Earlier this year, I attended a conference that covers interactive and online media. During one of many panels I attended about improving the KaBOOM! website and having a robust online community, I had an amazing moment.
I was asking a question to the speakers of a panel, and in the interest of time, had identified myself as someone who worked for a non-profit called KaBOOM!, but didn’t say what our work is about. I was mid-sentence when one of the panel folks interrupted me asked me what KaBOOM! is all about. So I dropped the KaBOOM! vision on them.
I was shocked by what happened next. The room started applauding. The entire room was clapping for what KaBOOM! strives to accomplish. It wasn’t a courtesy clap or being polite. How many people can say that their work drives people to applause?
The moment, to say the least, had me on cloud nine for weeks.
