So, we're at a moment when we have TONS of programs launching. This is probably the busiest period ever of the business - we have somewhere around 12 programs launching in the month of March and that's on top of a 70,000 Agent program that launched in February.

When this happens, you can feel the energy in the air at the office. Plus, it has really interesting social network implications - lots of spots have opened for Agents, which has a ripple effect. This leads to the "unattritioning" of volunteers who have gone to sleep on us because we haven't offered them the right program. New Agents are signing up at a pace of 3,000 a week - we're peaking in # of reports, package shipments, poll responses and inbound new business inquiries.

That's the key - to grow a network, you have to feed it.

A few nights ago I had the pleasure of accompanying Mary-Stuart, BzzAgent’s ebullient receptionist/factotum, to an open house hosted by the Women’s Lunch Place. BzzAgent, along with other area agencies and corporate donors, was invited to attend this event so we could become more familiar with the organization’s charter in hopes that we may be able to “get the word out” about them.

Well, I would like to start bzzing them now.

This collection of generous spirits join together six days per week in the basement of the Church of the Covenant on the impossibly posh end of Boston’s Newbury Street to provide nourishment (home cooked meals!), shower facilities and nap space for more than one hundred homeless, abused and otherwise disenfranchised women. When the shelter doors close, theirs open.

But the services provided by Women’s Lunch Place extend beyond its name. A cursory glance at the monthly calendar indicated activities from the life saving (visits from area doctors and nurses) to the life affirming (skating outings, talent and fashion shows).

And then there was the art.

Surrounding the perimeter of the gathering room were scores of watercolor paintings, mostly still life creations. Mary-Stuart liked the snowflake at night painting the best; I liked one of a solitary apple. Along the boarder of many of the paintings (many of which were pretty darn good!) were inspiring proverbs, prayers and other axioms.

I am not sure if our service will be able to help this organization, but if any of our Boston-area BzzAgents are reading this blog, I hope your friends about this organization. They are always looking for donations and volunteers.