Experience

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  Karen Meadow Consulting

  • Consultant

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  Karen Meadow Consulting

  • Consultant

    • Jan 1992 - Present

    Consult with non-profits in fund raising, planning, and computer management of fund raising and related data. Services include: fund raising planning; long and short range strategic planning; fund raising software analysis; board and volunteer training; board development; and consulting on budgeting and general nonprofit management issues.

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  Goucher College, Center for Continuing Studies

  • Faculty

    • Jan 1992 - Dec 2004

    Taught the Direct Mail Marketing course in the Fund Raising Management Certificate program (program now disbanded).

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  Baltimore Radio Reading Service

  • Executive Director

    • Aug 1987 - Dec 1991

    Responsible for all personnel, administrative, planning, budgeting, public relations and fund raising functions. Organized, wrote and implemented all individual, corporate, foundation and local government grant solicitations. Responsible for management of listener/client processing systems and relations. Designed and programmed a computerized data base for donor, listener and volunteer record keeping and solicitation. Maintained the double-entry book keeping system and supervised the processing of income. Supervised secretary and two audio technicians (total staff) and management of 225 volunteers.

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  The Chimes

  • Director of Marketing and Development

    • Feb 1986 - Jul 1987

    Responsible for Annual Campaign, Public Relations, newsletters and special events, and designing and programming a computerized data base for donor record keeping, solicitation. Organized initial phase of Capital Campaign and wrote campaign brochure.

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  Girl Scouts of Central Maryland

  • Director of Communications and Development

    • Aug 1982 - Feb 1986

    Member of Executive Director's Management Team with integral role in budget formation, long range planning and corporate goal and objective setting. Responsible for 1982-83 Council Cookie Sale (net profit = $1,004,000) and all other fund raising, with emphasis on Individual, Corporate and Foundation efforts, and initiating Planned Giving.

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  Baltimore Zoological Society

  • Development Director

    • Aug 1980 - Aug 1982

    Responsible for: design and implementation of new member acquisition, member renewal and upgrading (increased membership 29%); design and implementation of Adopt-an-Animal program including new donor acquisition and renewals; organization of capital campaign, including preparation of brochure and materials; design and implementation of annual giving campaign and special elephant purchase drive; design and implementation of computerized record keeping, renewal and member mailing system; helping to organize members' special events; preparation and management of Development budget; writing grants; and adminis¬tering, supervising and reporting on expenditure of IMS grant.

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  Baltimore Museum of Art

  • Development Staff

    • Mar 1979 - Aug 1980

    Responsible for: membership promotion, acquisition and renewal; Annual Giving solicitation, acquisition and renewal; assisting in last phases of $20 million capital campaign and designing and implementing pledge billing system, as well as writing reports and preparing cash-flow charts.