I helped decide who got funded. Now I help organizations
get funded.
I’m Elizabeth King, APR, and I help purpose-driven businesses and nonprofits tell their story clearly, then get it in front of the people who need to hear it.
My career began at the Tulsa Area United Way, surrounded by agencies doing important work. At Cox Communications, I started the employee-funded foundation and ran the council that decided where its money went. Since 2015, my own firm has helped organizations like those tell their stories and earn the support they deserve.
Both sides of the table.
The funder’s side of the table is familiar to me. At Cox Communications, I started the employee-funded foundation and ran the council that decided where its money went. That work taught me what the people who say yes are looking for.
So is the nonprofit’s side. I began my career working for a nonprofit. Volunteering has been part of my life since high school, and I have served on nonprofit boards as an adult. Organizations like these are so focused on the work that explaining it comes last.
They also speak to two audiences at once: the people they serve and the people who fund them. Both need to understand the same story, and that is where my work starts.
It starts with listening.
I interview you and your team about what you do, who you serve and what you hope will happen next. Then I translate it into words the people you want to reach understand.
Decisions stay with a small group, usually two or three people, so the work keeps moving. You see it nearly finished, not as a stack of rough drafts, and we refine it together.
You work with one person from the first conversation to launch. My team of designers and developers builds behind me, so your words and your design come from the same understanding of you. After launch, I stay as long as you want me to.
The credentials behind the work.
Accredited in Public Relations (APR) through the Public Relations Society of America
Started my career at the Tulsa Area United Way
Founded the employee-funded foundation at Cox Communications and ran the advisory council that made its funding decisions
Running my own firm since 2015
Woman of Distinction, Tulsa Business and Legal News
Entrepreneur of the Year, Bixby Metro Chamber
Young Professional of the Year, PRSA-Tulsa
“Elizabeth is a dynamic talent and is an asset to any team. Elizabeth is a highly motivated and effective leader that has vast experience in corporate philanthropy through her design and management of Cox Charities, the employee funded charity she began at Cox Communications in Oklahoma She is a creative and visionary thinker that always puts the needs of the team in front of her own priorities.”
Jon Trudgeon, Director of Development
A few things you won’t find on LinkedIn
Planning a party is one of my favorite things: fresh flowers, a charcuterie board, desserts, cocktails and jazz in the background.
I love traveling to Italy, New Orleans and the beach.
On weekends I take on a DIY house project or a getaway.
My favorite books are fantasy, for the escapism.
Right now I'm obsessed with updating my kitchen.
Let’s talk about what you’re building.
If something in my story sounds like yours, I’d love to hear what you’re working on and what’s coming next.
