Craigslist Foundation Podcasts

Over the past few years, we've recorded the workshops at Boot Camp and released them as a free podcast series. You can subscribe via itunes, subscribe to the rss feed, or help yourself to the recordings listed below. It's all free:


2009 San Francisco Bay Area

From Nice to Necessary: How you can turn outward and make hope real
Rich Harwood

Social Entrepreneurship
Jonathan Greenblatt and Nora Silver

Build a Balanced Life in a Workaholic World: 3 Success Secrets
Sylvia Warren

The Charismatic Organization: Building buzz, Energizing employees, and delighting donors during troubling times
Shirley Sagawa and Deb Jospin

Crissy Field: How Shared Purpose and Bold Vision Healed the Land
Doug Overman and Nancy Hornor

Leadership from the Inside Out: Transforming Organizations with new models of leadership development and coaching
Linda Wood, Amanda Berger, Marla Cornelius

Preventing Homelessness and Providing Hope: How One Bay Area Collaborative is Preventing Family Evictions
Jose Cartagena, Karen Erickson, and Cindy Ward

Shaping the Future by Searching the Past: Ten Lessons from the History of American Nonprofits
Michael O'Neill

Current Trends in Volunteer Engagement
Ami Dar & Jennifer Bennett

Change the World for Ten Bucks
Eugenie Harvey

Lunch Keynotes: In Person and Online Networking
Randi Zuckerberg & Marjorie Weingrow

Are You Wearing Too Many Hats? Rethinking Back Office Functions
Annette Cook, Jonna Hensley, and Prudy Kohler

Advocacy and Lobbying 101 - Nonprofits and Public Policy: Action Needed Now!
Kevin Hickey, Nayantara Mehta, and Sheila Warren

All-Star Panel
Craig Newmark, Ami Dar, Jonathan Greenblatt, Rich Harwood, Arianna Huffington, Shirley Sagawa, Steve Wright, and moderator Michael Krasny

How to Approach a Foundation: From Initial Contact to Getting Funded - What Does It Take?
C. Davis Fischer

How To Think Like A Social Media Marketing Genius - 8 Principles for Success Inspired by Einstein
Beth Kanter and Susan Gordon

Morning Keynote
Arianna Huffington

2008 San Francisco Bay Area

Community Organizers, Small Town Mayors, and the responsibilities of Global Citizens
Medea Benjamin

How to Create a Website and How Much Might It Cost
David Taylor

Meet the Grantmakers: Fundraising for Lobbying and Advocacy
Dennis Quirin, Ron Rowell & Kristi Kimball

Succeeding as an Emerging Social Entrepreneur
Premal Shah

Mobilizing Generation 2.0
Ben Rigby & Jacob Colker

Dirty Sexy Money...Online
Marc Ruben

Advancing Your Cause: Planning an Advocacy Strategy
Christopher Vaeth

Your Board and Fundraising: An Introductory Class for Small Nonprofits
Scott Ullman

Socially Responsible Outsourcing: A New Model for Sustainable Economic Development
Leila Chirayath

Lobbying and Advocay 101: Laws Governing Nonprofit Advocacy
Nayantara Mehta

Seven Generations: Honoring Our Past - Looking to the Future
Jan Masaoka (Moderator), Huong Cheng, Flo Green, Roni Krouzman, Goro Mitchell, Rachel Paredes Paras & Frank J. Omowale Satterwhite

Internet Strategy on the Cheap
Britt Bravo & Eric Leland

Reality Grantmaking
Susan Fox (Moderator), Cheryl A. Clarke (Moderator), Ellen Clear, Elizabeth Curtis, Lorne Needle & Karen Topakian

Remarks by Craig Newmark


2008 New York Tri-State Area

Unfortunately, we had lots of technical issues with the 2008 New York Tri-State Area Nonprofit Boot Camp recordings and have not been able to publish any podcasts from this event.


