just going to pause here to introduce our keynote speaker, robert egger. did anybody take a look at the video he did for us? catalyst. ater nine years ago, 10 years ago. it has been a while. if you have read his book, begging for change, you know his work with d.c. central kitchen. i have been calling him the steve jobs of the nonprofit sector. we are excited to have him near. he might take us to think differently. you may not agree with everything. questions at hand. we will pause at the end for some q&a, so please have those questions ready. with that, i am going to turn it over to robert to lead us through the keynote and then he will be joining us later this afternoon. robert. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. man, it is a pleasure to be back in washington, d.c.. many of you may know that i spent the last 40 years here in the nation's capital, but i have since decamped to the community of my youth, los angeles, where i am opening the l.a. kitchen right now. was happy to leave, and we are going to get to transition, heart more fills the than walking s

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