General Membership Meeting

Adding cause related marketing to your image and awareness plan – benefits and considerations

This week's featured speaker: Kimberly Lauth, CFRE

Kimberly began her love affair with fundraising at the age of 5 by going door to door for the March of Dimes. After a youth filled with backyard carnivals for Ronald McDonald house, trick or treating for UNICEF and countless boxes of Girl Scout cookies she continued her passionate efforts to make a difference by becoming a nonprofit professional.

An accomplished fundraiser, nonprofit executive and consultant Kimberly has worked with a wide variety of healthcare, public service and arts organizations. She is currently consulting with several nonprofit organizations via her company, Nonprofit Outfitters – Community Benefit Consulting.

Kimberly holds the CFRE (Certified Fundraising Executive) designation from CFRE international. She is a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Planned Giving Council and has served various leadership roles in the organization including President.

She is the President of the Great Smoky Mountain Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and serves on a national level as a member of the Government Relations Committee for the Association.

Kimberly is a sought after speaker and trainer. She has been published in the Journal of Healthcare Philanthropy. Her first book, Change Your View, Change the World - Shifting to a More Effective Fundraising Paradigm, will be published summer 2009.

This is Podcast Episode 37. Find a list of topics on delicious at http://delicious.com/eok/episode37

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to reserve a seat. Presentations start at 8:30AM, please respect speakers by being on time.

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Comment by Alex Lavidge on June 22, 2009 at 3:33pm

I've had the good fortune of speaking with Kimberly about Knoxville Overground on various occasions and am always impressed with her insights on nonprofit management as well as knowledge regarding small business strategies. This should be a great event!