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Craigslist Foundation's San Francisco Bay Area Nonprofit Boot Camp brought together an enthusiastic crowd of aspiring and seasoned nonprofit professionals to help each other learn and succeed. In this opening keynote, Darian Rodgriguez Heyman heralds the great opportunities and challenges in the nonprofit sector today, with a tribute to his audience of dedicated fighters who stand up for civil rights, women's rights, environment, education, child protection, gay rights, public health, or other socially responsible causes. Heyman goes on to provide an overview of the day-long, multi-track program, and a sense of scope for the event, which was pulled together through the hard work of hundreds of volunteers, sponsors, vendors and speakers.
The main goal of Boot Camp is to showcase the many resources available to support today's social entrepreneur. The event's full program of interactive workshops is overflowing with practical wisdom to help nonprofit leaders succeed in their mission and manage their organizations more effectively. Quoting Einstein, Heyman reminds us, "you don't need to know all the answers, just where to find them."
Charlie Crystle, the founder and CEO of Mission Research, takes to the podium to welcome the participants and explain the philosophy of his software company, the presenting sponsor for the NYC and Bay Area Boot Camps. Mission Research is leading by example to show that non-profits themselves can be run as socially responsible, sustainable businesses by pursuing the triple bottom line: people, planet, and profits.
These talks launch the Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp series on the Social Innovations channel. Future shows will cover a range of topics of interest to all changemakers, from inspiring, personal narratives to nuts-and-bolts advice on writing effective mission statements; understanding tax law; managing boards; fundraising; harnessing technology; and much, much more.
Darian Rodriguez Heyman has a strong history of building organizations, facilitating community development and supporting worthy causes. He serves as Executive Director of the Craigslist Foundation, which produces free and low-cost educational programs and online resources design to educate, empower and connect emerging nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs. Darian satisfies his thirst for supporting the arts and at-risk youth by serving on the Boards of Project Ahimsa (www.ProjectAhimsa.org), a global effort to empower children through music, and Natural World Museum (www.NaturalWorldMuseum.org), the first museum dedicated to art that promotes conservation. He also serves on numerous Advisory Boards and is a frequent public speaker.
Darian's career began when he co-founded and sold global digital advertising agency Beyond Interactive (www.BeyondInteractive.com) to Grey Global Group (www.grey.com, now part of WPP). He was very active educating and mobilizing in the Internet marketing industry and traditional advertising executives during the dot com boom and his many articles, affiliations and speaking engagements led to his being dubbed “Professor Internet” by Adweek Magazine (www.adweek.com).
While on sabbatical from Beyond, Darian made a conscious decision to dedicate his life to philanthropy and the arts and never looked back. Shortly thereafter, he started Project Pangea and produced interdisciplinary fundraisers around various cultural themes, uniting DJs, musicians, poets, dancers, fashion designers, artists and community members, all while promoting cultural exchange and supporting art and music programs for underprivileged children.
Darian lives in the Mission district of his beloved San Francisco and holds his BA in International Relations from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Go Blue!). He speaks Spanish and Portuguese, is a budding DJ and loves international travel, snowboarding and all kinds of music.
Charlie Crystle, co-founder and CEO, Mission Research (Lancaster, PA), was the founder and CEO of Seattle-based Chili!Soft (acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2000) . Charlie serves on the boards of the Lancaster YMCA, Pennsylvania HealthCare Solutions Coalition and the Alliance for Sustainability and has served as an advisor to Witness .org, Sustainable Lancaster, the Sunshine-Project .org, Casa Alianza and the United Way of Lancaster’s Allocation Committee . In 2004, Charlie ran unsuccessfully for US Senate in Pennsylvania . He is the executive producer of ‘Children in a Jar’, a documentary about the plight of street children in Central America .
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