BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250904T173000Z DTEND:20250904T190000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Nonprofit Affinity Group / Audience & Stakeholder Engagement: Social Media & More DESCRIPTION: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! \n\n \n\nThis month: Audience & Stakeholder Engagement: Social Media & More\n\nNonprofits 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. \n\n\n\nSo come learn from our guest speakers\, expert in using social media and more for engaging constituents and getting results! \n\n\n\nWHO ARE OUR PRESENTERS?\n\n\n\n \n\nAaron 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.\n\nWith 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.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKim 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." \n\n\n\nLocation and Parking:\n\nLocation: Salerno's Pizza & Pasta\, 7128 Roosevelt Road\, Oak Park\n\nParking: sparking is available in Salerno's lots to the north or the east of their building X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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! \; \;
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This month: \;Audience &\; Stakeholder Engagement: Social Media &\; More

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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. \; \;
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\nSo come learn from our guest speakers\, expert in using social media and more for engaging constituents and getting results! \; \;
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\nWHO ARE \;OUR PRESENTERS?
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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.

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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&mdash\;turning online visibility into real results.
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Kim Jursa is a brand strategist who writes of herself\, "\;I&rsquo\;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&rsquo\;s Tech incubator."\;

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Location: Salerno'\;s Pizza &\; Pasta\, 7128 Roosevelt Road\, Oak Park
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\n LOCATION: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 UID:e.1821.43139 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260417T092916Z URL:https://www.oprfchamber.org/events/details/nonprofit-affinity-group-audience-stakeholder-engagement-social-media-more-43139 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR