Small Business Week(ly) -Compassionate and Creative Communications During COVID-19

Small Business Week(ly) Webinar Series
Session 4: Communications for Small Business
The 16th Annual, San Francisco Small Business Week, presented by Bank of America, has broken free of the confines of a week in order to answer the call of small businesses for meaningful support and empowerment, now. “Small Business Weekly” is providing complimentary access to educational and engaging programming designed to address critical topics, especially related to Coronavirus impacts and resiliency. This program will address topics with thought leaders and experts in areas ranging from access to capital, legal implications, and even explore possibilities for pivoting business models.

Panelists: 
David Perry 

CEO / Founder

His specialties include community and government affairs, social media, public/media relations and crisis communications

Projects of which David is especially proud include: San Francisco’s Official 30th Anniversary SF / Shanghai Sister City Delegation to the Shanghai Expo led by Lt. Governor / then San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and former Mayors Frank Jordan and Willie L. Brown, Jr. (June 2010); ChinaSF Delegation to Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shanghai (Oct. 2010); San Francisco Fleet Week 2010; (October 2010); the “Escape to the City Campaign” for the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (spring 2009); the Loma Prieta Earthquake 20th Anniversary emergency preparedness campaign (October 2009); public relations/media for the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay in San Francisco (April 2008). In 2006, Perry accepted an“Exceptional Business Award” from the San Francisco Business Arts Councils.

David is a member of the board of directors and executive committee of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, serving as it small business chair. He is also a member of the San Francisco Hotel Council, co-founder / immediate past president of the nonprofit Rainbow Honor Walk and host / creator of “10 Percent” — the longest running LGBT show in California history (2009 – 2018)

As a journalist, David has written over one hundred articles, and contributed to several national publications. He has represented clients in the United States, Canada, China and Europe. Originally from Richmond, Virginia, David began his career with the National Endowment for the Arts, followed by stints as Communications Director for San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Media Manager for the San Francisco Partnership, a public/private venture of the San Francisco Mayor’s Office and San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and edited the national nonprofit magazine Opportunity Knocks. David is a frequent lecturer on the ethics of public relations and how technology is changing and expanding traditional communications. David travels extensively, including several trips to China each year, and has visited more than 60 countries on six continents. He has lived in San Francisco since 1987. In his spare time, David is an avid maritime historian and lectures about the great age of ocean liners aboard ship whenever possible.