THE BOLDER NEWSLETTER – January

23 Jan

Hello to all BolderLife volunteers, staff members, sponsors, Kickstarter backers, supporters and all of the artistic participants!

Welcome to 2014! BolderLife wishes you a year of laughter, joy, opportunity, growth, connection, smiles, good food, adventure, magic moments, and aha moments.

First of all we want to thank all of you who were in attendance at BolderLife Festival 2013. Thank you for your work, your passion, your love and your support. You have made it possible and real.

Together we experienced outstanding, eventful and inspiring days. Many refer to this festival as a life changing experience. By being involved, whether you helped with your hard work, your film, your art, your money, your in-kind donations or simply your participation, know that we couldn’t have achieved this without you.

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience

can never go back to its old dimensions.”

– Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

The number of participants where our best yet and if each person involved starts a conversation with just one other person about BLF topics, then the first step to creating small change is taken and the possibility to create a huge ripple in society is underway.

A high school administrator told us that “BLF was one of the most powerful educational experiences we have had outside of school.” Our support of emotional learning has the potential for huge multiplier effects in adults as well. Every adult attendee told us BLF had changed their life, and this year an adult participant said that “BLF literally saved her life”.

“Thanks so much to Erin Kelly and the rest of the INCREDIBLE BolderLife Festival staff for including me in this totally amazing and life-changing event, and thank you all for pushing me outside my comfort zone and encouraging me to live a bolder life.. “ Laurie Haak BLF Photographer

“It was an amazing time and wonderful experience! Some of the best people I’ve ever worked with! ” Tom Parkin BLF Director of Video Production

One of the BolderLife Festival 2013 highlights:

The panel with Jessica Lawless, Rose Garcia, Jessica Clark and Erin Kelly. Did you miss it? You can check it out here:

Check out the picture galleries on the BolderLife website here.

Stream BolderLife! – The BLF’s Kickstarter Campaign 2013

Thank you again to the 30 amazing American and international Kickstarter backers for your generous support of the BolderLife Festival streaming program and Student Program. You helped make this event a great success. We reached around 350 Internet viewers from all over the world, many of whom were hosting streaming parties so our numbers are even higher then we know!

Find all streaming videos of BolderLife Festival 2013 on Vimeo here.

If you want to have a hard copy of a recorded piece of the festival please contact us: info@bolderlifefestival.com (dvd $20)

Keep checking back for updates as we are adding more videos every week.

Let’s do it again!

It is official! The 2014 BolderLife Festival will be held during the first half of October 2014. We will update you as soon as we have exact dates.

BLF staff already started working on the next festival. Once a month the BolderLife staff hosts a volunteer day where we meet online via Skype and work on marketing and production tasks. If you would like to help BolderLife, please contact us for more information about when we are meeting.

We look forward to coming together for BolderLife Festival 2014!

Many warm regards,

Erin Kelly (Artistic Director) and the BolderLife Festival Team

Contact us

Do you have more questions about the festival that are not answered here? Do you want to share your experience with us? Do you want to be involved as a volunteer? Please send us a message via the contact page and let us know what’s on your mind. Thank you! Stay tuned for more information.

BLF Team