Marketing for Good: Learn. Work. Connect.

Schedule

Fri Apr 17 2026 at 08:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

WSU Tech South | Wichita, KS

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About this Event

Read all the details and learn about inclusive ticket pricing below!


Marketing for Good: Learn. Work. Connect.

A day designed for Wichita area nonprofit and impact professionals who lead marketing, storytelling, and communications -- whether you're a marketer by title, you've been assigned marketing as a volunteer, or you're a small one-person organization.

Join this conference to deepen your skills, make real progress, and experience community while you learn and create.

You’ll leave with new ideas, completed work, and a renewed sense of energy for your mission.

  • Slow down and learn
  • 3 impactful speakers to build your knowledge
  • 3 focused work times to get things done – a marketing plan, content creation, or even some dreaming
  • Industry advisors available during work times
  • Connect with fellow communications professionals
  • Enjoy a delicious light breakfast and lunch from Mi Sueno -- IF you register by April 1!



INCLUSIVE TICKET PRICING

Thanks to support from the Kansas Health Foundation, we can offer discounted tickets for smaller organizations with smaller budgets. Choose the ticket price that works you.

Discounted tickets are limited, so don't wait!

  • Regular price ticket: $50.00
  • Medium budget ticket: $35.00 (use code TICKET35 at checkout)
  • Small budget ticket: $20.00 (use code TICKET20 at checkout)

You may also donate to the scholarship fund at checkout, to help others who may not have the budget to attend.

If you have no budget available for this conference, please email us a statement about how it will help you and your organization. We may be able to offer limited full scholarships. [email protected]



SPONSORS

This event is made possible by the investment of caring sponsors.

  • Innovation Fund – thank you for providing accessible attendance!
  • – thank you for donating our venue space!
  • - thank you marketing students/advisors!
  • – thank you for sponsoring our marketing!


HOSTED BY

A cross-sector collaboration of nonprofit, education, and marketing leaders.

  • Krissy Buck, Director, Shockstarter, WSU Tech
  • Jae Hedrick, Executive Director, Gathered
  • Katy Munden Hays, Alegria Fair: Global Goods + Cause Marketing
  • Beth Schafers, Director of Development & Community Outreach, Family Promise of Greater Wichita


For questions not answered below, please email Katy at [email protected].



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Plan for the day

🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Doors Open/Coffee & Connection -- this is an approximate schedule, may adjust!
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Welcome & Light Breakfast
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Session 1: Marketing with Heart (and Strategy)
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Guided Work Block 1: Crafting Your Core Message
🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Snack & stretch break
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Session 2: Marketing on a Budget: Doing More with Less
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Guided Work Block 2: Content Creation
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch Break & Renewal Time

Info: Choose to join casual lunch tables, connect with new peers, or take quiet time outdoors.
Introverts, we see you. Head outside or step away for however you need to recharge.


🕑: 01:15 PM - 02:00 PM
Session 3: Future Forward - Storytelling & Accessibility in the Age of AI
🕑: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Guided Work Block 3: Make It, Take It

Info: Get some work done with concentrated time and energy, plus pro advisors.


🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Closing & Connection

Info: Reflect on what we've learned from the day, take some action steps home, and follow up with new connections.


🕑: 04:00 PM
Let's go home

Info: We’ll wrap up by 4:00 PM, and we hope you will take the rest of the day off—because rest is part of the work.


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Where is it happening?

WSU Tech South, 3821 East Harry Street, Wichita, United States

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