Overview:

The Outreach Committee is responsible for the community and member giveback for SIM Central Florida.

Fundraising is critical to SIM Central Florida, as a significant portion of the funding and resources for SIM Central Florida's annual STEM & RLF Scholarship Awards. The Outreach Committee is a dynamic team that is responsible for maintaining the relationship with our current charitable organizations and donors.

The key responsibilities of this committee are:

Relationship Management with Current Donors & Charitable Organizations:

• Facilitates the involvement of the chapter in volunteer, fundraising and donor actinvities.
• Hosts charitable & fundraising events including participants from the SIM Central Florida membership. 
• Sends regular emails to Donors communicating upcoming key events, programs, and success stories
• Hosts periodic webinars to keep Donors in touch with SIM CFL
• Coordinates attendance of Donors at SIM Central Florida Holiday Party as a Sponsor Appreciation event
• Oversees the Donor renewal process

Development of New Donors:

• Handles inquiries from prospective companies; with a conference call, meeting at their location and/or invitation to attend a SIM CFL event
• Launches periodic initiatives to recruit new Donors.
• Attends Meet the Company events to recruit new Sponsors
• Monitors and tracks prospect list
• A sales or business development background is not required for this role, but committee members do need to be comfortable calling key company contacts and promoting SIM CFL in a professional and enthusiastic manner.

Members in Transition Program:

• Meeting Time and Location:

We meet once a month via conference call. The dates and times are determined by the committee.