Matthew Cabel Email & Phone Number

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

• Managed the weekly donor acknowledgement process for the Office of Advancement including creating, merging, editing, and mailing thank you notes, along with creating a yearly stewardship plan that includes multifaceted.
• Created annual endowed scholarship Impact Reports for high level donors that include recipient information, general scholarship information, and student stories to distribute to high level donors
• Coordinated stewardship events including faculty/staff giving, as well as work collaboratively on projects such as recognition plaques and instillations and giving society stewardship plans
• Maintained the Coe College Alumni website with the iModules Encompass platform to create content pages, event listings, and donation forms, and draft, format, and quality check emails
• Coordinated with the V.P. of Advancement and the President of the College to create stewardship opportunities and contact reports for the Board of Trustees and other major donors

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

• Crafted fundraising materials for over 30 universities, non-profit and health care clients, including calling scripts, pledge letters, direct mail solicitations, emails, and digital advertisements
• Ensured all material drafts incorporated client preference for branding and style and applied marketing campaign hashtags, along with fundraising campaign information and slogans
• Studied and implemented best practices for fundraising and marketing for cross-platform media, such as link placement in emails, subject lines, digital ad tests, and visual vs. text-based emails
• Established and met drafting, proofreading and quality checking timelines and deadlines for each project, while also proofreading and quality checking materials for other programs as assigned

• Worked with an Association of Fundraising Professionals mentor to learn about grant writing through creating a grant proposal for a small non-profit organization
• Worked alongside wells4wellness executive director to learn about her organization, the Niger region, and the well-digging process to better understand the mission of the organization

Iowa City, IA

• Aided undergraduate and graduate students in faith formation through various programs throughout the year to cultivate leaders both in and outside of the Newman Center and the Catholic Church
• Served on Lead Team for three retreats, working alongside a supervisor to plan weekend long retreats, choosing student leaders to best fit the retreat theme and recruited students to attend the retreat through personal.

• Created a blueprint for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication sub-campaign of the For Iowa. Forever More. campaign that is in progress for the University of Iowa Foundation. The blueprint consisted of a.
• Interacted with various faculty members of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, as well as donors to CLAS, to learn of their intentions for each individual department and further establish relationships between.
• Presented with group of four other interns on engaging young alumni, and how to reach the Millennial generation and turn them into future donors.
• Attended weekly professional development sessions hosted by Foundation employees, learning about topics essential to success in development/advancement, such as finances, the makings of a governing board, annual and.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

• Wrote a minimum of three full-length articles (550-750 words) per week, with quoted information from three separate sources in each in a timely manner, always preceding the story's deadline.
• Attended weekly meetings and presented three to five unique story ideas and budgeted their placement in the newspaper for the upcoming week.
• Attended various media opportunities, from conference-wide media day events in Chicago, to weekly press conferences and interview opportunities for each individual team that I covered.
• Collaborated with other Daily Iowan team members to have accompanying photos and or video with stories.
• Made appearances on Daily Iowan TV to discuss various aspects of Iowa sports, primarily football and men and women's basketball.
• Teams covered include: Football (Fall 2013) Women's basketball (2012-13 season and 13-14 season) Men's track and field (Spring 2013) Women's gymnastics (2012-13 season) Prep sports (Winter/Spring 2012) Prime Time.

Journalism And Mass Communication

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