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Nonprofit Affinity Group / Audience & Stakeholder Engagement: Social Media & More

Sep 4, 2025 12:30 PM | Ends Sep 4, 2025 2:00 PM | Salerno's Pizza & Pasta 7128 Roosevelt Road Oak Park, IL Parking: parking is available in Salerno's lots, just north or east of the building
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The Chamber's Nonprofit Affinity Group gathers the first Thursday of most months to connect with each other and benefit from some professional development.  We start at 12:30 with time to network, then have our presenter begin at 1 pm.  We welcome you to join us!  
 

This month: Audience & Stakeholder Engagement: Social Media & More

Nonprofits have a more complex messaging task than businesses.  We are not trying only to sell a product, but to generate donors, find clients, engage volunteers, motivate board members, build cause awareness, and develop advocates.  It's a hefty set of tasks for organizations with limited staffing, funding, and time.  

So come learn from our guest speakers, expert in using social media and more for engaging constituents and getting results!  


WHO ARE OUR PRESENTERS?

 

Aaron Welch is a Marine Corps Veteran, entrepreneur, and digital strategist dedicated to helping businesses grow through smart marketing. As the Founder and Chief Strategist of Lift Digital Marketing, a Veteran-owned, award-winning agency, he specializes in creating strategies that help businesses and nonprofits stand out, gain recognition, and build trust.

With 25 years of experience in digital marketing and business development, he has worked with startups, Fortune 500 companies, and everything in between. His expertise spans SEO, paid media, social media, and strategic messaging—turning online visibility into real results.

Kim Jursa is a brand strategist who writes of herself, "I’ve worked with Fortune 500s and enterprising companies across tech, non-profit, health and wellness, pet care and food and beverage.  I help those organizations who challenge the status quo and make change for the better. I help leadership teams lean into their identity and use the full power of their brands. I work with a range of enterprisers at various stages of growth to help them get to the next level. I also believe in cultivating the next generation of brave thinkers, so I volunteer as a Brand Mentor at 1871 - Chicago’s Tech incubator."


Location and Parking:

Location: Salerno's Pizza & Pasta, 7128 Roosevelt Road, Oak Park
Parking:  
sparking is available in Salerno's lots to the north or the east of their building

 



 

 

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Thursday, September 4, 2025
12:30 PM
Salerno's Pizza & Pasta 7128 Roosevelt Road Oak Park, IL Parking: parking is available in Salerno's lots, just north or east of the building
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