>> THAT WAS JUST A GLIMPSE OF WHAT CONCORDIA'S SUPERINTENDENT -- SUMMIT IS ABOUT.

SEVENTH ANNUAL WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 18th AND 19th.

EVERYONE WAS WELCOMED TO ATTEND FROM FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES TO YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH ONE COMMON GOAL, TO ADDRESS THE PRESSING ISSUES OF THE WORLD TODAY.

HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT WAS ACHIEVED AT THIS YEAR'S SUMMIT IS THE COFOUNDER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO MATTHEW SWIFT.

WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

GREAT TO BE HERE.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK CONCORDIA AS A GROUP, ORGANIZATION IS NEWS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

TELL ME WHAT IS THIS GROUP ABOUT?

>> CONCORDIA IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION BASED HERE IN NEW YORK CITY BUT GLOBALLY FOCUSED THAT DOES TWO THINGS.

PART CONVENER, WHERE WE CONVENE AS THAT CLIP SHOWED, HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, CEOs OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES BUT CONVENE SMALL NON-PROFITS AND STUDENTS.

THE OTHER PART IS THAT WE ACTUALLY CREATE AND BROKER PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

>> TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS WHEN ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BECAUSE THIS IS A VAST GAME LIKE -- >> IT IS.

>> COUNTRY LEADERS, GOVERNMENT LEADERS, CEOs, COLLEGE STUDENTS.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

>> WE STARTED FIRST AND FOREMOST, I CO-FOUNDED IT WITH MY BEST FRIEND FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND WE STARTED IT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAD A PASSION FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS.

WE HAD A PASSION FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND MEDIA IN GENERAL BUT WE SAW THAT THIS DIVIDE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING ISSUES OF OUR TIME.

RATHER THAN US SAY BECAUSE WE READ THIS IN A BOOK, THEREFORE IT MAKES SENSE TO APPROACH IT THIS WAY, WE DECIDED TO START AS A CONVENING ORGANIZATION WITH THE ANNUAL SUMMIT HELD DURING THE U.N.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HERE IN NEW YORK BUT ALSO NEW AS AN ORGANIZATION WE HOLD SUMMITS AROUND THE WORLD.

WE CONVENE A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE.

WE BRING THESE PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER AROUND THE ISSUES, AROUND THE TOPICS THAT WE TALK ABOUT AND WHEN WE HIT CRITICAL MASS ON AN ISSUE, WHAT I MEAN IS WHEN WE BUILD A LARGE DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE, OF STAKE HOLDERS WITHIN AN ISSUE, WE CREATE A CONCORDIA CAMPAIGN AND THAT'S THE PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE WHERE WE CREATE A PARTNERSHIP ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE.

>> CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE?

>> SURE.

OUR STRATEGY IS TO BE QUITE NIMBLE.

WE'RE HAVE A VERY SMALL TEAM.

WE'RE ONLY 15 FULL-TIME STAFF.

THE OLDEST EMPLOYEE IS 34.

WE'RE VERY YOUNG.

WE HAVE A VERY NIMBLE MODEL.

FOR INSTANCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS AN ISSUE WE TALK ABOUT SUBSTANCELY AND SO WE WENT TO WASHINGTON D.C.

AND CONVENED LEADERS AND TOOK THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE AROUND THE TABLE AND ASKED HOW CAN CONCORDIA HELP YOU?

PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY DO NO GET INVITED TO LARGE FORUMS, WHICHEVER ONES YOU MIGHT BE THINKING OF.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PRAGMATIC BARRIER.

IF YOU STARTED A TINY NONPROFIT OR A SMALL FARMER FROM COLOMBIA BUT DOING SOMETHING INTERESTING WITH SCALE AND WITH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPACT, WE'LL ELEVATE YOU NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

YES, WE HAVE A MEMBERSHIP MODEL.

CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS.

WE HAVE TO PAY OUR BILLS, BUT WE DO NOT LET THAT STOP US FROM ELEVATING PEOPLE AND PUTTING THEM AT THE SAME TABLE SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT A STRATEGY DIALOGUE, 30 PEOPLE AROUND THE TABLE, EACH SEAT HAS A MICROPHONE AND A THREE-HOUR INTENSIVE CONVERSATION ON AN ISSUE.

YOU'LL SEE A STUDENT SITTING NEXT TO A CEO.

YOU'LL SEE A SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR SITTING NEXT TO A PRESIDENT.

>> WOW.

>> AND THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR WORK AND I HOPE OTHER GROUPS REPLICATE THAT.

>> I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT CONCORDIA.

YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT INTERACT AND COME TOGETHER.

THANK YOU FOR COMING ON THE SHOW AND TELLS US ABOUT THIS AMAZING ORGANIZATION THAT I THINK NOW WE ALL KNOW MORE ABOUT.

CONCORDIA HELPS ELEVATE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS