In this panel discussion, entrepreneurs in the field of education talk about how to work with the market and apply business practices and frameworks to the problem of urban education reform. Their lessons have relevance in areas ranging from teaching to administration, and from recruitment to organizational design.
Nonprofit Boot Camp is Craigslist Foundation's premiere educational program, designed to empower the next generation of nonprofit leaders. In this opening keynote, Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Charlie Crystle kick off the 2006 San Francisco Bay Area Bootcamp with a warm welcome and an overview of the conference's nine educational tracks. The program is overflowing with practical wisdom to help budding social entrepreneurs succeed in their mission and manage their organizations more effectively.
As executive producer of MCG Jazz, Marty Ashby works with musicians who often devote their proceeds to a community arts and vocational training center in Pittsburg, Penn. In this audio interview, Ashby charts for Globeshakers host Tim Zak his career from jazz musician to director of this philanthropic jazz performance and recording venue.
