Are you a communications professional for a nonprofit organization? The new IABC Power Lunch program offers you the opportunity to meet one-on-one with experienced PR and marketing professionals to discuss your nonprofit’s communications challenges — at no cost to you.
Cathy Planchard, general manager at Allison & Partners in Phoenix and an accredited member of IABC and the Public Relations Society of America, founded the program with the help of Bridget Daly (Ideas Collide) and leads the Power Lunches.
Nonprofit organizations are selected to participate in these monthly lunches based on an application process. The application asks organizations to share details of their current communications efforts, their marketing challenges and what they would want to learn in a one-on-one, two-hour communications consulting session. Depending on the nonprofit’s needs, other senior IABC members may also join Planchard for the Power Lunches.
Download Power Lunch Application.
Experienced IABC members interested in joining Cathy Planchard in providing pro bono communications consulting should e-mail Stephanie Conner, VP/Community Involvement at stephconner814@gmail.com to express interest.
Dear IABC:
I would like to attend an event, as I am contemplating starting a non-profit 501 C-3.
Don’t know if I am eligible to attend; please advise.
Cordially,
Don Castle, MPA
Founder: Quality Resource Management
Hi Don,
The Power Lunch program is designed to address the communications challenges of nonprofits. When you’re ready to launch, you can apply to the program and describe your launch communications challenges in your application for consideration.
Also, please mark your calendar for the morning of April 12 and watch this site for more details on our annual communications seminar for nonprofits. I’m also happy to add you to our email list. We’ll be announcing the line-up and additional details in the next couple of weeks.
Thanks for reaching out!
Stephanie