Elevating nonprofits by providing consulting and training for established and start-up organizations.

We strengthen nonprofits and support collaborative solutions to challenges faced by communities in Kansas.

The Slumber Party Place is the perfect place to host a daytime or overnight party for your child and friends. The Slumber Party Place offers a themed play room where the kids can play and sleep in an indoor treehouse or cabin, they can climb the walls, play games, build with blocks, sing karaoke, create crafts, or watch movies on the big screen television. It also provides a bedroom for parents and a full kitchen and dining area. We can also accommodate bridal or baby showers, small family reunions, get-a-ways, or even a retreat.The Slumber Party Place can accommodate up to 25 people for a daytime party and up to 15 overnight.https://slumberpartyplace.square.site/

The Parenting Again Club is for individuals or couples that are raising grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or other children due to adoption, guardianship or fostering. This group is for parents and children and will allow parents to develop a support system as well as allow children to meet other children that are being raised by someone other than their parents. We will meet once per month for a 3 hours and participate in networking and activities.

The Retreat, Investment & Rental Properties, Sub-contractor for Theater Promotional Installations, Video Daze Video Production

Leads the Kansas Nonprofit Chamber as it strives to bring together leaders of nonprofit organizations that are interested in enhancing the quality of community services.

The INK will serve as a center for social entrepreneurship, a place to imagine, initiate, incubate and grow nonprofit businesses for social good.The INK's mission is to encourage social entrepreneurship by providing education and support services for launching, incubating, and building capacity of nonprofit organizations in Kansas.

Who We Are & And Why We Do What We DoThroughout the years, I have volunteered with, and served on boards and committees of numerous non-profit organizations. As I served I became keenly aware of the needs for affordable marketing and public relations services among non-profits and small businesses. Many non-profits simply lack the resources to complete all the tasks that they need to achieve their goals. As a volunteer with more than 20 years experience in marketing and public relations I found that I could use my experience and lend my expertise to area organizations to help them develop strategies and achieve their goals.On a Shoestring Marketing was established in 2013 for the purpose of helping to meet the needs of non-profits and small businesses in achieving their goals "on a shoestring" budget.

Candidate for the 2020 race for Sedgwick County Commission District 2.

Responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive community and college relations program.Prepare and implement marketing plans for internal departments and programs. Provide consultation and assistance to departments on the development of programs and services. Serve on internal teams and committees to provide consulting on matters related to marketing, communications and public relations.Plan, manage, and coordinate the development and execution of internal events, fundraisers and conferences. Organize and coordinate involvement, support and participation at community events and activities.Identify priority community outreach opportunities; recruit and coordinate students, faculty and staff, as volunteers. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with local media, organizations and government officials.Identify, attend and participate with constituent groups on boards, committees, and tasks forces. Develop and maintain external relationships and identify opportunities for partnerships with other organizations.Coordinate communication of information related to the college to internal and external stakeholders.Increase awareness and distribute information through management of social media channels.Prepare and monitor $500k annual budget, account for income and expenditures and conduct purchasing. Plan ad flights and purchase media for print, internet, radio, and television advertising.

Assisted with strategic marketing planning and implementation of marketing campaigns and events.Assessed marketing needs of programs and departments, developed and implemented marketing efforts.Created media plans, researched and evaluated advertising opportunities and coordinated flight of advertising. Assisted in overseeing 500K budget including planning and accounting for expenditures. Organized and promoted events. Developed print advertising and collateral.Wrote and produced video and audio promotions.

Assisted in daily operations, master control and trafficking for BCTV.Produced and edited educational and event videos and advertising spots.

Responsible for overall operations including sales & marketing, production, trafficking, human resources.

Managed a household and 6 children. Served as Boy Scout Den Leader, Cheerleading Sponsor, Soccer Coach, Soccer Club Secretary, and Chaperone for school trips.

Developed and implemented strategies to increase placement of temporary employees at client companies, recruited, interviewed and placed job applicants with client companies. Supervised up to 100 staffing employees and 5 division employees. Certification as Designated Risk Administrator Recruited, interviewed, and placed job applicants with client companies.Forecasted and tracked department budget.Created procedures to increase work-flow efficiency.Increased mark-ups 5 to 15 percent resulting in an increase of profit dollar margin of $10K a month.Increased pay rates for the division employees by .60 to 1.00 per hourCreated, planned and organized recruiting events, including “Picket for People” which resulted in recruiting approximately 200 applicants and coverage by print and broadcast media.