Fundraising Beyond the Diocese: Turning Guests into Friends and Friends into Donors

During this session, we'll strengthen skills and learn strategies for building and maintaining relationships with guests in order to develop a culture of giving that goes beyond the Diocese.

Presented by Lauri SoJourner

Lauri has been executive director at Lake Logan in the Diocese of Western North Carolina since 2017. Prior to that she served as executive director at Gravatt Camp and Conference Center in Upper South Carolina for ten years. She believes strongly in the power of camp and retreat ministry and feels incredibly lucky to be able to carry out this ministry in the Episcopal Church in such a beautiful place. Lauri has a BA in English/ Professional Communications from Winthrop University, an MA in Student Personnel Administration from Ball State University, and a certificate in Nonprofit Management also from Winthrop. She teaches nonprofit business management for Compass Points Certificate Program for Camp and Retreat Leaders. Lauri lives at Lake Logan with her husband and three of their six children as well as a small farm of family pets. In her free time (ha!), she paints, reads, and visits local breweries and wineries with her husband.