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Tailoring Advancement Communications to Ages and Life Stages

When you create uniform messages with mass appeal for your donors and alumni, you may actually be pleasing very few people. Have you considered segmenting your communications for a more personalized and focused marketing strategy?    Join us for this virtual training to learn how the life stages of your donors and alumni should inform your medium and your message. You will learn which messages and platforms best appeal to groups of different ages and life stages. You will have the chance to write three tailored messages during the training and discuss your work in small groups with your peers. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to work on a communication plan to support your overall strategy. 

Institute for Annual Giving

Institute for Annual Giving January 21 – 22, 2021 Hear the latest and best thinking for keeping your annual giving strategy competitive, nimble, and relevant to the current times. 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! DAY 1 DAY 2 ENSURE YOUR TECHNOLOGY IS READY This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:

Title IX Appeal Officers: A Skills Training and Certification

As you navigate the new Title IX appeal process, you might find certain aspects difficult or confusing. Are you prepared to navigate the mandated timelines effectively? What elements of the investigative process should you focus on when reviewing your case? How do you handle situations where the judgment of your colleagues might have been compromised? You likely — and reasonably — feel a lot of responsibility for objectively determining a final decision, both to provide a fair process for the parties and to mitigate the risk of litigation for your institution. Join us online and leave with the knowledge, strategies, and skills you need to feel confident in your role as an appeal officer. During this four-hour training we will cover the required skills and attributes of an effective appeal officer and provide practical opportunities for you to explore the different grounds for appeal, including procedural irregularity, new evidence, and conflict of interest/bias. Whether you are looking to enhance your confidence as a Title IX appeal officer or as a Title IX coordinator responsible for training your appeal officers, this training is for you. Upon completion of this virtual training, you will receive a certificate of completion for your time […]

Department Chairs: Reflect, Refresh, and Plan for the New Year (Virtual Training Only)

Department chairs are under increasing pressure to manage and direct complex situations. In addition to navigating the changing landscape of higher education, you are making difficult budgetary decisions and supporting faculty under extreme duress – all while managing the effects of the pandemic on your own personal life. How can you create a plan to avoid burnout? Join us for this virtual training to get advice for how to balance all the roles of academic chairs/program directors — including that of a leader and colleague — during these challenging times. You will be given space to connect with other chairs and program directors to reignite your passion for academia and shift your focus to restorative practices. You will leave this workshop with practical strategies to help manage your load and ensure sufficient self-care.

Teaching a People-First Language Approach

Quantitative researchers and analysts commonly focus their writing exclusively on data accuracy without taking the importance of language into account. This focus on data – rather than on the people who are represented by the data – can result in material that is accurate from a methodological standpoint, but not appropriate or accessible to non-technical audiences who may consume them. Join us for a two-hour workshop with David Chrisinger, Director of the Harris Writing Program at the University of Chicago. You will learn how implementing a mandatory People-First Language Workshop for all incoming students and integrating the people-first concept into writing assignments across the school has helped students strengthen their ability to communicate their work to readers both inside and outside of the field. You will leave this “train-the-trainer” style workshop with an understanding of the people-first writing approach, along with strategies that you can use to integrate its core principles into your own curriculum.

Defining Your Role as Chief of Staff

The role of Chief of Staff in relation to the President or other leader varies on many factors, such as how new your President is to the role and how involved they want you to be with decision making. Join us for this one-hour webcast to learn how to: Determine the needs of your President Communicate the parameters of your role to stakeholders and the institution Balance the nuances of being accessible to colleagues with the sensitivities of your role

Measuring Academic Program Cost and Demand to Improve Resource Allocation

Measuring Academic Program Cost and Demand to Improve Resource Allocation December 8 – 9, 2020  Learn how you can calculate and analyze the financial performance of your academic programs so you can make more informed resourcing decisions. CPE credits are offered for this event. If you require CPE credit, you will need to log in and attend the virtual conference in its entirety. You will be asked to demonstrate your attendance through periodic activities. Additional instructions will be provided at the start of the event when you sign in. DAY 1 DAY 2 ENSURE YOUR TECHNOLOGY IS READY This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:

Strengthen Student Community Building in Digital Spaces

As you reflect on this fall and prepare for another partially or fully remote semester, you may have found some successful strategies that have helped students build community online and others that have fallen flat. As students return after an unorthodox fall term, it will be more important than ever to strengthen online community building. Join us to learn how to build digital communities that foster meaningful engagement and connection in co-curricular spaces. In this hands-on training, our expert instructor will walk you through four principles for building community online — inclusivity, impact, intentionality, and interactivity — and teach you how to create, measure, and sustain your community throughout the year. You will leave with an individualized plan for your digital community regardless of the co-curricular initiative you are focused on.