2007 San Francisco Bay Area

Afternoon Keynote
Aimee Allison

Innovations in the "Business" of Being Not For Profit
Priya Haji

Morning Keynote
Ami Dar

Weaving the Internet into Your Nonprofit Strategy
Allen Gunn

Keys to Success as a Nonprofit Executive Director
David La Piana

A Practical Approach to Fundraising Online
Andrew Mosawi

Reality Of Starting A Nonprofit
Bill Somerville (moderator), Ninive Clments, John Killacky & Yolanda Nunn

Developing a Message to Win Supporters for Your Cause
Mal Warwick

The Tailored Board
Leyna Bernstein & Melissa Breach

Making Media Headlines
Stephen Buel, David Talbot & Ron Wolf

ABC's of Tax Exempt Status
Joe Kroll

Social Entrepreneurship 101: Industry Case Studies
Nora Silver (moderator), Lee Davis, Holly Harbour & Ben Mangan

Social Enteprises & Earned Income Strategies
Sheila Warren (Moderator), Caroline Pappajohn & Kirsten Gagnaire

Elements of Startup: Applying Entrepreneurial Ideology to Your Social Venture
Xavier Helgesen, Dan Mitchell & Jayson Morris

Making the Most of the Executive Director/Board Chair Relationship
Bruce Truitt


2007 NY Tri-State Area

Social Entrepreneurship 101 - The Leading Edge of Social Change
Joanna Opot (Moderator), Oona Chaterjee, Freda Richmond & Jenni Wolfson

501(c)3 Tax Exempt Status
J.J. Harwayne Leitner, Esq. & Steven Kang

Social Enterprises & Earned Income Strategies
Michael West, Esq. (Moderator), Julius Walls, Jr. & Zena Nelson

Afternoon Keynote
Ana Oliveira

Be Bold - Creating Careers With Impact
Laura Galinsky (moderator), Lucas Welch, Angela Coleman, Taz TAgore & Anthony Lopez

Morning Keynote
Nancy Lublin

Planning And Enhancing IT
Mark Topping & Alex Wilkinson

Community Building: Where the Real World and Internet Meet
Ami Dar (Moderator), Harish Rao, Jeff S. Merritt & Barnabas Shakur

Critical Financial Knowledge for Nonprofit Leaders
Kenneth Rogers

Free and Low Cost Tech Resources
Cristine Cronin

Intro To Fundraising
Greg Cohen & Judy Levine

Social Media Marketing and Campaigning for Nonprofits
Daniel Hartman & Beka Economoulos

Traversing The Grantor/Grantee Divide
Michael Seltzer


2006 San Francisco Bay Area

Morning Keynote
Van Jones

Morning Keynote Intro
Darian Rodriguez Heyman/Charlie Crystle

Introduction to Fundraising Planning (Part 1, Part 2)
Scott Ullman

So You Want To Start A Nonprofit?
Cherie Evans

Collaborative & Competitive Strategies
David LaPiana

Developing A Message To Win Supporters For Your Cause
Mal Warwick

Afternoon Keynote ("From Transaction to Transformation: Attaining Success in the Nonprofit Sector")
Kay Sprinkel Grace

The Social Entrepreneurship Landscape: Leader To Leader
Pamela Hawley

Your Career Path To Nonprofit Leadership
Jan Masaoka

Get Out of Your Silos
Kevin Danaher

Fostering Effective Nonprofit-Corporate Relationships
Susan Rae Ross, Randy Chun and Jim Pitofsky

How to Improve Your Nonprofit Operation in Less Than Two Months
Heather Carpenter and Jennifer Chien

Financial Management 101
Sojeila Maria Silva

Diversity in Fundraising
Gerald Richards and Dee Dee Nguyen

Internet Marketing Stategies: Extending Your Online Reach
Brent Blackaby, Jeff Patrick and Favianna Rodriguez

What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know About Technology
John Kenyon

The ABC's of Tax Exempt Status
Joe Kroll

Subscribe to the 2006 podcast series.


Podcasts of 2006 and 2007 San Francisco Nonprofit Boot Camp events were funded by the ZeroDivide, helping underserved communities secure social justice, access and equality through the application of information and communications technologies.

Podcasts of 2006 New York Nonprofit Boot Camp events were funded by eBay.