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Katie Blomquist

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Katie is a speaker, coach, social media professional, college adjunct professor, and nonprofit strategist, Katie Blomquist uses her current success story as the Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit, Going Places to teach others the how-to, to create impactful messaging, and navigate the media for maximum fundraising results while creating their own successful nonprofit. Katie has been featured on The Steve Harvey Show, ABC World News Tonight, Nightly News with Lester Holt, and many more. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Going Places and uses her incredible insight to help other leaders create an impact in their communities. Her own story began as a Title 1 elementary school teacher who believed all children have a fundamental right to joy. In the fall of 2016, Katie created an incredibly successful GoFundMe campaign to get all 650 underprivileged children in her school a new bike. The campaign went viral, leading her to raise over $80,000 in three months. In just 4.5 years, Katie has raised for Going Place over $600,000 so they could provide 2,520 children with a new, custom bike, lock, and helmet, have collected over 1,500 Halloween costumes for children who couldn’t afford one, provided over 1,000 staff members who work in the low-income elementary schools with gifts of joy. Katie is passionate about helping others more effectively define their story and create a nonprofit that moves people to action to get results and have a positive impact on their community. Nonprofit Entrepreneur Academy https://nonprofitentrepreneur.com/ [email protected]