Nonprofit organizations play a vital role in sustaining the Muncie and Delaware County community in ways that extend far beyond the services and programs they provide. This presentation makes the case that financial struggle and social value are not the same thing. Participants will learn more about the power nonprofits wield, stretching far beyond the numbers, and will leave with a greater understanding of how nonprofits enrich Muncie.

Cost: This is a free program.

Facilitator

Juli Metzger is owner of The JMetzger Group, a strategic communications agency. She’s worked with the George & Frances Ball Foundation, Greater Muncie Habitat for Humanity, the 8twelve Coalition, Heart of Indiana United Way, and Meridian Health Services on executive leadership, marketing, fund development and strategy. She writes for Forbes.com on topics of higher education, college access and workforce on behalf of Lumina Foundation. Juli previously was Associate Lecturer for the School Journalism and Strategic Communication at Ball State University. Over a 30-year career as a journalist, she was editor of three newspapers and president and publisher of three others including as Executive Editor for Digital at the Indianapolis Star. A Muncie native, Juli has served on the board of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie, and Project Leadership, for which she received the Fisher Governance Award in 2015. Currently, she is Chair of the Indiana Youth Institute Board of Directors.