๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ: Faces of KC IABC Leadership - Matt Dunn

๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป โ€ข ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ž๐—– ๐—œ๐—”๐—•๐—– ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ?
I started volunteering with KC IABC in 2009, helping with monthly events. As a new pro at time, I joined for professional development and networking opportunities. Iโ€™ve since served on the board in various capacities.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ?
I manage B2B social media strategy for the Childrenโ€™s Hospital Association.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ?
Building new processes and programs that help drive success for the organization.

๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ?
On a beach somewhere.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜†. ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜†/๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ?
My current board role involves getting students involved in KC IABC activities. I see it as a way to both help these students develop as professional communicators and help grow the chapter.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ž๐—– ๐—œ๐—”๐—•๐—–?
A strong network is incredibly valuable to professional development, and itโ€™s essential to be proactive about nurturing it.

๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป?
My biggest โ€œWhat ifโ€ฆโ€ is around turning down an opportunity to do sports play-by-play/color commentary.


KC IABC is a 100% volunteer-led organization. Behind the scenes, these committed board members make things happen.

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