The Inclusive Leader’s Approach to Accountability

We’ve all said or done something at work that unintentionally upset or offended someone. We may shy away from holding ourselves and others accountable for resolving the situation because we want to prevent further harm that comes from the shame or disappointment associated with admitting a mistake. But inclusive leaders see things differently — they recognize and embrace the responsibility to repair harm and make others feel appreciated when things go wrong. Join us online and learn how to model accountability in a way that repairs harm by fostering inclusion. In this webcast, you’ll get tips and language you can use to encourage reflection during a growth opportunity that arises when you or someone you know has behaved or communicated in an exclusionary way against a cultural or identity group (i.e., race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, experience level, etc). You’ll walk away feeling more confident to:

Microcredentials and Digital Badges in Higher Education

Microcredentials and Digital Badges in Higher Education December 16 – 17, 2020 Explore how to assess the needs of your students, institution, and industry to determine the most valuable badges to pursue. 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! DAY 1 DAY 2 ENSURE YOUR TECHNOLOGY IS READY This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:

Anti-Oppressive Practices in Clinical Education

Clinical practitioners and the educators who train them should be prepared to work with individuals from a variety of racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. However, critical conversations around bias, marginalization, and oppression are all too often relegated to the background of – or completely absent from – coursework in clinical disciplines. In many disciplines, most clinicians come from outside of the underrepresented communities they work within. The failure to include a strong basis of social justice understanding within their training can result in clinicians who are underprepared to effectively provide culturally appropriate treatment, support, and advocacy for each of their clients. Anti-Oppressive Intervention has become a core piece of the clinical curriculum within the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at MGH Institute for Health Professions. Join us for a one-hour webcast where our expert instructor, Indigo Young, MS, CCC-SLP, will share how incorporating an Anti-Oppressive Intervention approach into clinical education can be used to reduce disparities in both education and healthcare. You will learn about the model MGH uses and how it can be applied in various clinical settings to give clinicians concrete tools to be more effective in providing each client with the best possible care.

Understanding and Interrupting Privileged Classroom Practices

Historically, classrooms in higher ed have been molded by implicit cultural norms such as competition, lecture, and perfectionism. When we investigate the hidden values and practices we have inherited, we discover how we can unintentionally contradict our students’ cultural identities and hinder their learning. By noticing, interrogating, and interrupting the patterns that have shaped both your own education and your pedagogy, you can take steps toward creating more equitable learning experiences. In this virtual workshop, Dr. Amer F. Ahmed will share strategies to create dynamic learning environments that elevate the strengths, identities, and values of historically oppressed students. He will draw from his own expertise in intercultural teaching and introduce Dr. Laura Rendón’s framework on “new agreements” for higher ed classrooms. He will share strategies for how to: Develop intercultural skills to navigate complexities in the classroom Investigate the unexamined norms that have shaped teaching and learning in higher ed Interrupt privileged practices and explore more equitable alternatives Intentionally create new norms for the classroom

Frontline Fundraising: Essentials of Gift Solicitation

Frontline Fundraising: Essentials of Gift Solicitation March 3 – April 7, 2021 Important Links Developing Rigor in Your Fundraising Team | Webcast Recording Anticipating and Overcoming Objections in Frontline Fundraising | Webcast Recording Small Events for Donor Cultivation | Webcast Recording Strategizing Multiple Fundraising Attempts in Fundraising | Webcast Recording Developing Your Parent Giving Strategy | Webcast Recording Welcome! This course page connects you to all of the information and materials you need to be successful in the program. Please take a few minutes to review the learning schedule and check out the links shared under the “Important Links” heading. If you have any questions about this event, please reach out to Brittany Iwaszkiw. Mark Your Calendars: Module 1: March 3, 2021 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern  Preparing for Fundraising Success Module 2: March 10, 2021 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Outreach Module 3: March 17, 2021 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Qualification Module 4: March 24, 2021 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Visits Module 5: March 31, 2021 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Understanding Donor Motivations and the Ask Module 6: April 7, 2021 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Eastern Portfolio Management This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully: Audio & Visual […]

