I spent all day Saturday in New York City at the Craigslist Foundation's Nonprofit Boot Camp. This is an event designed to bring social entrepreneurs and nonprofits in startup mode together for a day for education, networking and general rallying of forces.
It was incredible to see (and feel) the amount of energy and passion everyone brought and shared throughout the day. The scheduled "Networking" time at the end of the day was so loud (from all the small talk) that you could barely hear the music the DJ was playing. One thing you could hear, though, was the Samba School for Social Justice, who marched through with a Carnaval-style parade a couple of times during the day and even got some of the boot campers to join in.
Overall, it was great to see all of the people and feel all of the positive energy they are pumping into their fledgling nonprofits. I was proud of Mission Research's sponsorship of the event, and look forward to the left coast version in San Francisco in August. More information is available at: http://craigslistfoundation.org/index.php?page=Bayarea.
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