing space.
Rather than offering formulas, Acts of Humanity provides a way of seeing—revealing how choices made across time shape what gatherings become and what they leave behind.
Purposeful events carry power. The question is how that power is best understood, held, and put to use.
Gatherings shape belief, form relationships, and influence how people understand themselves and one another. Across business, culture, and civic life, moments of coming together carry meaning that outlasts the moment itself.
Acts of Humanity explores what becomes possible when gatherings are approached as intentional acts—designed for meaning, responsibility, and consequence. Drawing on anthropology, psychology, decades of lived practice, and conversations with leading voices, this insightful resource positions gatherings as one of humankind’s most powerful instruments for building belief, community, culture, and commerce.
Across twenty-three interconnected essays, Acts of Humanity moves between ideas and lived experience: how Kairos moments stand apart from ordinary time; why rituals anchor memory and identity; how belief emerges as a uniquely human force; and why certain gatherings feel like thresholds—brief openings where something lasting takes shape. Along the way, stories surface—unexpected, human, and sometimes joyful—from a sales team singing together to moments of trust formed simply by sharing space.
Rather than offering formulas, Acts of Humanity provides a way of seeing—revealing how choices made across time shape what gatherings become and what they leave behind.
Purposeful events carry power. The question is how that power is best understood, held, and put to use.