Productive Conversations with Donors: A Book Club Experience

Productive Conversations with Donors: A  Book Club Experience January 13,  January 27 & February 10, 2021 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern Important Links Frontline Fundraising Essentials: Outreach, Qualification, Visits and the Ask | Webcast Series Recording Developing Rigor in Your Fundraising Team | Webcast Recording Anticipating and Overcoming Objections in Frontline Fundraising | Webcast Recording Small Events for Donor Cultivation | Webcast Recording Strategizing Multiple Fundraising Attempts in Fundraising | Webcast Recording Developing Your Parent Giving Strategy | Webcast Recording Welcome!   As an owner of the Academic Impressions book, Productive Conversations with Donors: A Handbook for Frontline Fundraisers by Kathy Drucquer Duff, you are invested in moving prospect and donor relationships forward through each interaction. Join us online for an exclusive three-part discussion series on Productive Conversations with Donors: A Handbook for Frontline Fundraisers. This book club-style series was designed to help consolidate and enhance your learning, and make each donor touchpoint even more meaningful. In each session, we will discuss and practice techniques from the book in a salon-style setting. Our facilitator, Brittany Iwaszkiw at Academic Impressions, will help you and your peers explore the key concepts of the book in more detail, such as how to use probing questions to engage different types of donors and inspire various types of gifts. Prepare for the Book Club 1) Read the following sections in advance of the book club meetings: Session 1: Pages […]

Teaching Your Service Learning Course Online

We know that high-impact practices support profound learning by promoting student engagement and real-world experience. Among those high-impact practices, service learning courses help students achieve a deeper understanding of course content. They can also shape their personal values and civic responsibility through reflection and participation in an organized service activity that serves community needs (Bringle, Hatcher, McIntosh, 2006). For these compelling reasons, many faculty members, divisions, and entire institutions had plans to offer robust service learning courses only to be disrupted by the global pandemic. However, it is still possible to teach service learning courses that are just as impactful in the online environment. Join us for this webcast, where our expert speaker—who has over a decade of experience teaching service learning courses online—will share example-based best practices to help you keep students engaged, serve community partners, and ultimately create dynamic learning experiences.

Increase Your ROI on Alumni Engagement Through Effective Data Analysis

Increase Your ROI on Alumni Engagement Through Effective Data Analysis December 17 – 18, 2020 Learn how to tell the story of your alumni relations efforts through data. 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! DAY 1 DAY 2 ENSURE YOUR TECHNOLOGY IS READY This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:

Centralized and Integrated Leadership Development: A Model from Columbus State University

To ensure your faculty, staff, and students are prepared for the future of the workplace and are well positioned to become the leaders of tomorrow, it is vital to invest in their leadership development today. You likely already have many leadership development programs across your campus, but they might operate separately from each other, reach limited audiences, or struggle to self-sustain. A more effective way to offer leadership development is to create a single program that is easily accessible, inclusive to all, and embedded in the fabric of your everyday work. Join us online and learn how Columbus State University has done just that. No longer is their leadership development distributed across multiple departments across campus — instead, they have created a self-sustaining, centralized, and integrated model that embeds leadership training throughout the university. By having faculty, staff, and even students sit side-by-side to share perspectives, they are breaking down barriers and uniting the campus community. In addition, they extend their reach into the larger community by training and collaborating with organizations and business leaders. The benefit of a model like this is that all faculty, staff, and students receive the same message: that their leadership development is important and […]

Strategies for Leading Short-Term Initiatives on Your Campus

Strategies for Leading Short-Term Initiatives on Your Campus December 3 – 4, 2020  Expand your toolkit, so that you can fully engage your stakeholders and navigate barriers during your most critical campus-wide initiatives. 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! DAY 1 DAY 2 ENSURE YOUR TECHNOLOGY IS READY This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:

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