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Missouri Governor met with PROOF CEO Grant Gooding
Alpapointe, CEO Reinhard Mabry, and Executive Board Member, Grant Gooding were recognized by Missouri Governor, Michael Parson, for the dedication of work Alphapointe has made during COVID-19.
March 2, 2021
CEO Grant Gooding spoke with Randy Powell on Randy’s Lessons in Leadership to an audience of business professionals. Grant shared what influences shaped both him and the building of 
PROOF. He also shared some of his observations of how organizations incorporate data.
February 26, 2021
CEO Grant Gooding spoke with marketing students at the University of Kansas School of Business. Grant talked about why we ask ‘why.’
January 13, 2021
Vice President of Nonprofit Development, spoke with Lauren Conaway on the Startup Hustle podcast to discuss “Innovation with Purpose”.
2020
PROOF team volunteers for Happy Bottoms
October 12, 2020
The PROOF team spent a Monday afternoon volunteering and Kansas City based Happy Bottoms. Happy Bottoms is a KC nonprofit that focuses on helping the over 25,000 area children who need diapers but other programs such as food stamps, Medicaid and WIC won't cover them. The team learned about the history and mission of the organization and then spent a couple hours in their facility sorting and packaging diapers to send to families in need.
PROOF hires 2 new interns
October 9, 2020
The PROOF team hires 2 new interns, Alyssa Jones and Jessica Kahmann, both from University of Kansas. Alyssa will be working with PROOF's nonprofit clients and Jessica will be working on the process and analysis teams.
Grant speaks at the Association of Fundraising Professionals
September 2, 2020
Proof's CEO, Grant Gooding, presented to the members of the Association of Fundraising Professionals about how to use Emotional Data. AFP is the largest organization in the country dedicated to nonprofit fundraising professionals
PROOF's Katie Lord accepts board position for AHS Go Red for Women
June 25, 2020
Proof's VP of Nonprofit Development, Katie Lord, accepted a board position with the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women. Go Red is the American Heart Association’s signature women’s initiative that is a comprehensive platform designed to increase women’s heart health awareness and serve as a catalyst for change to improve the lives of women globally.
The Go Red for Women board is comprised of the most influential women in Kansas City and each year raises over 1 million dollars for awareness and programs for women's health.
Grant speaks for the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership
August 18, 2020
Proof's CEO, Grant Gooding, presented to Executive Director members of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership on how to use Emotional Data in their roles as nonprofit leaders. The Midwest Center for Nonpofit Leadership was created as a collaboration between the Department of Public Affairs at UMKC and community leaders.
2019
Grant Speaks for the American Marketing Association
September, 26, 2019
PROOF's CEO, Grant Gooding, speaks to the American Marketing Association Annual Conference in Madison, WI about Emotional Data. The theme of the conference was Elevate with Authenticity and focuses on the importance of understanding your organization in order to appropriately message to current and prospective targets. Grant’s focus on PROOF’s work will help the marketers in attendance understand the differences between Big Data and Emotional Data and how to use both effectively for marketing and communications.
Katie Katie Lord Speaks to the Missouri Conservation Federation
September 12, 2019
Katie spoke at Missouri’s Conservation Federation Affiliate Summit. This group brings together other 100 different nonprofit and organizations and associations focused on conservation in the state of Missouri to discuss issues related to conservation and preservation of the states wildlife and environment. Katie spoke to the group in a session entitled “Fundraising Above and Beyond- Turning Members into Donors.
Grant speaks at ScaleUp!
April 11, 2019
Proof's CEO, Grant Gooding, speaks to the 10th cohort of KC Sourcelink's ScaleUP! KC program. The cohort is comprised of 17 hand selected companies who are ready to scale, open new locations and strengthen the Kansas City Economy. This will be the 10th consecutive ScaleUP! cohort Grant has been invited to speak to about growing their businesses.
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