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    2004 Pitchathon Track       10.23.2004/Metreon SF

Whatever your mission within the nonprofit universe - your skills at "The Pitch" will have to be sharp. The Boot Camp Pitchathon Track created a working lab environment - that you can now experience first hand.

1.  Daniel Oppenheim                               Opens with Introductions and Example Pitches
                                           Daniel Oppenheim, Panel, Judges

2.   The Sports/Health Orientated Nonprofit
3.   The Replacing/Rebuilding of Housing
4.   Creative Community Catalyst
5.   Scrounging - SCRAP
6.   Fill Up America
7.   Bay Area Theater Sports
8.   Sisters of the Underworld
9.   Schools for Thought
10.  Square Peg Foundation

11.  Independent Arts and Media       
12. Center For Arts & Entertainment
13. Creative Learning Project
14. Growing Planet and ECO Rangers
15. Bay Area American Indian True Spirits
16. Rocket Dog To the Rescue
17.  Alterina Playhouse
18.  Finale and Awards

19. Judges and Coaches

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If you are lucky enough to get in front of funding - you have to make your best pitch - These classes offer priceless experience and insight.........


       Video 1  - Pitchathon Opens

     

       Intro to Pitchathon

           Concept & panelists Presented by,
           Daniel  Oppenheim
                
       Success Presentation - Home Town Jazz
                    
Pitch #1        Future Leader
                     Pitch #2        Arts Fest 

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Go to Judges




First Pitchathon Session
(43 mins)

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Video 2 -
The Sports/Health Nonprofit

(30 Minutes)
The Organic Athlete
The Breakfasts of Champions could contribute to their health - or work against them.




Sports/Health Nonprofit Pitch/Review

 

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Video 3 -

Replacing or Rebuilding Housing

( 4 Minutes)
The Rebuilding Alliance
View a well organized presentation for a consistent program, and presentations convey the group's mission statement well.




Pitching Providing Housing

 

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Video 4 -
Creative Community Catalyst

(23 Min)
Creative Community Catalyst
Urban community effort to integrate green technology - inspire/educate/empower - towards making environments healthful.

 




Pitching Green In Urban Communities


 


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Video 5 -
Scrounging Censer Random Art Projects!
                   SCRAP -

For 28 innovative years - SCRAP has provided cost effective goods and materials for t projects.

 




Pitching the Art of Resourcefulness!

 


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Video 6 -
If Its Full - Empty it! If It Empty Fill It!
                     Fill Up America

Certainly one of the best prepared pitches of the day, Hear how captured food is handled and distributed to the hungry...

 




Pitching Food Distribution to the Hungry

 


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Video 7 -
Bay Area Theater Sports

BATS Improve Theater group produces 200 shows a year - corporate training - Laughing Stock for AIDS/HIV patients - hear about the "human" side of "Fundraising".

 




Pitching the World as a Stage.


 


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Video 8 -
Sisters of the Underworld

HipHop started on the streets as an alternative to gang culture violence. It has become a universal art form to youth and this innovative nonprofit has forged it into the teaching of four critical social skills - this is a wonderful cultural movement and a vibrant nonprofit movement.

 




HipHop you Youth and Nonprofit!


 


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Video 9 -
Schools for Thought

This nonprofit provides staff for disabled and at risk individuals - vocational training in home - assists disabled in learning how to sell on line - nurturing education/skill development and independent living.

 




Teaching disabled in home to profit


 


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Video 10 -
Square Peg Foundation

Mix special kids with horse, strange magic results and the kids develop strong relationships, along with good equestrian skills and personal growth.

 

 




Kids Learning Horse Sense!


 


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Video 11 -
Independent Arts and Media
                   Newsdesk.org

This nonprofit manages citizen driven news/media awareness programs in four specific areas - Nonstop/nonpartisan/nonprofit public news reporting.

 

 

 



Citizen driven News
 


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Video 12 -
Center For Arts & Entertainment

In south LA, Sports and Entertainment can offer distraction to drugs and violence. This program allows the youth to revisit their dreams and inspirations - then connects them with the icons - showing them how the now industry leaders - once started with just a dream.

 




Dreaming of being a sports or entertainment industry star - can be an effective way to fuel goals and build self-esteem.


 


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Video 13 -
Creative Learning Project

 

This nonprofit pitch was from the audience - Based on the founder's Loss of a friend (in a hate crime), the founder has organized his nonprofit ti assist others by means of the creative process.

 




There is healing power in the creative process.

 


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Video 14 -
Growing Planet and ECO Rangers

Students are inspired by good teachers and high quality learning experiences in this program - supporting classroom/fieldtrip and multi media courses - that add immersion learning around essential subjects.

 

 

 




Go ECO-Rangers!

 


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Video 15 -
Bay Area American Indian True Spirits

This nonprofit exists to restore and recover the role of individuals whose origins date back to the first nations - making them members of two tribes - American Indian Communities

 

 

 




From the First Nations
 


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Video 16 -
Rocket Dog To the Rescue

When a wayward dog ends up on death row - not even the sunset bark can save it. Well, Rocket Dog Rescue is changing that- with 100% volunteer commitment, this nonprofit has found a home for every dog they have had the opportunity to help.

 




Go Rocket Dog!

 


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Video 17 -

Alterina Playhouse

How does sixty-five years of sold out run theater in the round sound? This nonprofit theater group is running strong and delivers high quality entertainment, at affordable prices to the community. This was the first Three Act Pitch we had seen!

 




The Show Will Go On!


 


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Video
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Finale and Awards

All eight of the scheduled presenters stood before the Judges  participants - in this finale of the 2004 Pitchathon

 





Everyone is a winner.....

 

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Judges:
  
Marianne Balin, Program Manager,
  
             
Blue Shield of California Foundation

   Phillip Knowlton,                               
             
Philanthropist
   Drummond Pike,President,                

              Tides
   Pamela David, Executive Director,    
             
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
    Sheila Arcelona, Senior Administrative Analyst, Juvenile Probation
    Department,

 
              City & County of San Francisco
    Richard Newirth, Director of Cultural Affairs,   
               
San Francisco Arts Commission
    Matthew O'Grady, Managing Director, Bay Area,
          
     Taproot Foundation
 
 
  
 Jim Illig, Health Commissioner,             
                City & County of San Francisco
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         Director of Government Relations,

                 Project Open Hand

    Stephanie Yang, Senior Program Officer,
 
               The Women's Foundation of California
     Holly Friedman, VP Market Development,
           
    Bank of America

Coaches:
     
Daniel Oppenheim, Oppenheim Associates
      William Ryan, Founding Partner
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Mandala

 


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