Ken Grouf is the Founder and Co-Executive Director of the New York division of City Year. City Year unites a diverse group of 17 to 24 year-old young people for a year of full-time, rigorous community service, leadership development, and civic engagement.
Prior to starting City Year New York, Grouf was the Director of Brand Managment at Yahoo! Prior to Yahoo!, Ken was the Director of National Programs and Marketing at Do Something.
In 1993, he founded and served as the Executive Director of Students for Children, a non-profit organization that encouraged volunteerism and child advocacy on college campuses nationwide.
Ken Grouf received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
One of the true ingredients of a social entrepreneur is being ready. And when you are ready, it means that you know how to make an idea a reality. And that means selling, selling, selling. And how do you sell? If you look at a screenplay. Screenplay might be fantastic. But what really matters,...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Kenneth Grouf Shares Thoughts on Importance of Concerned Citizens and Not For Profit Organizations
Kenneth Grouf Shares Thoughts on Getting Buy In And Listening To Employees and Consumers
