Natalie Pierce is the Head of the Global Shapers Community. Prior to this, she led programming for the World Economic Forum's Foundations, including the Global Shapers Community and Forum of Young Global Leaders. Both are scalable solutions for organizing and mobilizing the full potential of young people.
Natalie joined the World Economic Forum in March 2016 – contributing her expertise to several initiatives including community-building, programme development, impact evaluation and strategic communications. Natalie is passionate about participatory design and facilitation, and uses her skill set to inspire, empower and connect community leaders to create positive social change locally and globally. Before this, Natalie worked at the United Nations Office of Geneva in the Office of the Director-General and Teach for Canada. Natalie holds an MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Western Ontario.
It’s been nearly three years since this group of innovators, activists and entrepreneurs under the age of 30 met in person. From 2-4 September, 500 of them convened in Geneva for the 10th...
Today is World Humanitarian Day, an annual appreciation of the collective efforts of humanitarian workers helping others overcome crises. The actions of the World Economic Forum's Global ...
An intergenerational crisis is underway. Once-in-a-lifetime catastrophes like COVID-19 and fears of a global recession continue to disproportionately affect the careers and economic stabi...
Around the world, a young generation is demanding to be heard. From mobilizing global movements to advancing innovative solutions and building more inclusive communities, young people fro...
This month marks an incredible milestone for the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community as we celebrate our 10 Year Anniversary. Created in 2011 by the Forum’s Founder, Klaus Sch...
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of our lives. Yet, even before the onset of the crisis, the social and economic integration of young people was an ongoing challenge. Now,...
随着新冠病毒疫情肆虐，每周似乎都会出现新的社会不公或本可避免的灾难，人们很容易感到绝望，甚至到了麻木的地步。那么，致力于改变世界的公民该如何继续下去呢?
As the coronavirus pandemic rages on and each week seemingly brings new social injustices or preventable catastrophes, it’s easy to feel hopeless – even to the point of paralysis. So how ...
La COVID-19 a infecté près de 5 millions de personnes dans le monde et continue de se propager rapidement. Bien que le confinement soit désormais assoupli dans certains pays, les effets d...
La COVID-19 ha infectado a casi 5 millones de personas en todo el mundo y sigue propagándose rápidamente. Aunque los bloqueos se están reduciendo en algunos países, los efectos de este vi...
COVID-19 has infected nearly 5 million people around the world, and continues to spread rapidly. Although lockdowns are now being eased in some countries, the impacts from this the virus ...
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads around the world, Global Shapers are stepping up and taking action in more than 50 countries. Global Shapers, a network of young leaders under ...
Exhausted by inaction and inspired by the desperate need for change, young people around the world are speaking truth to power, reminding leaders that we must act now to create more inclu...
Young people coming together in joint action has served as a major engine of social transformation throughout human history. At key moments, younger generations have repeatedly acted to o...
According to the latest World Economic Forum Global Shapers Annual Survey, which covers more than 30,000 individuals under the age of 30 from 186 countries, climate change and the destruc...
