2017 American Express Emerging Innovators Bootcamps

Join the 2017 Emerging Innovators cohort
Develop your power to change the world

Apply for one of 100 spots at our leadership Bootcamps, which will be held in five locations around the world this fall. As an Emerging Innovator, you’ll receive industry insights, personalized feedback, direct connections to sector leaders and ongoing support from a network of peers who are rising stars in the social enterprise world. Tell us why you deserve a spot.

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Applications are due by June 30, 2017, 11 p.m. PDT

“Being exposed to people who have walked the path of social change just makes me believe more and more that I can do it.”

- Jose Luis Marantes, Fluente

“At the end of the day, we’re all drops in the bucket trying to create this better world. And Ashoka and AmEx provide this great platform for us to amplify our messaging while also collaborating and partnering to build a better society.”

- Antoinette Carroll, Creative Reaction Lab

About the Bootcamps

The American Express Leadership Academy Emerging Innovators Bootcamps are 2-3 day intensive trainings for social entrepreneurs and changemakers who can benefit from expert guidance, peer support and a safe space to reflect on inner growth and wellbeing.

We find incredible leaders and then we train and support them powerfully through the 3,000+ member strong American Express Leadership Academy. As a result, our graduates go on to win some of the most prestigious awards around, including our Ashoka Fellowship, and honors from organizations like Echoing Green, Skoll, StartingBloc and Unreasonable Institute. Our grads even make the Forbes “30 Under 30” list.

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