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Strategies to Increase Diverse Alumni Engagement

Strategies to Increase Diverse Alumni Engagement December 3 – 4, 2020  Build a better strategy to represent and engage your diverse alumni. Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course materials as they become available. Make sure to check back as it gets closer […]

Develop Your Impact Reporting Strategy

Impact reports can be one of your most valuable donor stewardship and cultivation tools, but shops often lack an overall strategy to implement them efficiently and effectively. Especially now, when many advancement teams are facing reduced resources, reporting can be challenging and time consuming. No matter the size of your shop, you will leave this […]

Developing a Collaborative Metrics Structure for Stronger Corporate Engagement

Effective corporate engagement efforts are hard to quantify, especially because the cycle of relationship development can take a long time. Measuring success by dollars in the door is clear-cut but also not representative of the relationship as a whole. Fairleigh Dickinson University has developed an approach to their metrics, which motivate, track, and monitor corporate engagement. Join us […]

Preparing Doctoral Students for Careers in Academia and Beyond

Historically, institutions have worked to prepare doctoral students for careers in academia. As the higher education landscape has shifted in recent years, the number of PhD recipients has outpaced the number of available faculty positions in many sectors, resulting in a major increase in academic job seekers finding roles outside of the academe. To better […]

Working with Institutional Data for Student Retention

Instructor Bernadette JungblutAssoc. Provost for Accreditation, AcademicPlanning, and AssessmentCentral Washington University   Margot SaltonstallAssoc. Vice President for Enrollment Managementand Student Affairs, Northern Arizona University Course Highlights 2hr 30m of video instruction Downloadable resources Course Details Released 11/13/2020 Institutional Research (IR) data is a powerful tool for understanding attrition, planning programs, and predicting enrollment. Student affairs […]

Integrating Inclusivity into Your Leadership Philosophy

An essential behavior practiced by inclusive leaders is seeking perspectives and feedback from people who have different ideas, experiences, and backgrounds. Being receptive and open to different views also requires inclusive leaders to challenge the way they see and interpret the world. To do so, they must examine the values and experiences they bring into […]

Developing a Comprehensive Retention Plan

Developing a Comprehensive Retention Plan November 16 – 17, 2020 Take a strategic look at your student success efforts and develop a retention plan that connects your data, institutional mission, and available resources. Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course materials […]

Transitioning Leadership Annual Donors into Major Donors

To shift the mindset of a leadership annual donor into that of a major donor requires you to go beyond just knowing their capacity; you must also understand what the donor wants to see their gift accomplish, and how to align that specific desire with your institutional needs. This requires knowing how effective each component […]

Optimizing Partnerships between Prospect Development and Frontline Fundraisers

Optimizing Partnerships between Prospect Development and Frontline Fundraisers December 3 – 4, 2020 Start forming a more results-oriented partnership between prospect development and frontline fundraisers.  Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course materials as they become available. Make sure to check back as it gets closer to […]

Creating Agile Courses for an Uncertain Year

To plan for shifts in an uncertain year, many institutions are planning courses that are adaptable to online, hybrid, and face-to-face learning environments. Dr. Elizabeth Barrie from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has led an effort to pivot existing courses using Kaufman’s notion of agile learning. The agile model enables faculty to proactively design […]

Three Essential Behaviors of a Servant Leader

As a result of COVID-19 and the racial injustices that have permeated 2020, it’s more important than ever to lead with humanity and create a work environment where people feel recognized and heard. Current challenges require leaders to be visionary, but they must also be humble and know how to bring out the best in […]

Officials with Authority and Responsible Employees: Helping Mandatory Reporters Comply with New Title IX Regulations

This training is based on 2020 Title IX regulations and has been retired. Please visit our Title IX Trainings Page to view all current Title IX trainings. Whether you have the designation of “Official with Authority” (OWA), “Responsible Employee,” or “Mandatory Reporter Employee” under your institution’s Title IX policies and procedures, you have a responsibility […]

Advancement Events Strategy

Advancement Events Strategy November 9 – 10, 2020 Strategically increase engagement and giving with your advancement events. Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course materials as they become available. Make sure to check back as it gets closer to your conference! […]

Developing a Comprehensive System of Support for First-Generation Students

Developing a Comprehensive System of Support for First-Generation Students November 18 – 20, 2020 Learn tried and true strategies, as well as hear about new work being done during the pandemic to support first-generation student success. Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, […]

Creating an Engagement Strategy for Corporate Partners

Creating an Engagement Strategy for Corporate Partners November 30 – December 1, 2020 Engage with corporate partners in a way that serves both your priorities and theirs. Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course materials as they become available. Make sure […]

Advocating for Yourself in Personal and Professional Relationships

Time and again we have heard the message that the impacts of working from home, homeschooling, childcare, and managing your new normal have created new areas of stress for women. Whether trying to juggle a full-time job with being a teacher to their children or finding that publishing and other career-advancement endeavors have fallen in […]

Deans Summit: Maintaining Strategic Focus Through Financial Challenges

While higher ed is facing waning enrollments and funding paired with increasing expenses and demands, deans must lead the charge in making their colleges, schools, or units more financially viable while remaining relevant in a rapidly evolving landscape. Deans who are best prepared to meet these demands are creating a culture of creative problem-solving, efficiency, […]

Creating an Inner Coach Stronger than Your Inner Critic

Creating an Inner Coach Stronger than Your Inner Critic Have you ever felt like you don’t deserve your success? Login On: January 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern EVENT LINK Zoom Login Instructions JOIN ZOOM MEETING https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87118449316?pwd=bFEwTm05bXhIbEZOQnNrcFl2Tkx1QT09 Meeting ID: 871 1844 9316 Passcode: 608301 If you wish to join a test meeting in Zoom, go […]