Drive gives Detroit Nation members a direct and personally meaningful way to participate in the revitalization of the Detroit economy by volunteering their time, professional skills and resources to social enterprises and nonprofits in Detroit.  We are assembling teams of Detroit lovers from all across the country to participate.  As a DRIVE team member you will have the opportunity to help some of Detroit's rising stars quickly scale their businesses.

Each team will be partnered with a Detroit based organization and help them through either a Blitz, Extended or Collaborative Session.  DRIVE teams will focus on using their session to develop high impact and implementable solutions that help their partner organization.   Below you will find more information about each type of DRIVE Session.

• Blitz Session - Each Blitz Session will bring together DRIVE teams to brainstorm and develop an implementable action plan to help their partner organization.  Blitz Sessions will be held on a single day and last for four hours.

• Extended Session - The Extended Session allows DRIVE teams to help their partner organization in a bigger way.  DRIVE teams will meet for four consecutive weeks for four hours at a time to develop an implementable action plan and offer their professional skills and resources to their partner organization.

• Collaborative Session -  DRIVE teams participating in Collaborative Sessions will have an opportunity to work with entrepreneurial accelerator programs within Detroit also dedicated to helping businesses scale.   Like the extended session, the commitment for the Collaborative Session is for four hours at a time for four consecutive weeks.

So join us and complete your Volunteer Acceptance form today!  Our Kickoff DRIVE Session is Saturday November 17, 2012.  Check back often for calendar updates.