Take your ideas and impact to the next level
Take your passion and turn it into progress. Have an idea but unsure where to start? Need help improving your existing efforts? Start or strengthen your social impact alongside fellow changemakers through this 6-week interactive program for students or teams with new ideas or existing initiatives.
You are a great fit for Impact Bootcamp if you are…
- An individual student or a new or existing student group, student organization, fraternity or sorority, or any other type of student-led, student-run project, initiative, program or venture
- Have an idea or a plan for social impact
- Involved with a new student organization that is just getting started creating impact
- Involved with an established student organization that is looking to strengthen your existing work or to start a new program or project
- Interested in learning more about how your social impact project, venture, or program can increase its impact
- Looking to increase your impact before applying to Accelerator Fellows, Do Good Challenge, Mini-Grants, or Do Good Campus Fund.
Program Details
Impact Bootcamp is a 6-week program where participating students and teams will work with the Do Good Institute to develop and/or refine a plan to create impact. Each week, students will devote time to refining their plans to do good. In the final week of the program, every participant will come together and you will get a chance to share your new and improved plans with the cohort and receive feedback. The program will meet in-person Thursdays 4pm - 5pm starting September 26 and concluding November 7.
Impact Bootcamp takes place in two tracks. Track 1 is designed for those that are looking to flesh out an idea and develop a project plan. Track 2 is designed for teams that are established or have already developed a plan to create impact that they are looking to refine or refresh. Any interested organization, club, team, or individual can register for the program.
Important Dates and Deadlines
- September 15: Registration Deadline (Register here)
- September 26: Program Start Date
- November 7: Program End Date
Learn More
Find out more information below about joining Impact Bootcamp, the benefits of participating, eligibility requirements, registration process, and more!
Students and teams that join Impact Bootcamp will be able to:
- Participate in valuable development workshops each week
- Receive priority consideration if interested in applying for a Mini-Grant
- Gain access to one-on-one coaching support with Do Good Institute staff
- Connect with other student resources available on campus
- Join our community of changemakers, activists, and innovators in social impact
Impact Bootcamp is open to any students or student organization, team, or group at the University of Maryland, College Park. Participants can be interested in developing an early-stage idea for impact OR participants can have an existing or established organization, team, or project that they would like to strengthen, develop, or innovate.
Students can participate as individuals and/or in teams. If participating as part of a team, we encourage multiple team members, including a leader, to join the program, if possible. If this is not possible, we highly recommend the representative team member to be the founder, president, or in some other leadership role.
Note: Students or teams are not required to be a registered or official student organization with the University of Maryland to participate.
Students interested in Impact Bootcamp will need to register using this short registration form. Please submit your registration before 11:59pm on September 15.
Have questions about what Impact Bootcamp is all about? Join our virtual Impact Bootcamp Info Sessions to learn more about the program. There will also be plenty of time to ask questions!
Impact Bootcamp Virtual Info Session Dates:
- Thursday, September 5, 1:00pm-1:30pm
- Wednesday, September 4, 1:00-1:30pm
- Monday, September 9, 3:00-3:30pm
- Friday, September 13, 10:00-10:30am
If you are also interested in receiving funding to support your project, we encourage you to explore applying for a Mini-Grant.
FAQs
Explore the tabs below to find answers to your most frequently asked questions.
Track 1 is designed for those that are looking to flesh out an idea and develop a project plan. So, if you or your team is just getting started and doesn’t have a mission, vision, or clear project plan yet, Track 1 is for you. Track 2 is designed for teams that already have developed a plan to create impact that they are looking to strengthen or refine. So, if your team is more established, but needs help formalizing your strategy for impact, program management, marketing, event planning, partnership building, or fundraising, Track 2 is for you.
In the registration process, you will be asked to select which track you think you best fit in. There will also be an option for us to select the track on your behalf. Even if you select a track in your registration, we may suggest that you participate in a different track.
The weekly topics vary slightly depending on which track you participate in and how your team would like to develop. But, all participants can expect to engage with the following topics:
- September 26: Session 1 - Exploring Your "Why"
- October 3: Session 2 - Research and Reflection
- October 10: Session 3 - Creative Ideation
- October 17: Session 4 - Team Dynamics
- October 24: Session 5 - Project Development
- November 7: Session 6 - Presentations & Feedback